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WSJ wackiness
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Rupert Murdoch’s influence? Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal op-ed page featured this jaw-dropping editorial, which reads as if they’d picked up an Onion piece by mistake.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Maybe the WSJ edit board decided to rewind after the election by smoking peyote.
(HT to Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.)
The Onion on the Election of Barack Obama
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008SHOCK: Panda demands abortion
Friday, June 27th, 2008Highly respected news organization The Onion has gripping video coverage of a tragic story we may soon face: An expectant panda, communicating through cutting-edge technology, tells the world in staccato bursts of honesty that a zoo life is not one she’d wish upon her offspring.
Officials at the zoo, which, in light of the revelation, has become a battleground for abortion rights and pro-life advocates, say they hope the panda will make the right choice. But they’re also fearful of what may transpire if they are hesitant to act.
Thank you, Onion, for opening our eyes to what will be our city’s darkest hour. That’ll be whenever Lun Lun, Yang Yang and Mei Lan get Internet access and discover the plight of their distant brethren, but you know what I mean.
Until then, we stand vigilant alongside the truth — may her blade of righteousness cut us all down to size.
Click here for the video and the heart-wrenching pleas the panda makes to her “human masters.” Click here to look at our cuddly creatures at Zoo Atlanta. We just wanna nuzzle their cute widdle nosies.
(Screenshot from The Onion)
Onion imitates CL, sorta
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007From the Onion News Network:
CL has published a feature called Atlanta’s Least Influential People for the past two years.
