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Since a letter to the editor came in saying I write like Andy Rooney, I hesitate to go down this path. I can tell it's going to be Rooneyesque.
But why is the word 'effigy' only used if something is hung? Oh...I guess also if it's burned, but we're in the U.S. not the Middle East, so that seldom happens.
When that idiot in Hollywood hung an effigy of Sarah Palin, I wondered why people didn't just say "a likeness". People don't go to Madam Tussad's and say "I saw a lovely effigy of Princess Di."
Yet, if you grabbed the Princess Di and did something to it (mind out of the gutter, Fred)...it would immediately be on the news as "An effigy of Princess Di was ruined today. Story at 11!"
I heard yesterday, that the dimwit finally took down the Palin effigy. And, one of Barack sprung up. I thought it was odd that Bill O'Reilly, when commenting on the Palin incident, said "If this was another politician, everyone would've been a lot more furious over it, and it would've been taken down immediately." He then paused and said, "I'm not talking about race. I just mean anyone else, like the President or a Senator."
C'mon, Bill. Are you that scared of not sounding PC? Of course you mean Barack, and it's a great point. Had ANYONE put a Barack character hanging from their house, cops would be there, protests, etc. Nothing wrong with stating the obvious. Or even commenting on why that is.
I found it odd that the police let this guy keep the Palin thing hanging around (pun intended), because they said "Well, the guy did it for Halloween." Just pass a law that you can't hang people, if they look like other people. Hell, they passed a law forbidding us to use our cell phones, this shouldn't be that hard (or hard to covince people), to pass. Who would be against it? KKK members? Or those people on Halloween that spend two months preparing their house. Who cares about them.
Halloween doesn't just give everyone an excuse to do whatever they want, and not worry about offending others (okay, well, it does give women the excuse to dress in slutty bunny or French maid outfits, that's true).
Remember that Halloween party a few years back, where an African-American actor was shot and killed by police, because they saw he had a gun? It was all part of his Halloween costume. And, having had a girlfriend that worked in a bank and told me they hate Halloween because it gives EVERYONE an excuse to walk into a bank with a mask on...it makes me realize, cops should have this mind set as well, and be a little more patient before pulling the trigger.
Now, back to that effin word effigy (cue the Andy Rooney eyebrows) -- it reminds me of "grassy knoll." I've never heard anyone mention a 'knoll' that wasn't grassy. Are there any? Or, if there's no grass on it, does it just become a hill?
Since a letter to the editor came in saying I write like Andy Rooney, I hesitate to go down this path. I can tell it's going to be Rooneyesque.
But why is the word 'effigy' only used if something is hung? Oh...I guess also if it's burned, but we're in the U.S. not the Middle East, so that seldom happens.
When that idiot in Hollywood hung an effigy of Sarah Palin, I wondered why people didn't just say "a likeness". People don't go to Madam Tussad's and say "I saw a lovely effigy of Princess Di."
Yet, if you grabbed the Princess Di and did something to it (mind out of the gutter, Fred)...it would immediately be on the news as "An effigy of Princess Di was ruined today. Story at 11!"
I heard yesterday, that the dimwit finally took down the Palin effigy. And, one of Barack sprung up. I thought it was odd that Bill O'Reilly, when commenting on the Palin incident, said "If this was another politician, everyone would've been a lot more furious over it, and it would've been taken down immediately." He then paused and said, "I'm not talking about race. I just mean anyone else, like the President or a Senator."
C'mon, Bill. Are you that scared of not sounding PC? Of course you mean Barack, and it's a great point. Had ANYONE put a Barack character hanging from their house, cops would be there, protests, etc. Nothing wrong with stating the obvious. Or even commenting on why that is.
I found it odd that the police let this guy keep the Palin thing hanging around (pun intended), because they said "Well, the guy did it for Halloween." Just pass a law that you can't hang people, if they look like other people. Hell, they passed a law forbidding us to use our cell phones, this shouldn't be that hard (or hard to covince people), to pass. Who would be against it? KKK members? Or those people on Halloween that spend two months preparing their house. Who cares about them.
Halloween doesn't just give everyone an excuse to do whatever they want, and not worry about offending others (okay, well, it does give women the excuse to dress in slutty bunny or French maid outfits, that's true).
Remember that Halloween party a few years back, where an African-American actor was shot and killed by police, because they saw he had a gun? It was all part of his Halloween costume. And, having had a girlfriend that worked in a bank and told me they hate Halloween because it gives EVERYONE an excuse to walk into a bank with a mask on...it makes me realize, cops should have this mind set as well, and be a little more patient before pulling the trigger.
Now, back to that effin word effigy (cue the Andy Rooney eyebrows) -- it reminds me of "grassy knoll." I've never heard anyone mention a 'knoll' that wasn't grassy. Are there any? Or, if there's no grass on it, does it just become a hill?