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corntrollio says

Funny that she tried to equate a cable audience with broadcast. The whole thing reads like something in The Onion.

I thought it was an open secret that she was a satire-comedy performer--the kind that shits on her own audience even as they ask for more. She is the antidote to Camille Paglia.

marcus says

Apparently that shtick does sell books

It turns out the difference between Both Sides is that her audience is too gullible to get the joke and mistakes comedy as drama. Really if you view her as the absurdist harpie that she really is, it's shreds funnier than anything the libbies have going.

Philistine says

satire-comedy performer

Regardless, the fact that her shtick is calling ppl, darkies/2nd class citizens, as a way of propping up her satire is not very funny.

This is almost akin to those ppl, at the Germany vs Ghana World Cup games, showing up in *blackface* or Nazi body tattoos, to assert the white man's dominion in the game of soccer.

The fact that soccer has become popular, among numerous races and nationalities should say something good about how the sport has evolved over the century & half that it's been around.

Philistine says

I thought it was an open secret that she was a satire-comedy performer--the kind that shits on her own audience even as they ask for more.

THat has occured to me, but I don't think so. I've seen her on talk shows a few times. She does exaggerate her real feelings, but I believe that she really does feel that way (emotion being the key factor as it is with most extremists). But then yeah, she knows how it sells, so at some point she becomes a parody of herself.

Call it Crazy says

New Renter says

Why does anyone bother listening to Ann Coulter?

Maybe because of this??

Because she holds gun to your head?

I suppose under those conditions it makes sense.

HuggyBumbers McLovkins says

That Adam's apple tells me there is a surprise waiting inside those jeans.

I am fine with this, but it's not my thing, personally.

Call it Crazy says

New Renter says

Call it Crazy says

New Renter says

Why does anyone bother listening to Ann Coulter?

Maybe because of this??

Because she holds gun to your head?

I suppose under those conditions it makes sense.

Remember this line: "Are you feeling lucky, punk?"

With that? Not so much!

Bitch!

Typical liberal strawman. Argue against someone that no one actually listens too.

You dingbats probably carry on conversations with crazy mentally ill people babbling out of their minds on the streets.

The Daughters of the American Revolution play soccer nude, everybody knows that.

New Renter says

Why does anyone bother listening to Ann Coulter?

I don't usually listen (or read) her but this rant made national waves so I'm aware of it. Personally, watching soccer (to me) is on par with watching paint dry. My wife likes the game (born in this country and as white as can be) but I refer to it (to needle her a bit) as kickball. Absolutely NO interest in the game, to me, the most boring thing since watching grass grow; no, watching grass grow IS more exciting. But yah know - to each their own.

No such thing as an "Adams apple"...
As soon as Eve took the first bite, she assumed ownership of it.

HuggyBumbers McLovkins says

That Adam's apple tells me there is a surprise waiting inside those jeans.

So....which is it?

marcus says

She does exaggerate her real feelings, but I believe that she really does feel that way

We have been trained to worship the "score", be it "runs", "goals", "touchdowns" etc..etc...
Soccer is the opposite. Scoring is secondary. The art of the game is in ball control and precision passing. That is where enjoyment of the sport is extracted.

mmmarvel says

Absolutely NO interest in the game, to me, the most boring thing since watching grass grow; no, watching grass grow IS more exciting. But yah know - to each their own.

SoftShell says

Soccer is the opposite. Scoring is secondary. The art of the game is in ball
control and precision passing. That is where enjoyment of the sport is
extracted.

Obviously I'm not sophisticated enough - wonder if it's a bad thing that I'm proud of that fact.

jmmmarvel says

New Renter says

Why does anyone bother listening to Ann Coulter?

I don't usually listen (or read) her but this rant made national waves so I'm aware of it. Personally, watching soccer (to me) is on par with watching paint dry. My wife likes the game (born in this country and as white as can be) but I refer to it (to needle her a bit) as kickball. Absolutely NO interest in the game, to me, the most boring thing since watching grass grow; no, watching grass grow IS more exciting. But yah know - to each their own.

