Twas the night before tookies execution. ..

“Twas the night before Christmas and all through San Quentin,
the crips were protesting, and liberals were ventin'.

The cyanide hung by the chamber wth care, in hopes that the reaper soon would be there.

The inmates were nestled all snug in bed ;
except for Old Tookie, who was soon to be dead.

And me with my beer mug, dressed warm in my flannell, had curled up to watch it, on the Fox News Channel.

I set up my TIVO to record the news station, and thoroughly loved the momentous occasion.

It seemed lady justice had gotten her way, and that there would be one less savage today.

When outside the jail there arose such a clatter, the cameras had turned to see what was the matter.

When what to my civilized eyes did appear, but a lineup of actors, all liberal, half queer.

The misguided freaks drew some curious looks, as they proclaimed his innocence; clutching his books.

The tears then dribbled from Sarandon's eyes, as she nominated him again for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The actors were tethered to an ACLU sleigh, all towing the line of the urban decay.

On Asner, on Penn, on liberal cop-haters,
On Sharpton, on Jesse and other race-baiters.

Then at 3:01 all curled up like a beetle, Tookie cried like a #&%!$ as they gave him the needle.

When up from the actors there arose such a cry, they had failed in their mission, and Tookie DID DIE !!

I heard Bill O'Reilly say, as I turned out my light, Merry Christmas to all ... there was justice tonight !!”

“wasnt this a couple of weeks ago? it took you that long to think of that ugly political-baiting diatribe?”

“Streamweaver, it was excellent! ignore the leftie socialists.”

“it was fcking lame, wanderer. one doesnt need to be an extremist to see that. it was clunky, and full of predictable stereotypes. but then, you probably think mallard fillmore is funny and insightful too”

“Hey, any guy that has the name of a duck has to be funny!”

“oh, and by the way, i was also glad to see this guy get executed. shows what you know about my political affiliations”

“nigal, i have three words for you:

howard

the

duck”

“It was FUNNY, CB!
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“actually, it wasnt funny. putting political rhetoric to rhyme isnt poetry, either.

btw, im not coming at this from a political angle, im judgin its artistic merits. i was an english major in college, and i just happen to hate bad, unfunny, political poetry.”

“for something to be funny, there has to be a clever turn of phrase, or an element of the unexpected, or sometimes someone saying the things we're thinking but no one saying. that "poem" had none of those elements. you just like it cuz its liberal-bashing, admit it.”

“And I was coming at it from another angle... it made me laugh, artistic merits be-damned!

BTW, If you were an English major, how'd you end up w such a lousy job? I saw your post on SC's thread about your income... at the least you could become a teacher, we NEED more good teachers!

And I don't mean to say, at all, that teaching isn't an honerable profession when I say "at least", it's just that teaching doesn't pay well.”

“"artistic merits be-damned!"

thats for sure

"how'd you end up w such a lousy job?" i dont have the accreditation for teaching. i was trying to get into the publishing industry. while looking for a "real" job, i took a factory job, then a job at verizon making "real" money, but i hated the job and when they offered me a buyout i took it, hiked the AT, had to start over with my career-track, and now im saving money so i can get some schooling to teach english as a second language”

“You should move to California. "English as a second language" is HUGE, as you might imagine, plus we have the best backpacking in North America.”

“i would love to move to california or colorado. however, my mother is recently widowed and im an only child, so i kind of feel tied to indiana”

“And you will later on be thankful that you did the right thing & stayed w your Mom. There's plenty of time to get out here... plus, I'm sure you'll end up w a vacation here & there which will allow you to escape for awhile! ”

“but as a godless, moral-less liberal, i can do what i want, right?

;-)”

“crashbang- typical english major- i.e., a reletively-intellegent 40ish year old who dreams that someday someone will pay him for being "creative"


sacco
8:16:13 PM
12/27/05


now THATS comedy
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“especially the 40ish bit”

“I thought the trivia was something akin to Poetic Justice.”

“what trivia?”

“you know what i hated on the other side of the political spectrum? that movie by john singleton (boyz n the hood) about race relations at a college. pretty much for the same reasons streamweavers poem sucked. full of bs stereotypes”

“Do you mean that all that "ugly political-baiting diatribe" is more than just plain, old trivia?
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“trivia is "who is the president of mgumgobbawe?" or "what is the largest species of flying kangaroo"

im not sure what your point is”

“You were making light of the post and so was I, perhaps in a less significant manner. I consider all trolling material to be trival, at least, when used for that purpose. Also, the passage itself is trival, since it has beeen around a while. (It could be called old hat or small beer.) A google search turned up many versions. Which version is quoted here, I don't know.
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“I’d say it’s more tripe than trivia. LOL!”

“Thanks, Nigal, that's what it is. I was trying to avoid calling it BS.”

“So another conservative stole someone’s work and tried to get credit for it? Is this news?”

“Speaking of tripe...”

“LOL You people take yourselves far too seriously!! Thats the funny part. And who the frick cares if this was posted before ,you dont like what I post dont read it !”

“"You people take yourselves far too seriously!! "

no, we're just really bored and have no life

"you dont like what I post dont read it !”

now how do i know whether or not i like it if i dont read it, mr smartypants?”

“That, "dont read it," logic is a two-way street! And when you copy something, it's nice to be polite and give a credit.

You might be interested in some of the remarks from when someone else posted the article.
OC Online Community
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“"it's nice to be polite"

OLD DUDE
a few minutes ago
:-P

its redundant to repeat yourself”

“Ha! Thanks, Crash Bang. I never did well in my English and Psychology courses.

BTW, sorry for not making it clear. My remarks were not intended to be directed at you.
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“ha! and i was thinking, jeeze what a net nanny.”

“That, "dont read it," logic is a two-way street! And when you copy something, it's nice to be polite and give a credit.
I agree but there was no name on the thing.It had been forwarded many times and I guess it just got deleted.

now how do i know whether or not i like it if i dont read it, mr smartypants?
Cant argue with that logic I recon.”