Satire is not a two way street.

That is the proposal.  That it is unlikely to be possible for there to be equivalence on the right and left.  Now that is an awkward statement or phrasing of the* obvious. 

There is difficulty comparing anything at opposite ends of the political spectrum, let alone** middles.  The Olbermann/Beck comparison is along the lines of journalism more than parody.  Limbaugh along the lines of Colbert more than Olbermann.  It may be along the lines of who is pulling whose leg for whom.  That's the gravitas!

To paraphrase the difficulty for which there is more work needed, parody may be more difficult for those in power. But this may confuse parody with satire, or either with having a point, confounded by the(~)irony of being direct about the point in a world of hypocrisy.

(FP1)
(awkward): A. "Comedian Rush Limbaugh", B. Whatcha gonna do about it?  

*12-29-14 (of the): A. Para-model, b. ..., c. ..., d. ..., e. ... ,  f. ... ,  g. ...   h. BtU  , I. What the Beck? , j. ... , k., (l.)  ..., (m.) ... (note font size A. & I. = Normal Ctrl F "of the left")
** or muddle is the hume or...(FP!)
( comparison) : A. The Billy Club..., B.Genre Clash, C.  
(gravitas): A. 4Mat, B. Way, Too Point Oh?, C. Or ask for a third, D. Funneling Crisis?
ticket: A. Hump Day?, B.  The New Compendium, C. Primary Boogeyman, D. Not to make light..., (...)  R. Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ? ... (...)

(FP!) It is important to note that I have barely finished processing much of what I have included above @ ** in particular.


PaxOnBothHouses

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*** not inserted but re~spectrum 'tween *&**.

EH?

Esoteric Humor?

Homage to oops ?

This is a bit of self-reflection.  Not that I have fully read(vetted) or digested to my satisfaction the links above, but I am concerned with the hazzards(mind field) of irony and satire.

1. Twitter killed Stephen Colbert's joke
2. Critical Spontaneity
3. Word Herstory
4. Change Logos: 
5. Creative Avatar [/?] #CancelColbert
^. Our Story
7. Economics 2011 (s.c. )
8. a. "Truthiness" of Ranked Words.  b. Moos Room,  c. Not your Liaison Report
9. 10. Joan Walsh on irony and irony .
11. Economics... (s.c.)

^5.(or%)  a. NO JOKE, b. i. Mess Age Monger, ii., iii.->, Ctrl F "bottom line" [/?]
iii.-> [ i., ii., iii., iv., vi., ...%(e.g. # / d. c.)]

[Not to mention ...EH ?]
[Let alone ...]  Seriously, now that I have 3 schools of EH, I must remind the reader of my "vetted" reference in regard to economistic heterodocksea.  # * Labels.

Brook No Truck ?[!]

Another May Day !

[!]= punctuated 'twain* sarcasm and satire if not irony

Just to be clear, my previous post is to indicate my disagreement with disruptive elements that don't intent to face the music.  I heartily agree with the capture of Bin Laden, but that does not mean justice should** not keep on truckin'. *** 

* current(fp1) (b.s.) A - Q
** later inserts( Ctrl F Irony ! ?)
*** read double negative carefully(fp2) = positive

Mess Age Monger

Reading between the lines.
See Draft,(now that is a tangent),
but I will skip the sign over cosign.
Or See Cant [!]
[Follow-up.]

Two Points Determine a Line.

Foot:Notes (!0

[Now I will parse the irony. The two points are Occupy Wall Street and the National Defense Appropriations Act. (Rebranding a SALT or SLAT**) Actually only one of these last links was the trigger for this line of thought. My point is about the lines as we make them. We are an exceptional country that is at risk of being more like those in the past. Congress is responsible for drawing the lines, and the judiciary and executive are responsible for interpreting and navigating them. Sorry there is no punch line, but that is the dilemma. Re-leads* and typos.

* my original intent was our foundation or 4mat not type ohs.
[The people must be heard, not a herd, let alone hurd.(ouch) It is an uphill job.]

