My Long Lost Brother

Radley Balko | June 15, 2008

Check out the surnames in this week's "American Voices" section of the Onion.

Comments

The Bearded Hobbit|6.15.08 @ 6:56PM|#

.. your brother's a lot darker than you!!

.. nice recognition, guys ..

.. Hobbit

ev|6.15.08 @ 6:56PM|#

im bekifft and betrunken but that's just hilarious

way to go onion

Nibble|6.15.08 @ 7:35PM|#

How, Reason really loves dancing on the RP campaign's grave!

.|6.15.08 @ 7:35PM|#

How = Wow

|6.15.08 @ 8:14PM|#

How, Reason really loves dancing on the RP campaign's grave!

????

|6.15.08 @ 8:17PM|#

Congradulations!

Reason staff finely get the cred they deserve. Welch and Weigel must be steaming they didn't get mentioned. Whose the mole there at the Onion?

|6.15.08 @ 8:24PM|#

It is impressive that so far there has not been a response that hasn't magled the English language. Including this one.

|6.15.08 @ 8:25PM|#

Au contraire, my response wasn't in English.

Brian Sorgatz|6.15.08 @ 8:27PM|#

I can only hope that my (presumable) long lost cousin in Minnesota admires me as much as that fictional character admires you, Radley.

|6.15.08 @ 8:40PM|#

Shouldn't this topic get a hat tip the the H&R commenter that noted it in a previous thread?

Brian Sorgatz|6.15.08 @ 8:59PM|#

kwais,
I figure that it's Radley's job to avoid stealing the limelight from his co-workers, if that's the situation.

|6.15.08 @ 9:06PM|#

BlueBook | June 14, 2008, 7:35pm |

In the Friday Political Thread. no e-mail given.

thoreau|6.15.08 @ 9:20PM|#

You know you've made it when the Onion is spoofing you.

BlueBook|6.15.08 @ 9:33PM|#

Heh, I'm not in the employ of Reason or Onion, but I was wondering if there was any overlap between their respective staff. If not, then thoreau is right: you've finally earned the attention of America's Finest News Source.

...Which may or may not be a good thing...

Orange Line Special|6.15.08 @ 10:23PM|#

I don't get it. The people at the link are nobodies, just regular people off the street. Are their names anagrams for something, or do they spell out a code or something?

stoneymonster|6.15.08 @ 10:41PM|#

I don't get it. The people at the link are nobodies, just regular people off the street. Are their names anagrams for something, or do they spell out a code or something?

if you think REAL hard OLS, you *just* might figure it out.

Then again, mehbenot.

Someone Who Doesn\'t Want to L|6.16.08 @ 12:03AM|#

My favorite joke in the "American Voices" bit is the constant appearance of a professional "Systems Analyst".

thoreau|6.16.08 @ 12:14AM|#

If you rearrange some of the letters in the names and add a few more letters and then subtract some out you get "Reconquista."

Tremble, Lonewacko. Tremble.

|6.16.08 @ 12:41AM|#

Tremble, Lonewacko. Tremble.

Don't you mean, "TrembleLonewackoTremble."?

It should be noted that TheOnion has a decidedly pro-SuperHighwayBias.

|6.16.08 @ 8:37AM|#

Whoever managed to troll as lonewacko in an Onion thread should come forward. Nice work.

J|6.16.08 @ 9:05AM|#

Now Reason is in the big leagues.

|6.16.08 @ 9:11AM|#

< 5% of Onion readers will get it. My admiration for them just grew. Congrats to the Reason staff. Getting spoofed by Onion is a much deserved compliment.

Nigel Watt|6.16.08 @ 9:38AM|#

How, Reason really loves dancing on the RP campaign's grave!

This response began making a lot more sense after I realized that was an exclamation point and not an "l". I still have no idea what it's about, though, as I can't access the Onion at work.

Eric S.|6.16.08 @ 10:08AM|#

Kudos folks! Begs an obvious question though, are we missing inside jokes on a weekly basis? Has American Voices always used that kind of insiderism?

Usage Pedant|6.16.08 @ 10:36AM|#

Eric S. - your basic point is correct, but it doesn't "beg" that question so much as it "asks" it.

|6.16.08 @ 11:34AM|#

Nigel,

It was either the knee-jerk response of a humorless Paultard or a joke.

|6.16.08 @ 11:35AM|#

Also, remember that it's hard to make up random names every week, so I'm sure they just mix and match names found in various sources all the time.

robc|6.16.08 @ 12:03PM|#

American Voices hasnt been the same since they got rid of "Man with Hat".

thoreau|6.16.08 @ 12:12PM|#

American Voices hasnt been the same since they got rid of "Man with Hat".

DRINK!

:)

robc|6.16.08 @ 12:36PM|#

thoreau,

DRINK!

I should have said "The Onion isnt the same since I cant pick up the printed version anymore." (I moved out of Wisconsin in 1994, so it has been nearly 14 years now since I picked up a printed version)

My all time favorite Onion was "Smells like Splattered Brains" the week after Cobain offed himself.