That's true of watching most professional sports.

Booooring!

But to each their own.

marcus says

Rin says

touch 'n cheek bigotry

Tongue in cheek, right ? She is trying to be cute, and light about it, which is her style, which I totally hate. She thinks that if she makes it like she's half kidding, and only half serious that she therefore gets to be outrageously ignorant and hateful.

Not unlike at least one of our trolls around here.

Apparently that shtik does sell books, which doesn't mean she has any talent, it just means we have an amazing number of morons in this country.

Making fun of soccer is outrageously ignorant and hateful? What thin skin you have! How long would you survive in Oakland?

Call it Crazy says

I'm assuming that none of your kids played soccer??

Nope - they did track, basketball, swimming, volleyball, uh yeah, that was more than enough.

I asked someone who taught why soccer had become all the rage in the schools and he said because it's cheap, they don't have to have any equipment, just a ball to kick around.

That entire article was ridiculous. I'd be curious if any of even the most out-there right wingers would possibly agree with what it said.

Rin says

Excerpt: "If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time."

It's comments like these that turn off an average person from supporting the Republican party. I wonder if she realizes the harm she is doing to her own party.

Strategist says

Rin says

Excerpt: "If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time."

It's comments like these that turn off an average person from supporting the Republican party. I wonder if she realizes the harm she is doing to her own party.

People like her and sarah say the most divisive stuff and then turn around and accuse barack and dems of being divisive. I wonder if they realize how ridiculous they come accross when they say the shit they say.

What was truly myopic in her "analysis" is that she basically accused the liberals and minorities of pushing soccer; however in europe the right wing reactionaries have embraced the sport to the fullest. In fact some soccer squads had right wing neo-nazi groups form "fan clubs." Players from africa are subject to horrible abuse that not only involves racial venom but also antics like throwing bananas on the field. There's a reason why you see "say no to racism" banners at high profile soccer games - because the racists in europe have used the sport as a stage to sprout their agenda.

dublin hillz says

People like her and sarah say the most divisive stuff and then turn around and accuse barack and dems of being divisive. I wonder if they realize how ridiculous they come accross when they say the shit they say.

The real reason is that whether its intentional and they know it or they somehow actually believe what they say, I can't help to think that it would be very easy to come onto the airwaves or in the general public's eye and spout the most ridiculous right-winger crap, knowing full well that there's a lot of money to be made in doing so. Its a cheap trick. Make controversial statements, get the typical token minority of the conservatives who actually believe those statements, then turn around and sell them crap.

Strategist says

It's comments like these that turn off an average person from supporting the Republican party. I wonder if she realizes the harm she is doing to her own party.

edvard2 says

they somehow actually believe what they say

Well, if you follow the line of rhetoric, this is how it goes...

AC: Soccer is promoted by an increase in a third world demographic.

Response: Soccer had originated in 19th century England, the mother nation of America. Many Americans have ancestry from the British Isles, since colonial times and afterwards.

AC: Well obviously, Britain having an Empire, pushed its sport onto its overseas colonies. And now, with the collapse of the Empire, it's a 3rd world venue.

Response: Wasn't the US, Canada, & Australia also British colonies?

AC: Yes, but it's ok for white colonies to have self-determination, as whites had brought civilization to the world anyways. It's another thing for places like Uganda, Nigeria, the Near East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia from doing the same.

Response: So you're saying that emerging nations should not be independent and be under a Viceroy or a Governor-General?

AC: That's right. Savages should not be able have self-determination and life was better when the sun never set on the British Empire.

Response: And that would halt the popularity of soccer in America?

AC: That's correct. The British would only give exit visas, to their wealthiest subjects, and only to attend Oxford/Cambridge but then, send 'em back to their home countries if they don't have enough money to live in Britain.

America would be free of these free loaders and then, we can have our football, baseball, basketball, and sometimes hockey.

When you are paid to write, you sometimes are clutching at straws to find topics.