Un-Seg-Way.
[** Strategic Argument Limitations Treaty or Strategic Lines Assault Tactics. Are you with M or again M? V4 VOTE! That is the spell/check of sorts.]

[Speaking of witch or spell checking...two notes of caution. I do not mean to make light of violence, food products or Occupy Wall Street. Or the Heck do I? But is there a line for satire or freedom?(Comity Central in mind.) And R we exceptional or the exception? And you rule!***

*** not original two notes of caution
[Not to mention: On the other hand, save the POST OFFICE and consider upgrading our constitutional links to include the internet. The internet is a post road. And congress legislates regarding commerce.]

[Follow up / un-M-beds]

[Speaking of Timing: Norman Goldman and Sasha. Redo taxes from the ground up. I did not catch enough to know if it was the same Sasha, but it is interesting that I had run across the connection, in follow-up. Not to mention Bill Maher on the question of taxes and class war and who is following [up] or being lead. And how prophetic in my lede and how I followed up in bold. Norman feels it is a misread of sorts. BTW: it is S. 1867 that has s. 1031 & 1032 respecting Amendment 1107.]

Post-Turkey Day

RSN[11-25-11][12-1-11 Punchline? Spoiler Alert, do not click on Punchline, before reading full post.]
Krugman, connecting the dots,
Will Durst,
Relative Exceptionalism

Speaking of good dialogue and jokers and will. I met Will Durst at a Democratic function probably in 2004. I managed to catch him at a disadvantage, not intentionally but anything to get a word in. His hands were full or reaching for something in his pockets. Well maybe it was an advantage )IF[*]( you wanted to be prepared for a spit take, as he had an empty coffee cup in his mouth. So I tried out a joke that had come to me. "If corporations are people, where does the death penalty fit in?" So, he was polite or inconvenienced enough to laugh, if I recall correctly, with the cup still in his mouth.

Where do we go from here, the Turkey table? Well... have a good one[!]?

Post Game:
Stieglitz and Krugman new paradigm or paramorphology. Lexical creativity, texts and contexts.

Speaking of Turkeys or even the country[!] {t}=tangent slash criss cross or Relative Exceptionalism, or satire and witch[!]came first, the satire or the jihad? Thanks to Joseph Campbell...

Reader Supported News: The Sharia Turkey
The American Thinker: Happy Halal Thanksgiving
Rob McKenna
Literally in that order. The McKenna ad was found in the American Thinker link, which was in the RSN link, which was from TPMMuckraker. My original intent was to track the satire. Which came first the halal or the peta? Well more correctly in who was sat iring whom? I mean is this really along the lines of the war on Xmas? The FOX in the hen(turkey) house? I mean sat ire[!] at the table! No not IRE but pass the trip to fane.

Actually, I am trying to find something in common*. But I must check the history of halal** and the people for the ethical treatment of animals. The only point in common may be the freedom to choose, another brand, and that may be sharia. Am I carving the irony or just stuffing the turkey?

*Geller and PETA?
** Sharia and hunters: healthy treatment of food
[*] typo original is to IF.

Mis-Infotainment Tonight

Well, last night.

Since it is likely that the above link will be pulled* from the internet, this proves there is a conspiracy of the liberal media.

Nevertheless, I will comment on Bill O'Reilly's interview of Dennis Miller, comedian.
Dennis Miller makes Bill O'Reilly look...like a "fair and balanced" interviewer. Dennis Miller makes Jonathan Swift look...like a satirist.
I could go on, but it was all about Dennis Miller and... hate and... lame at that. Except for one laugh: "I don't know why people say things out loud sometimes. I think maybe..."

Speaking of lame: Rachel Maddow is spoofed on SNL. I don't know if it is just me, the characters or the writers, but it was not so funny. Maybe it is hard to spoof someone who is funny and doing a good job, without needing to do an even better job. Burris may even fall into that category, but it could be just in comparison toBlog-oy-ya-bleep.

