PZ writes about a couple of lists circulating among the right of books “that screwed up the world.”
Here’s my list:
- The Christian Bible
- The Torah
- The Quran
- Dow 20,000
- Mein Kampf
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- The Lexus and The Olive Tree
- Atlas Shrugged
- The Way Things Ought To Be
- Neo-conservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea
Given how history has proven that the Christian New Testament is largely a made-up mess, created at the behest of Emperor Constantine, it has to be ranked #1. The notion that Karl Marx messed up the world is beyond contempt: the history of Communism is the history of how Marx’s message has been ignored by non-capitalist totalitarians.
I’m sure you can add plenty of titles to this list.
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You might also want to offer some nominations for the Cartoonist’s Mt. Rushmore. Too many good names to pick from, but my CMR would include:
- Walt “Pogo” Kelly
- Charles “Peanuts” Schulz
- Bill “Calvin & Hobbes” Waterston
- Garry “Doonesbury” Trudeau
But there should definitely be souvenir shop garden gnomes honoring Gary “Far Side” Larson, Chas. “Addams Family” Addams, Edward Gorey, Sam Gross, Will Elder, Ted Rall, Dan “Tom Tomorrow” Perkins, and — hell — the list could just go on and on.
I tried hard to think of some women cartoonists that have had me ROFL, but couldn’t think of any. (Sorry, but Cathy “Cathy” Guiesewite, Lynn “For Better or Worse” Johnston, and Lynda Barry just don’t do that much for me.)
I laugh at women comedians — actors and stand up — but I cannot recall any comics drawn by women that I got hooked on. Oh I read For Better or Worse and Cathy, but mostly to help me understand the woman I was living with at the time.
Likewise, I practically grew up on Erma Bombeck, so it’s not like I have an issue with women and words. Just ‘toons.
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Not just the worst president in history, but also the first to ever veto a veterans benefits bill. (A little late, but last week’s This Modern World nails Curious George to a banana-shaped T.)
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Big Daddy Malcontent has a vintage but dead-on Vonnegut quote.
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TBogg: asked and answered.
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Putting together your own TV listings is illegal in Australia.
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Some aged Phronesisaical that’s still as fresh as the day Helmut posted it:
China in Africa (welcome to the future)
More on Postville
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Bad ideas:
Giving the FDA the very last word on drugs
Soylent Fuel (via Kip)
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75,000 in Oregon. Has John McCain drawn 75,000 total people to rallies this year?
This is why I don’t “get” Hillary’s bitter enders. No one in American history has ever drawn such crowds. How could we possibly find another candidate half as electrifying?
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This is maybe my first link to Jeralyn Merritt in months, but since it’s to FDL, I guess I’m still boycotting TalkLeft, formerly one of my favorite websites but now it’s more like a homeless shelter for Obama haters.
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Last week’s winner (yes, I got it wrong by guessing Paths of Glory — right director, wrong movie), this week’s quiz.
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Woman cartoonist: Ann Telnase, one of the very best.
I see you have one of her cartoons up at your blog. Not bad at all. I’ll have to find an easy way of keeping up with her.
Oh, and I didn’t mean to leave Tom Toles off my list!
“Who Moved My Cheese?”
It may not have screwed up the world, but my reaction to it certainly cost me a job at the MegaCorp where I was working. That was one stupid, unnecessary book.