Surely a Parody Website-OpEdNews.com

I have recently diverted myself from my usual visits to the Liberal websites, dailyKos.com and democraticunderground.com to spend a little time catching up with some other Liberal moonbats at a website absurdly and incorrectly named "OpEdNews.com." [Op-Ed is an Americanism derived from articles written on the facing page, or "opposite" page from those written by the newspaper's own editorial staff. They quite frequently (but not necessarily) express view opposing those of the editors.]

Surely, this website has got to be a parody site. The articles posted there are so obscenely self-congratulatory and so arrogant in tone; so far to the Left, and so divorced from reality that I can find no other explanation other than the authors intend to amuse their readers by parodying the far Left. The sad part is I fear that I am wrong and that these "writers" are actually serious.

First let me say that I was led to this website by one Steve Leser, a frequent contributor to dailyKos.com, democraticunderground.com, and of course OpEdNews.com following recent comments left on my webpage concerning my use of his "diary" entry on dailyKos titled:

"Ahmadinejad and his Columbia University Visit – All Happened as it Should"

Which I chose, entirely at random, to illustrate the naiveté of the Left and the way in which they view the world and events happening around them I titled "Ahmadinejad's Columbia Appearance Reveals the Astounding Naivete of Liberals ."

Out of a 2300 word blog containing four extended excerpts from three different sources and four different articles, Mr. Leser chose to focus on one "stage whisper" comment I made about Conservatives not being allowed to express their views as freely as Mr. Ahmadinejad. Here is the offending paragraph upon which Mr. Leser based his attack:

"In some ways Mr. Leser is correct. It is a tradition for universities to allow disparate views to be expressed (unless one is a conservative American political pundit) so that students receive the broadest and best understanding of the world in general, and to trust their reasoning ability to discern the true from the false and the good from the bad."[I've added emphasis to the offending phrase]

And here is Mr. Leser's complete initial comment:

Steven Leser said...
Interesting that in one of your comments, you suggest that conservative pundits are not offered opportunities to speak at American colleges and Universities. Ann Coulter has a ton of appearances at colleges and universities all around the country. I think the appearance fees she derives from college appearances are a significant portion of her income.

Such offhanded comments are typical of the errors in fact and judgement of most conservative pundits, commentators and bloggers. Who needs "Liberal naivete" when conservative 'facts' thoughtlessly hurled about are so often just plain WRONG.

From this simple beginning came a dialogue, which may yet continue, concerning my comments on his naivete in making the assertions he made and the general lack of grasp of reality that Liberal have when making their observations about the world around them.

As is typical of all Liberal arguments, it was completely off target and an attempt to divert attention from the fundamental truths being discussed about the Liberal mentality.

However, the gift that Mr. Leser inadvertently gave me was a pathway to a Liberal "Never, Never Land," that is truly quite remarkable. Mr. Leser assured me that this was the land of diverse viewpoints. Quite to the contrary, all I have found there is a bewildering array of bizzare Leftist thinking and an orgy of egoism the likes of which one rarely sees.

We are greeted by such noted(?) luminaries as "Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo" (note the author's humility). His self-authored biography-

"Professor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ [I notice he fails to say which end of the charts...the short bus end perhaps?], reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.
Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate Research Assistant position in college. He holds a triple bachelor's degree in Painting and Drawing, Anthropology, Architectural Design Advertising. MA's in Cultural Anthro, Painting and more.
After being tenured he taught; architecture, anthropology, Theology, advertising, painting and drawing, entrepreneuring and Creative Profit Making. He produced a star-studded Music festival, had a radio talk show in Chicago, and cable TV show. Now, retired from Teaching, he paints, writes, and pursues other ventures."

I fear his writing fails to live up to his billing. It is exceptional only in its mediocrity both of reasoning and of use of pedestrian Liberal argumentation. He may be a Professor Emeritus, but he doesn't even know how to spell "vice versa."

Here is an example of his profundity:

September 27, 2007 at 21:44:17

Is It Bush's Fault That Racists In Baseball Are Flooding Politics In America, Or Is It Visa [sic] Versa?

