[ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona (and now, BEYOND)

[Larry Johnson]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> BWAHAHAHA!!!!!
>
> Wait!! How do you thread a Libertino?!?!? They only have a "smooth shaft"?!
>
> BWAHAHAHA!!!
>
> So a commie-wingnut should have all threads parallel to the long axis of
> the screw so everyone goes the same way!
>
> BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
>
> i crack myself up sometimes....


Carrying this metaphor through I have to conclude that the normal usage of
the term "wingut" (as a term to describe the right wing fringe) is correct.
All the threads run in the same predictable direction.  Our fringe on the
left is oriented in wildly overlapping directions, rather like a nut with
stripped threads.  When I'm in conversation with my right wing friends I can
play a little game.  I can spend three or four nights listening to Sean
Hannity, then infuriate my friends by finishing their sentences   That
requires that all the threads run in a predictable direction.  The only
thing we  leftists share is a firm commitment to the Alinsky dictum to
ridicule wingnuts at every opportunity.  We were all trained by Saul
Alinsky, at a Madrasah in Kenya.

Larry



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