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Excellent.

MrMoonPie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:47:30 -0800

Who says Republicans don't have a sense of humor? Yes, this really is linked from the homepage of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's minority site.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:48:49 -0800

Peter DeFazio's site has some Simpson's action, as well.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:54:39 -0800

The problem with that story, and I must have read it like five times, to make sure I wasn't parsing it wrong is that it makes no sense Burns wants SCHIP for himself? Why does Quimby consider himself a monster? What's going on with the niece? None of it makes sense.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:57:43 -0800

I didn't really follow it either. On a different note, I wonder whether a congressional committee can be held liable for trademark and copyright infringement.

By: mrnutty

mrnutty — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:58:55 -0800

Well, the "I am your niece" bit was pulled straight out of an episode of the Simpsons, I believe.

By: DU

DU — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:01:26 -0800

I read it a few times and here's what I think is going on: Quimby creates SCHIP to cover his bastard kids. Burns decides to cash in on the free healthcare, even though he's a bazillionaire and could afford it himself. I'm sure working families that are just above the poverty line and can't afford medicine for their sick kids will get a chuckle out of the notion that they are the ones who are greedy.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:01:27 -0800

I wonder whether a congressional committee can be held liable for trademark and copyright infringement. Well, there is a "Report Waste, Fraud & Abuse" button at the bottom of the committee page.

By: rollbiz

rollbiz — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:02:13 -0800

I saw this earlier today, and I wandered into something even cooler to me: Did you know that the House has a Small Brewers Caucus?

By: rokusan

rokusan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:02:55 -0800

Painfully bad writing, indeed. Like something from a company newsletter, but without the kindly-submitted creole meatloaf recipe from Donna in accounting.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:03:32 -0800

Further proof that "conservative humour" is an oxymoron.

By: birdie birdington

birdie birdington — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:04:18 -0800

Yeah, I'm not sure who should be more offended: The Simpsons creators or sick children.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:04:33 -0800

Also, that's the worst damn slashfic I've ever seen.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:05:22 -0800

I thought you said there would be humor?

By: JHarris

JHarris — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:06:22 -0800

rollbiz, excellent find!

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:10:52 -0800

We elect these people to run the free world and they can't even rip off the Simpsons in a funny or coherent manner.

By: mazola

mazola — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:12:06 -0800

Just remember, none of this makes sense! And if this does not make sense, you should kill the bill.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:15:23 -0800

Pope Guilty: This isn't slashfic.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:18:19 -0800

Oh, and I'm utterly disgusted with the Repigs. But then you knew that.

By: DU

DU — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:18:39 -0800

Also, to be fair to the Republicans, when was the last time the Simpsons itself made any sense?

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:21:22 -0800

Can Republicans be cited for copyright infringement of something that appears on Fox?

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:26:28 -0800

Pope Guilty: This isn't slashfic. Thank you, lupus, that was the joke.

By: turaho

turaho — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:26:38 -0800

Pope Guilty: This isn't slashfic. posted by lupus_yonderboy at 2:15 PM on October 15 With such a finely attuned sense of humor, can a career writing HECC press releases be far behind?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:29:19 -0800

"Did you know that the House has a Small Brewers Caucus?" There's a "small cockus" joke in there somewhere.

By: Riki tiki

Riki tiki — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:31:26 -0800

Who says Republicans don't have a sense of humor? I wasn't saying that before, but I certainly am now.

By: chlorus

chlorus — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:31:52 -0800

Also hilarious: only 4% of the government is "ineffective." According to the government at least.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:40:42 -0800

Children's Health Fact of the Day. Is passing off a really crappy piece of satire as a "fact of the day" some sort of meta-satire or just plain stupid? *looks at today's 'fact' * * notes their code monkeys can't even size a screencap functionally * * withdraws question *

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:47:43 -0800

Also hilarious: only 4% of the government is "ineffective." According to the government at least. Apparently they aren't very effective at uncovering inefficiencies.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:57:55 -0800

Also, that's the worst damn slashfic I've ever seen. I might pay to read Monty Burns / Larry Craig.

By: contessa

contessa — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:10:21 -0800

I might pay to read Monty Burns / Larry Craig. But that wouldn't be fiction at all.

