Welcome To The U.S.S.A.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:09 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesAs we drift headlong into our new Socialist Paradise as envisioned by Omaraosa Obama, Rahmbo, Dumbo and the rest of the Marxists who have taken over the Central Government, we decided it was time for a facelift that was more in tune with the times.
The new look may have heavy Soviet overtones, but we’ll be working in a mix of all the fantastic Central Governments (past and present) that our new brave nation is modeled after – North Korea, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, North Vietnam, the list goes on. Expect constant change, because I hear change is really hip and what-not.
We are also welcoming a new face to the fold. The lovely Michele (whom you may already know from some of our sister and brother bloggers-in-arms) will be joining us and has the keys to the blog for as long as she so chooses.
I’ll be updating the blogroll and adding/changing stuff regularly, so stand by for chaos. These are the kinds of problems one causes when one is not actually a web designer, but does a redesign just the same.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Remember the last time somebody tried doing the whole commie scene? Huh? Did ya?
So, yeah, you probably don’t remember. Fun couple of months with that ‘Maximum Blorg Commander.’ Not really popular with the readership, though. But I’m sure you folks will fare much better than I did.
Or you’ll be shot on sight for crimes against the state. Something like that.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Well done Comrade!! The internet is an opiate of the masses!!
February 10th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Yeah, Mac, the whole commie thing has been done in several excellent ways. It just seems so much more appropriate now that we’re actually living in a socialist country. Thanks weasal!
February 10th, 2009 at 7:27 am
вы для приглашать меня
(thank you for inviting me)
February 10th, 2009 at 7:34 am
After watching that speech last night, I’m less ambivalent over this move. I think it happened somewhere between the time a “reporter” for the Huffington Post got to ask if Bush should be prosecuted for war crimes and the other very serious reporter asking what Urkel thought about steroids in baseball.
The country facing “The Most Dire Situation Since The Great Depression”(tm) and all some people are worried about is whether Dumbo wants mustard on his hot dog.
February 10th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Heh! Lookin’ good, comrades! Dear Leader will definitely be pleased by your choice of People-Reaffirming Colors of Warmth, Hope, and Repression!
Regards,
Brian
February 10th, 2009 at 8:13 am
I think the “steroids” question demonstrates the worthlessness of the press in a nutshell. They’ve always been pretty worthless, but now they aren’t even worth the gunpowder it would take to blow them away.
Thanks, Brian – and thanks for the linkage yesterday. How did you add your avatar? I haven’t figured the avatar thing out yet.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Comrades,
Love the new look! I was thinking of changing my site to look exactly like yours, you know…to be in solidarity with the glorious blogger revolution.
And I should have known we would lose Michele to the brave new world. Over at 11, we just could not change quickly enough and we are still stuck in the mire that is freedom, capitalism and war-mongering. I am glad Michele found safe haven here before 11 is raided by by the new thought-police.
I think I hear Comrade Rahmbo knocking at my door now…oh shit.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:28 am
The Buffet of Hope and Change…
The guys Comrades over at Six Meat Buffet were among the first to use some of President Barry’s “stimulus” funds to give their site a facelift. Have a look:
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I’m afraid after this afternoon that we can no longer afford all of this color around here.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death. The Thought Police have two-way telescreens (in the living quarters of every Party member and in every public area), hidden microphones, and anonymous informers to spy potential thought-criminals who might endanger The Party. Children are indoctrinated to informing; to spy and report suspected thought-criminals — especially their parents.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Winston Smith is a bureaucrat in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, revising historical records to match The Party’s contemporaneous, official version of the past. The revisionism is required so that the past reflect the shifts of the day in the Party’s orthodoxy. Smith’s job is perpetual; he re-writes the official record, re-touches official photographs, deleting people officially rendered as unpersons. The original or older document is dropped into a “memory hole” chute leading to an incinerator. Although he likes his work, especially the intellectual challenge of revising a complete historical record, he also is fascinated by the true past, and eagerly tries to learn more about that forbidden truth.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I admit to plagarism. Which way to The Gulag?
February 10th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. Doublethink is basically the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
February 12th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Just stumbled upon this site, and I like it! Going to add it to my daily list of reading. Keep up the good work! I’ll be in Knoxville in June for two weeks, how the weather then?
ScottyK – Oklahoma City. Tornado season started early this year, that can’t be good!
February 12th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Knoxville in June is sweet, Scotty. If you’re new to the site, browse the archives. We’ve been at this for almost 5 years. Also, check out the Klassiks at the bottom left of the blogroll. If I’m around in June I’ll buy you a damn beer.