I think although soccer sucks mostly, the premier league in England was fun to watch.

In the U.S.A., some pro sports are completely unwatchable: NBA basketball is one. NFL is losing it, there are too many commercials and now they are putting in too many rules, too many instant replays, etc.

It's boring to watch most sports anyway, but since in soccer it's hard to score it's kinda fun to see them all trying.

I like college football if I watch sports at all.

I'm not a sports fan at all even though I enjoy participating in some of them. Maybe its because growing up in the rural south the only thing going on in high school seemed to be the football team, which got a huge amount of money from the school's budget. I guess I was a little bitter about it.

clambo says

When you are paid to write, you sometimes are clutching at straws to find topics.

I think although soccer sucks mostly

Yes, but many Americans don't watch soccer. I'd say that half the American football/baseball/basketball sports fans I know of, find it boring.

But yet, none of 'em use it to bash ppl from 3rd world nations. It's one thing to say that soccer sucks; it's another to say that soccer sucks because of the color of the fanbase.

Too bad we can't get people committed like we could in "old America" that she's always
pining away for. She'd be in a rubber room pronto! A sick and twisted puppy for sure!

Rin says

AC: Yes, but it's ok for white colonies to have self-determination, as whites had brought civilization to the world anyways. It's another thing for places like Uganda, Nigeria, the Near East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia from doing the same.

To turn this around a bit, why don't hardcore progressives move to Oakland, Detroit, and SouthEast DC since these are far more loyal Democrat party constituencies than, say, Northern Virginia? Clearly, these neighborhoods should be far more tolerant and enlightened than the red stater Republican neighborhoods many of them seem to prefer to move into when real estate prices get too high.

Also, when Obama himself refers to "developed" nations when modeling our healthcare laws, perhaps instead he should look to Southeast Asia for their enlightened labor laws and San Francisco can model their gay marriage laws after Uganda. Also, look at how Mexico treats their illegal immigrants and follow their example.

Liberalism is nuts. I much prefer Catholicism. Less craziness.

edvard2 says

Make controversial statements, get the typical token minority of the conservatives who actually believe those statements, then turn around and sell them crap.

This reminds me of a recent commercial I found especially amusing. It was so ridiculous that I couldn't help but laugh. It's the Cadillac "fame" commercial. It features various monarchs (mostly dark skinned) over the ages riding in their various vehicles. One is an Egyptian Pharaoh with a sled pulled by masses of slaves. The next is a (probably) East Indian King riding on an Elephant. And then there's French royalty with a princess looking out at a small white boy running alongside. The commercial then switches to a smiling African American woman and her African American husband riding in a huge, gas guzzling SUV and arrive at a fancy home where the camera pans to her high heeled shoe and then next you see her petite white butler come to carry her bags. So the message is clear: You can be like those powerful, slave owning monarchs of old and put your feet down on a small white boy slave.

Hey, with commercials like that, it makes me NOT want to buy a gas guzzling SUV with potentially fatal manufacturing defects. I'm so upset! Let's go back to the bikini models appearing out of nowhere to make middle aged white guys want to buy watered down beer, please?

So for me, most of the ads even during the superbowl are unmemoriable and perhaps that's a good thing. I helps cut down on the amount of unneeded crap I might otherwise be tempted to buy.

Ann Coulter:
In soccer, the blame is dispersed and almost no one scores anyway. There are no heroes, no losers, no accountability, and no child's fragile self-esteem is bruised. There's a reason perpetually alarmed women are called "soccer moms," not "football moms."

Strategist:
Ice Hockey is not much different.

When America loses today American(Gringo) interest in the World Cup will be non existent. Without America in the game, we just don't have any reason to drink beer, and paint our faces.
There is no American interest in Soccer.

NOR! Is there an American Soccer team, someone handed out a lot of HB1 Visas and imported a bunch of dudes from every country, but there is no "Tom Smith" or "Frank Jones" and "Tim Davis" on the American Soccer team. Fuck there isn't even a Darnell or Ray Ray either.
I think if America ever did win the World cup it would be a damn insult to the hundreds of countries out there who's team comprise of proud countrymen of their own team.

