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“Please get your fanaticism straight.”
It is so much easier for the right. Obama’s in a seven-way tie for first with himself (Obama the anti-imperialist mau mau, Obama the muslim, Obama the Christian but his Christianity is racist liberation theology (Ok, that Obama is out of the top ten, now), Obama the creeping socialist, Obama the non-American, Obama the over-conciliator (ok, he’s in the left’s top ten, too), Obama the non-negotiator, Obama the I-don’t-know-I-just-hate-that-guy). Pelosi, Reid, Soros and the unions are in a four-way tie for eighth.
Come to think of it, not so simple.
Chevron’s an oil company so it’s of course bad in the eyes of the fanatics.
However, none of them hold a candle to the EVILNESS of Halliburton, which, of course, Cheney ran.
Did you know:
Words That Don’t Rhyme
There are only four common words in the English language that are nearly impossible to rhyme. What is interesting about them is that three of the four are colors, silver, orange and purple. Perhaps this is because colors demand a certain amount of originality in their naming. Note how modern crayon color namers feel compelled to issue interesting names for their creations. Recent additions to the Crayola stable of colors include, “inch worm, jazzberry jam, mango tango and wild blue yonder”.
The other common word that does not have a rhyme is month. This is an Old English or Germanic word that derives from “moon”, a month being roughly one cycle of the moon’s phases. It was rather inconvenient for the ancients that the moon’s phases do not divide evenly into the Earth’s orbit around the sun. This forced them to adopt a rather artificial and somewhat unwieldy method of tracking time. Perhaps this is why we have held on to this singular, “un-rhymable” word.
“biff — so you’ve got penguin and sanguine. What’s your third word in the rhyme sequence? Oh, that gives me an idea — sequin. Equine? Ongoing?”
I’ll use them for the third and fourth lines. Now I just need something for the second and fifth lines to rhyme with purple.
Benson, where does Chevron fit in? Cause Gibson represents them, too.
Regarding Gold selling:
Do you think you would get a better price on trying to sell your gold at the Jewish jewelers in the diamond district vs. Chinatown????
Biff, I wouldn’t worry about the baby wipes. My cleaning woman has yet to ask about the bag of condoms hanging on the back of my bathroom door, among other things I’m sure she’s noticed.
Several lawyers have become stand-up comedians. What does that say about the profession?
Bob Newhart dropped out of law school and was/is one of the funniest guys.
“Bush had Cheney for that. Unfortunately not enough people took the time to see that side of him.”
How many sides of Cheney have you seen, dibs?
[OK, better do some work now.]