What Will Liberals Do To The Screwtape Reports? Open Trackbacks Thread

I’m going to get the Open Trackback post, but first something kind of unusual:

As I detailed here my book has ended up a prize in a Blog Awards vote between five of the top leftist blogs in the Blogosphere:

Daily Kos
Talking Points Memo
Crooks and Liars
Firedog Lake
Wonkette

As I see it, there are six possibilities:

1) Conversion

-The keen satire and wit will be too much and they’ll abandon their liberal ways, sell all their Barbara Streisand stuff on ebay and-okay, that’s not going to happen.

2) Love It

-Well, despite their left wing sense of political correctness, Screwtape will give them a chuckle or two. They’ll catch the parts of the book that are true of their own party and with their inate sense of humor and ability to laugh at themselves they’ll go ahead and reccomend it for some fun and interesting reading material.

3) Critique It

-No, they’ll not just critique, they’ll eviscerate it. They’ll put it through the blender, they’ll come up with a list of a dozen problems with the satire and will find out the truth that I’m taking money from the CIA to blog in order to help facilitate Bush’s war on terror, so that he can fund Osama bin-Laden while using the Patriot Act to stop gay marriage and require voluntary abortion and a 24 hour waiting period for prayer in school. Or is it the other way around? Does it matter? It’ll work out the same, and help book sales just the same.

4) Flush It Down the Toilet

-They’ll flush it down the toilet and word will spread through the Internet. Conservatives will riot in Salt Lake City, killing several other Conservatives in retaliation. Or wait-I think I’ve got the wrong group for that.

5) Burn It At the Next MoveOn.Org Rally

-They hate it so much, they won’t be able to come up with an intelligent response, so they decide to go ahead and burn it on C-Span live at the next MoveOn.org rally. The fire gets quickly out of hand as Washington, DC burns to the ground. In a press release from DNC Chairman, Howard Dean, George W. Bush is blamed for the blaze.

6) Put It On Their Bookshelf

The fate worse than death. They graciously accept delivery and I send them the copy of the book. They admire the cool cover art and shove it on the bookshelf where it sits for years and years until finally they decide to move somewhere where they can by a home, rather than the overtaxed area they’ve made their local city into and give it to a thrift store.

Its then bought by a ten year old child who thinks its a coloring book, but after drawing a mustache and horns, gets bored with the book and leaves it in his room. His mom picks it up and puts it in a box which ends up upstairs for the next 30 years until they clean out the attic, during which time, its eaten by mice, and mildewed.

Also, vote for this option if you think they’ll refuse to look at the book.

By the way, you can vote on this in the poll below:

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Now, welcome to today’s open post/open trackbacks thread. There’s two things you can do through Wednesday(trackbacks received after Midnight MT, Wednesday night will not be linked to) to get your link on this page:

1) Post about anything that’s in good taste. No porn, no spam, no profanity.

2) Send me a trackback of any tasteful post you want and as soon as I check my blog, I’ll update this post with your link provided you link back to this thread.

For your convenience, here’s the URL for our thread:
http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/index.php/a/2006/01/24/what_will_liberals_do_the_screwtape_repo

And here’s the Trackback:
http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/htsrv/trackback.php/1512

If you don’t have the ability to send trackbacks, use Wizbang’s stand alone Trackback pinger.

Other Parties:
Conservative Cat
Common Folk Using Common Sense
Stop the ACLU
Third World County
Bloggin Out Loud

Linking In:
Conservative Cat with

Why Fanatics Seek Wiggle Room While the Mainstream Says It’s All or Nothing
My article Abusing Ben Franklin for Political Purposes was cited by Michelle Malkin today, proving that the lady has superior taste. The increased traffic brought the following comment. Funny how all the right wing fanatics, who obsess over their guns…

Freedom Folks with:

Latinos Criticize Immigration Bill? Get OUT!
Latinos from across California’s Central Valley gathered Saturday afternoon in Fresno to raise awareness of proposed changes to immigration laws and the effect those changes would have on illegal immigrants.
The Uncooperative Blogger:

We have started a coalition of bloggers to fight against illegal immigration. The concept is simple:

Email me and ask to be part of the coalition
Display the provided code for the blogroll on your blog
Every time one of the members writes an article …

The Real Ugly American:
Conservatives Plan To Rule The World!
Well I don’t know exactly what the plan is but it seems to be working. All over the world conservative governments either have been ruling for some time or are taking over.
Let’s start with the obvious ones:
USA: President George Bush…

third world county:
Head ‘em up; move ‘em out!
Here’s a roundup for ya: It Is About Time We Were Politically Incorrect Part II from All Things Beautiful. Preach it Alexandra. (And don’t miss It Is About Time We Were Politically Incorrect Part I.) Regarding the intolerance of the left for religion

Freedom Folks:
Help the Solution, Not the Problem
If an immigration reform bill moving through Congress becomes law, nonprofit organizations that help day laborers find work without making sure each client has a legal right to work in the U.S. could be subject to criminal prosecution, jail sentences…

Bloggin’ Out Loud:

The Daily Brew (06.0124)
Tuesday’s Brew – Flavor du Jour: The State of Education. “Teach Your Children Well,” by David, Special Corresblogdent from Third World County, guest blogger at Bloggin’ Outloud.

The Florida Masochist:
I guess he covers bloggers too
God bless all bloggers.

And:
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is Andrea Kozlowski.

in addition to

Michael Schiavo
Grieving is a personal process, it takes however long the individual NOT SOCIETY or ANYONE determines. It can take months or years. Widows and widowers re-marry frequently in the first year or two after their other spouse dies.

plus:

In memory of Daniel Thomas Jempty
This post will remain at the top of my blog for Jan 25th and Jan 26. Daniel, Mommy and Daddy love and miss you so much. We’ll never forget you.

and

Will Kenyon
John and Mary have recently had a new addition to their family. God bless them all but they could still use some kind words. The death of your child leaaves scars that can never be removed.

As well as

The Knuckleheads of the Day award
Today’s winners are the eight Democratic members of the Judiciary committee who voted to oppose the nomination of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.

In addition to:

Florida the rules are different here XV
This happens with Congress and State legislature all the time. Wouldn’t you think someone in such a small town would want to run? I guess no one is interested in town business. Ocean Ridge may die of apathy one day but will anyone care?

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