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Let's drop the big one... (Original Post) Lodestar Jul 2014 OP
This place is nuts. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #1
sar-casm - Lodestar Jul 2014 #3
Overuse of this technique desensitizes the mind and ballyhoo Jul 2014 #5
"Political Science" by Randy Newman. longship Jul 2014 #2
Love Randy Newman. kaiden Jul 2014 #4
Not sure why it was many people hated this song..I thought it was cute. yuiyoshida Jul 2014 #7
Drop it now! L0oniX Jul 2014 #6
There is always enough blame to go around, I suppose. ActiveTen28 Jul 2014 #8

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
3. sar-casm -
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 05:36 AM
Jul 2014

Definition - the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny.

By all means, stay clear of a publication called The Onion....

 

ballyhoo

(2,060 posts)
5. Overuse of this technique desensitizes the mind and
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:21 AM
Jul 2014

makes it think what is being said or written is really what the speaker or writer wants. I don't go to the Onion anymore, but I did when it first came out. But, then, to each his own.

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. "Political Science" by Randy Newman.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 05:17 AM
Jul 2014

From his immortal Sail Away album.

The title tune:



Newman, great social commentary.

kaiden

(1,314 posts)
4. Love Randy Newman.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 07:35 AM
Jul 2014

I bought this album way back in the 70s when it first came out. Great political commentary!

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