December-6th-2006, 11:08 AM
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Why Mommy is a Democrat
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December-6th-2006, 11:10 AM
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December-6th-2006, 11:11 AM
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December-6th-2006, 11:31 AM
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December-7th-2006, 12:18 AM
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Rollhead--
I'm tired. Help me out, okay?
The images in #1 and #3 are actual pages from the book, but the image in #2 is a parody, which is to say a forgery? If so, that's much too subtle for some of us. 
Last edited by bluenoter; December-7th-2006 at 12:45 AM.
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December-7th-2006, 01:15 AM
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Yeah, I'll stand by that surmise.
Fascinating. I'd heard of Why Mommy Is a Democrat and assumed that Democrats had responded to it favorably. Not necessarily, I see; the author, Jeremy Zilber, has been accused of everything from foolishly reinforcing canards about the Democrats to being a right-wing plant. Less surprisingly, right-wing websites have had a field day with the book.
Here's an entry that Zilber posted at MyDD, which is a liberal, pro-Democratic blog:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/2/24/115129/798
Comments follow. That's from February; I don't know how the response has shaken out since then, at MyDD or elsewhere.
Last edited by bluenoter; December-7th-2006 at 06:08 AM.
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December-7th-2006, 05:28 AM
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When I look at the image in post #1, I see a man begging on a park bench, ignored by the prosperous squirrel family, while the text says Democrats share. When I look at the image in post #3, I see that Mommy Squirrel "goes to school," presumably to the high-priced college pictured in the background--in other words, Democrats are rich elitists who can afford to bring up kids *and* spend $160,000 a year in tuition for Mommy to go to school. If these are really images from his book, then clearly Jeremy Zilber is disingenuous in the extreme.
Or perhaps all three of these images are parodies. Rollhead?
Last edited by Tom Storer; December-7th-2006 at 05:29 AM.
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December-7th-2006, 10:40 AM
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De harder dey come...
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Originally Posted by rollhead
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How is this different than the federally mandated testing that the Republican congress instituted under Bush? Isn't that the government dictating what kids need to learn? Did the Republicans reduce the size of the government in the past 6 years? I don't think so.
Last edited by groover; December-7th-2006 at 10:42 AM.
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December-7th-2006, 11:40 AM
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December-8th-2006, 11:06 AM
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De harder dey come...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgina Hotpod
PLEASE CEASE AND DESIST PERSONAL ATTACKS NOW.
Take a deep breath please before you attack another poster - who came here for the same reasons you did.
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For an argument? It's being hit on the head lessons in here. Arguments are down the hall, to your left.
One good non-sequitir deserves another!
Last edited by groover; December-8th-2006 at 11:22 AM.
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December-8th-2006, 11:40 AM
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Blue --
I wasn't really thinking too much about the meaning of the posts, other than I found both the original and the "parody" to be funny.
both pretty ridiculous in their own, separate, ways.
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December-8th-2006, 11:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgina Hotpod
PLEASE CEASE AND DESIST PERSONAL ATTACKS NOW.
Take a deep breath please before you attack another poster - who came here for the same reasons you did.
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Hi, Scottie... welcome back. We missed you!
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December-8th-2006, 11:45 AM
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De harder dey come...
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Originally Posted by rollhead
Hi, Scottie... welcome back. We missed you!
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VH's posts suggests some history with this board under another alias, but I don't believe it's Scott.
Last edited by groover; December-8th-2006 at 11:46 AM.
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December-8th-2006, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by groover
VH's post suggests some history with this board under another alias, but I don't believe it's Scott.
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I'm with you, Groover.
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December-8th-2006, 12:08 PM
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I'm with both of you. I have a different theory, which I plan to report.
Rollhead--
Thanks. You didn't confirm my surmise about which ones were real, but I've since been to the author's website and seen the two real ones there.
Last edited by bluenoter; December-8th-2006 at 12:11 PM.
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December-8th-2006, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Root Doctor
I'm with you, Groover.
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Definitely ain't Scott. He took his ball and went home, has no plans to return (or so he says).
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