We’re adding a new blog to the roll: Margaret and Helen. It’s a conversation between a pair of octogenerian gals who are fed up with all the stupidity they see around them, and who’ve taken to calling “bullshit” in the most doily-draped, ladylike fashion. Here’s a sample of the latest post: I remember an America where black men didn’t grow up to be President.
I remember that America. In that America people screaming at public gatherings were called out for what they were – an angry mob. Of course, they wore sheets to cover up their bad hair. Let’s be clear about something: if you show up to a town hall meeting with a gun strapped to your leg, the point you are trying to make isn’t a good one. Fear never produced anything worthwhile.And what’s all this crap about killing your grandmother? Are you people honestly that stupid? This has become less an argument about healthcare reform and more a statement about our failed education system. Margaret, I don’t know what plans you’ve made up there with Howard, but down here with Harold, we have living wills to determine how we will leave this world when the time comes. Mine states that unless the feeding tube is large enough for a piece of pie, I don’t want to be hooked up to it. Harold, of course, says his can only be connected to him if the other end is connected to a bottle of single malt scotch.
The entries below are well worth the scroll. For instance, the post entitled Sarah Palin Called a Family Meeting and the Rabbit Lived…
Margaret, I watched Sarah Palin’s resignation speech and all I have to say is, “What the hell was that?” My God that woman is an idiot. I have said this before, but I feel the need to say it again. Her problems did not come because the media was against her. Her problems come because every time you stick a microphone in front of her mouth a whole lot of stupid falls out.Things are getting tough and once again she is trying to hide behind that dysfunctional family of hers. She actually stood there and talked about how the Palins had a family meeting and everyone agreed it was time for her to step down as Governor. Well, I call bullshit. The only family meetings the Palins have usually involve someone peeing on an early pregnancy test stick.
They don’t post daily, but a couple of salty old gals who personally experienced a good chunk of the 20th century offers a perspective, if not an antidote, to the historiography of scholars like Amity Shlaes and Jonah Goldberg.
h/t to The Bloggess’s Twitter feed.
Posted by scott on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 11:04 am
9 Responses to “Grandma Kills the Death Panels”
The only thing better than one Sane Smart Old Lady is two of ‘em!
“her problems come because every time you stick a microphone in front of her mouth a whole lot of stupid falls out.”
was funny enough, but this was even better;
“The only family meetings the Palins have usually involve someone peeing on an early pregnancy test.”
Thank you, Margeret & Helen, for making us laugh at love again, and thank you scott for bringing them to our attention.
“her problems come because every time you stick a microphone in front of her mouth a whole lot of stupid falls out.”
was funny enough, but this was even better;
“The only family meetings the Palins have usually involve someone peeing on an early pregnancy test.”
Thank you, Margeret & Helen, for making us laugh at love again, and thank you scott for bringing them to our attention.
Oh, and then there’s this, from a June 30 post:
* If you’re Michael Jackson’s father, now is not the time to be enjoying the limelight.
*You can’t be Pro-Life and Pro-War at the same time. If one of these dispositions have to be in your cadre, then pick one and live with the consequences.
*You can’t deny the right to marry to some and then cheat on your spouse. The right to happily marry belongs to all no matter how unhappy it makes you.
*You can’t tolerate the atrocities of one President for eight years and then assign the consequences to the one who follows. From this day forward everything was Reagan’s fault.
*The Christian Right should be forced to spend a week in Iran. May the best radicals win.
*The Real Housewives should actually be housewives.
* If you’re Michael Jackson’s father, now is not the time to be enjoying the limelight.
*You can’t be Pro-Life and Pro-War at the same time. If one of these dispositions have to be in your cadre, then pick one and live with the consequences.
*You can’t deny the right to marry to some and then cheat on your spouse. The right to happily marry belongs to all no matter how unhappy it makes you.
*You can’t tolerate the atrocities of one President for eight years and then assign the consequences to the one who follows. From this day forward everything was Reagan’s fault.
*The Christian Right should be forced to spend a week in Iran. May the best radicals win.
*The Real Housewives should actually be housewives.
I found Margaret & Helen about a year ago. They were soooooo funny when Palin was picked. Well, they’re always funny. Dig into their archives, you’ll have a blast!
“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.”
–Dorothy L Sayers, Clouds of Witness (1925 or thereabouts)
–Dorothy L Sayers, Clouds of Witness (1925 or thereabouts)
I call shenanigans. Its all Helen and no Margaret…
“Her problems come because every time you stick a microphone in front of her mouth a whole lot of stupid falls out.”
So simple, so true - Expect rat bastard Gooper attacks ladies
So simple, so true - Expect rat bastard Gooper attacks ladies
Aren’t they awesome?
I heart Margaret and Helen.
This might be a case of “on the internet no one knows you are a dog” but it is pretty good. See website link see the original New Yorker cartoon
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