Yes everyone it’s back for 2007, the Gentleman Agitator’s, Stinky Sandwich Awards. I give these to those in the recent news and popular culture who make rude, crude, obnoxious, or startlingly dumbfounding comments or actions.
The first Stinky Sandwich of the year is a tie. It’s really hard to tie at the Stinky. Usually if it is close, one will eek out the other. However, this week, I co-award it. First to the Landmark Legal Foundation of Leesburg, Virginia, for nominating Rush Limbaugh to win a Nobel Peace Prize. I am just gob smacked.
No words can adequately describe my astonishment. You have to consider the source. The Landmark Legal Foundation is a politically conservative public interest law firm. That and Rush is on their board of advisors. The LLF’s president, Mark Levin states that they nominated him because of his “...nearly two decades of tireless efforts to promote liberty, equality and opportunity for all humankind, regardless of race, creed, economic stratum or national origin. These are the only real cornerstones of just and lasting peace throughout the world...Rush Limbaugh is the foremost advocate for freedom and democracy in the world today. Everyday he gives voice to the values of democratic governance, individual opportunity and the just, equal application of the rule of law -- and it is fitting that the Nobel Committee recognize the power of these ideals to build a truly peaceful world for future generations."
I think that I will just let those statements speak for the insanity they are.
The other co-winner goes to the Cartoon Network. Yes, their little avant-garde ad campaign for Aqua Teen Hungerforce kinda backfired. They found out people are a little sensitive after 9/11. Though I must say, there was some overreaction on the part of authorities. They should have quickly realized they were harmless signs. If those were explosive devices, it was the comic-book villain “The Joker” who put them there. Warped humor attached to a boom boom is right up his alley. Speaking of jokers and warped humor, how about those two mensas Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky, who were arrested in Boston? INSERT SARCASTIC VOICE HERE → Ah yes, you have to love post-modern humor, right? Oh, weren’t they cute joking around and talking about their hair, instead of apologizing for frightening a major city. Oh man, you guys are funny! That is soooo cool and anti-social of you I forgot to laugh. And what did their crude light-brite cartoon character look like? It was a little retro video game icon giving the finger. Oh yes, that is sooo funny! <- END SARCASTIC VOICE
How sad that the trend of crude humor is now becoming a statement of this society? A culture’s humor, like many other elements is a reflection of the society that creates it. It’s characters like this and shows like South Park, which celebrate foul language and foul acts that reflect American society today. American culture has become the creature that chases its tail and consumes itself at the same time since the 1990’s. It looks inwardly self-absorbed and self-destructive. Rush Limbaugh and cartoon nasties, all part of our wonderful society. You can insert sarcasm again on that last sentence.
Thanks for reading Gentleman Agitator.
Holy cow, what drugs are the "Landmark Legal Foundation" taking? Can I have some? Talk about mind-altering! Maybe Rush is sharing his oxycontin...
Posted by: kerravon | February 17, 2007 at 03:09 PM