Death by Irony

Stayin' Alive (Irony)

Ankara Assassin’s pop culture irony By Ed Straker via Stu T This is especially ironic given the lyrics of the song. Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive The song is concerned about enjoying life and staying alive. The Muslim killer, on the other hand, was concerned with the exact opposite--death and killing. That's what the clash of cultures is all about. Our culture celebrates life and enjoying living. Radical Islam celebrates slavery, suffering, and death. It's ironic the Muslim assassin struck a pose reminiscent of the complete antithesis of everything he stands for.

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"Look, people . . . you can't vote against me just because I'm not pretty any more, or because I've never accomplished anything positive in my entire life (including my marriage and my only child), or because I make stupid decisions under pressure, or because I talk like a career second-class VietNam era WestPac Bosun's Mate on liberty in Olongapo. I'm telling you it's MY FUCKING TURN, you assholes, so fucking knock off the horseshit and fucking elect me, goddamit, you stupid motherfuckers, or you'll fucking regret it." HRC (Denny Wilson) More Metzger Y'all ain't gonna b'lieve this . . . until you think about it foraminnit, and then it'll lock into place as SOP taught in Lib Logic 101: Cuzzin Ricky Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10 Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist. 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men There's more, but my attention span is only that long.  More later.  Thank you everyone.

Very Orwellian, wot?

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