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo
©2006

Evil manifests it self in strange ways-it seeps into our loves, our games, our weaknesses and soon the land, like Camelot in symbiosis with its leaders rots before our eyes, but those with ears hear and those with eyes see, and the rest, simply don't get it and it all goes to Hell in no hand-basket. here is the story of such an even that destroyed what it took 4.5 billion years to build, for the lust of god, black gold by a handful of demoniacs on the greed, bigotry and Culture of Death of the few which grew into the many after the Hun was killed in his bunker, his evil sprit entered the
bodies of several families and now swarms amidst the rotting, dying, land of once milk and honey, like Camelot, dying slowly, but there is no Arthur or Percival or Lancelot to save us and Excalibur lies broken in the Lake where the Lady of that Lake is trying to mend it, and God that she will have success! [Is this an unsourced quote or just some meanderings of a man on drugs?]

I am certainly no San Diego fan, but I had some time and just happened to stumble onto the game in which, a short time later the Runge, Winters, Bradley affair took place.

It all began when plate umpire Brian Runge asked Bradley if he had flipped his bat toward Runge's direction after being called out on strikes ending the fifth inning and that Winter's told him that Bradley had done so.

Moments later after he singled Bradley, asked Winter's if he told Runge that he threw his bat and Winter's answer escalated the event, adding insult before injury, called Bradley a "...piece of shit..." First base coach Bobby Meacham San Diego manager Bud Black said Winter's used profanity. Bradley said it was, "the most unprofessional and most ridiculous thing I've ever seen."

It was clear even to my 10-year-old neighbor who was watching the game next door with his dad, how the affair began. Although no one else mentioned it, it was the seed planting, provocative conversation point made by home plate umpire Brian Runge that initiated the problem. He should have known better than to listen to gossip and to bring the matter to Bradley's attention-his action was stupid, and unethical, it was also an indication of the attitude of MLB umpires who think that millions come to games to watch them play Pope and judge, but act more like pompous hypocrites. I recognized immediately that Bradley was the dupe in a three-way attempt to nail him. I think Runge should share the blame and whether or not the entire thing was a case of Pecksniffian, Judgmentalism or a trap, racially motivated mean spirited, vengeance, or merely a case of stupidity, I do not know.

However, my panoply of reasons quickly boiled down to one as I began to read the myriad comments on various website by those who either never saw anything but the carefully edited video-short beginning and focusing on Bradley's seeming tantrum, ignoring what may have led to his rightful anger, or was racially motivated. Reading the comments and replies one could only come to once conclusion the vast majority of those writing were either uneducated boobs, or racists, and many seemed either adolescents or grown-ups with adolescent minds, if any. The more I read of the comments, the more racism, intolerance, and bitter hatred, even in the cases of those whose language supported that they were awfully young. Pre and post adolescent racism is and always has multiplied under conservative administrations, but for the time and place was never worse than right now and the past, near, six years.

Wow, what an intuitive leap of logic! From baseball "rhubarb" to racist adolescence being multiplied under conservative administrations; talk about a "left-fielder..."

Like Liberals in general, all who don't see the world as they see it are immediately reduced to "uneducated boobs, or racists." All of that from a few comments left on a video cut of the incident. Now admittedly I have not visited whatever site to which Mr...Oh excuse me, "Professor Emeritus Bagnolo" is referring, but I do understand the dangers of making a psychological evaluation by proxy. He goes on to relate all this "racism" to the desire of some to place an asterisk along side the home run record of Barry Bonds, who as shocking as it may be to some, happens to be a black man.

I would only ask "Professor Emeritus Bagnolo" if it was racism as well when the baseball commissioner placed an asterisk (now ignored) beside Roger Maris' record 61 homeruns in a season because he achieved his amazing feat in playing 161 games out of 163 rather than the 151 out of 155 that the "Babe" played. Clearly a case of racism...oh wait...Maris was white, not black.

Thus is the level of intellect to be found on the "OpEdNews.com" website. More to come later, as there is plenty of fodder for ridicule on this wonderful tin-hat website.

Long Live Our American Republic!

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