For more fun'n edifying:
*** ***
[CORRECTION: Poor transition!]
*** ***

FOR ACTUAL Fun'n Edifying:
The Stephanie Miller Show
The Randi Rhodes Show

* this link was emailed with the urgency that it was going to be pulled from the internet because Democrats did not want the truth out there. It is not.
[For the irony challenged, I flip-flop between facts and "frame of reference"** rather than straight satire. So I will con descend to flip the con text: It is not at this point pulled or the truth.]

** apparently the genre of the right, not to mention the Miller's...

LOCAL RADIO and Real Infotainment.(Time Stamp 9:10 AM)
And National Fun'n Edifying:
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report(TS 9:40 AM)

And for real "fair and balanced" see Huffington Post though not really radio or TV. But something must be "read into" that by Bill Kristol: The reason conservatives had food is that they provided it, which was nice for Will to host Obama, while the "liberals" were invited by Obama and he was just being conservative or not letting you read something into that also.

The Irony of the Message

The Politics of Fear[*] was not on the cover.
One has to open the magazine and I presume read.
They even might like you to buy the New Yorker.
There is one irony. The reader who already gets it, probably gets it and will read the articles. The reader who doesn't get it, might not get to the articles, let alone get them. Maybe that is the satire.

Here are some I might not get to:
Politics of Fear (2005)
The Mythical End to the Politics of Fear (2006)
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (2004)

Speaking of "caricatures and satire:

witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

Not exactly Swift or Swift Boating, but can we count on certain believers in McCain to know the difference or do they believe in Lilliputians? (and pardon me I am a bit dingy today, not that you'd notice)

Lost in the message?

[7-16-08 And Characters "my friends", By George...
Uncuruious & ...George of the Jungle.]
[No Teddy: No Pragmatist: Is talking to Iran a ploy? Advice should be Speak clearly and stop waving the stick.]

[*] 4-13-09: link substituted Hint: It was the title of the art work.
[Bonus search: stuck on stupid]

Ephedra Ban Instituted

It takes 60 days for the announcement to take effect.
That is the process that is in place and is heavy in nuance.
Will we see "what’s the difference"?

[Reference "the difference" between actual WMD and the intent to get them, an aside to the intent to actually use them, which oh well, I have probably tainted my point. Source of reference is the Bush interview by Diane Sawyer.]

The "hope" is that suppliers will remove the product, an ingredient in countless dietary or body enhancing supplements, from shelves. I add, for I am skeptical that it is theirs, the hope is that people will not take them anymore, as they not only may not be effective but harmful. Science has apparently proven this, or rather producers have not proven it, but again: "What’s the difference"?

The 60 days is a matter of law. It is also matter of convenience. Laws (of this sort) cannot reasonably expect to be instantly in force.

But will we see how nuance is a benefit to the "invisible hand" of the market place? For those who wonder what the "invisible hand" is, it is a metaphor for how the "free market" works attributed to Adam Smith (1723-1790) probably the founder of modern economics, and especially unfamiliar to those who espouse the idea that the market will take care of anything.

Cutting through the nuance:
Have we begun a 60 day run on ephedra that will make record drug/supplement profits for some? Maybe it will take time for some to think of this, but many may immediately wonder "what’s the difference"?

This of course in no way endorses use of a drug/supplement that will be illegal in 60 days, and in some states is already illegal. In addition, I make no legal claims as I not only am not a lawyer, but I am uncertain as to whether the laws only apply to sales. Or how laws may apply to stocks on hand and I imagine that there may be other laws that may infringe on the free market in this case as applies to delivery or advertising and the use of the postal service, the Internet or interstate commerce.

Remember: Let your conscience be your legal guide, trust the people not the government, and live by your principles. There is irony or satire here but I am uncertain what’s the difference. I prefer to call it running with rhetoric. By the way, I did not fully read any articles to produce this. Another irony but also a consistency: I think I got it covered. One more thing: Is everything black and white and what will this market be?