By: newfers

newfers — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:13:07 -0800

This article (and all Republicans) are full of SCHIP.

By: newfers

newfers — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:13:28 -0800

...IS full of SCHIP. Dammit!

By: rusty

rusty — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:25:53 -0800

[thump] Be More Funny.

By: substrate

substrate — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:26:05 -0800

Not funny, but not hard to parse. Burns wanting SCHIP implies that the measure which Bush vetoed would extend SCHIP to the affluent. Quimby was a throw away gag, he's been boinking his niece but didn't realize it. Maybe a not-so-subtle barb implying that liberals have no morals. Conservative humour is as funny as compassionate conservatism is compassionate.

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:30:12 -0800

OK, so the link says: "Republican businessman Montgomery Burns today joined with Mayor Joe Quimby, D-Springfield, to support the Senate's gazillion-dollar SCHIP bill." So, Burns is a Republican. Burns is a Republican. He's the most despised person in Springfield, and he's a Republican. The joke is that he's only in on this deal so he can get a piece of the action (at least that's how I understand it). And this is on a Republican site? Do they understand how this satire thing works?

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:44:10 -0800

They should have used the Republican font: Sans Comic.

By: dances_with_sneetches

dances_with_sneetches — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:46:24 -0800

I was looking at the above link to white house gov expect more ineffective, the official white house site and the one chlorus mentioned. Interestingly, none of the links to programs on the ineffective site listing work. Also, among those receiving the highest rating: Dept of Defense--Military Defense Contract Audit Agency

By: rtha

rtha — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:51:02 -0800

Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield oregon, that is) sent this letter to A.G. Gonzales (back when was still the A.G.). It opens with "Heidely Ho Attorney General Gonzales:" and closes with "Okiliydokily". In the letter, he asks that Justice investigate the "voting irregularities" that plagued the choice of Springfields during the Simpson's movie release. Ah, those wacky elected officials!

By: aladfar

aladfar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:53:53 -0800

Rahm, release the hounds! That actually made me chuckle a bit. Of course, it hinges on knowing a few things about the DNC, Chicago and Illinois politics.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:36:36 -0800

Do they understand how this satire thing works? They probably read this.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:05:24 -0800

"Who says Republicans don't have a sense of humor?" Cicero. What....too soon?

By: symbioid

symbioid — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:15:05 -0800

dances_with_sneetches: "I was looking at the above link to white house gov expect more ineffective, the official white house site and the one chlorus mentioned. Interestingly, none of the links to programs on the ineffective site listing work. Also, among those receiving the highest rating: Dept of Defense--Military Defense Contract Audit Agency" I noticed, too, the DoD not being "ineffective". Bwahaha, these Republicans ARE funny.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:49:02 -0800

I am floored and impressed. They actually managed to resist the urge to put all of that in comic sans.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:39:32 -0800

Liberal humor has as much point as the liberal agenda has an agenda. Eh, lazy social stereotype and mimicry. Easy to do (and understand) with the slightest sliver of brain surface and pretty much all that passes for political humor amongst politicians and assorted fanatic hangers on. Roughly akin to the daily newspaper comic strips in terms of depth. "Hey, where are my shoes..?" *blank* "Oh, no Marmaduke!" Yeah. That's humor. Or rather vague manipulation of the symbols of humor. I wonder why it's so potent in the other rhetorical realms?

By: trigfunctions

trigfunctions — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:22:27 -0800

Wow - that was horrible. The Kennedy incest joke was pretty good though.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:34:45 -0800

I preferred the episode where Flanders fondles Chief Wiggum's leg in the adjoining bathroom stall.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:45:53 -0800

Remember, if it doesn't make sense, a wizard did it.

By: [expletive deleted]

[expletive deleted] — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:41:58 -0800

"...local villain C. Montgomery Burns seen here terrorizing children in a nineteenth century wood-cut..."

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:55:27 -0800

"Twentieth Century Fox was unaware of the illegal use of characters from The Simpsons in this press release. Let me assure you, Fox did not authorize this use. Characters from The Simpsons may not be used in this manner..."