CaptainShuddup says

When America loses today American(Gringo) interest in the World Cup will be non existent. Without America in the game, we just don't have any reason to drink beer, and paint our faces.

There is no American interest in Soccer.

NOR! Is there an American Soccer team, someone handed out a lot of HB1 Visas and imported a bunch of dudes from every country, but there is no "Tom Smith" or "Frank Jones" and "Tim Davis" on the American Soccer team. Fuck there isn't even a Darnell or Ray Ray either.

I think if America ever did win the World cup it would be a damn insult to the hundreds of countries out there who's team comprise of proud countrymen of their own team.

You sound like Ann Coulter.
Soccer or any other sport is for those who like watching it. Don't like it, don't watch it. It's that simple.

CaptainShuddup says

When America loses today American(Gringo) interest in the World Cup will be non existent.

It's on Tuesday. You really know nothing about soccer.

Strategist says

You sound like Ann Coulter.

You mean speaking the truth, with words that smug shallow self absorbed Liberals can then distort the original intent of, and make Political hair pomade out of an innocuous observations?

Then you are correct, America for the most part has no real serious national pride of Soccer.
And that's OK. You sound as silly as some idiot in France getting upset because some Conservative said that the French don't give two shits about the NFL and Football.

Take your PC bullshit somewhere else, I'm impervious to it.
I just call it like I see it.

At least I've actually seen a soccer game in another country, to know the difference between our Sponsored temporary feigned interest in Soccer versus a genuine passion that a whole country has for Soccer.

When a goal is made the cheers and jeers that erupt is deafening, the whole neighborhood sounds like the Mongol Horde is approaching the city gates, or they were smited with one swipe of the sword.

Strategist says

It's on Tuesday. You really know nothing about soccer.

See!?!?

You're smarter already!

Are Anne Coulter's arms too skinny to rip off and beat Kim Jung-un to death with? (apologies to AF)

CaptainShuddup says

Fuck there isn't even a Darnell or Ray Ray either.

Translation: not only does the team lack real Americans with names like David Scott and Bob White, they don't even have blacks, who are fake Americans!

Ceffer says

Are Anne Coulter's arms too skinny to rip off and beat Kim Jung-un to death with? (apologies to AF)

If they had a fight who would win?

How boring is soccer? Found this on another blog, but it sums up my feelings quite well (and it's funny too).

Well I found something more boring than watching soccer yesterday afternoon, listening to soccer on the radio.

I was driving back up to Jupiter from Sloans Curve and I hit the ESPN radio station that I somtimes listen to Mike and Mike on in the morning. The “big game” was on so I tried listening for a few minutes. It was painful.

I will now try to put into words the excitement that could be felt listening to the broadcast.

He’s done cleaning his brushes now and he is rolling up his tarp and putting it in the back of his van. If you look closely you can still see the brush marks where he cut into the ceiling. He’s out of the driveway now and on to his next job, but back where the action is there is still a shine on the wet paint where the sun is flashing across the wall. Looking even more closely, the light nap of the roller is clearly visible as the excitement in the room begins to build.

(1 hour later after talking about the painters first job 3 years ago, his brother and the difference between semi-gloss and flat paint.)

Yes! Yes! I think it’s tacky now.

(8 hours later if you are not hanging from the end of a rope)

Look how the roller marks have blended in, splendid, splendid. We can only anticipate the action in the next 16 hours of the drying process.

mmmarvel says

How boring is soccer? Found this on another blog, but it sums up my feelings quite well (and it's funny too).

If you love soccer and have a team you support you won't get bored. There is a reason why it's the number one sport in the world. It's a religion to some fans especially in England. The fans of opposing teams can't even sit together as they would start killing each other (hooligans).
If you ask the Brits how interesting American Football is, they will tell you it's extremely boring.
I guess it boils down to.....One man's meat, is another man's poison.