Who Am I?
John P. Walters, Drug Czar
I'm John Walters, the nation's drug czar and I just spent a record-breaking $3.2 million of your tax dollars on Super Bowl ads linking terrorism and illegal drugs. Rest easy, though, I'm not exactly blaming you for terrorism if you've "booted the gong" (I am hip to your lingo, kidz).
Then again, don't rest too easy, because if you're one of the 40 percent of Americans over the age of 11 who has used an illegal drug, I'll try to put you in jail (that's another record I'm hoping to break).
In fact, I may be coming for you right after I arrest the federal bureaucrats who sent aid to actual terrorists last year partly because they stopped growing the poppies necessary for making heroin.
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Alt-right icon debates wage gap with woman sporting a "Thomas Jefferson" wig.
My point... I wonder if Firing Line will bring back any of those long-settled debates.
Firing Line was one of my favorite shows back in college. Bill Buckley was gracious even when viciously with the guests. He made you think. It was never about waving team colors. And it really did seem to rub off on his guests. Cornell West still remains polite and reasoned while most others have descended into the baser politics of name calling.
The great tragedy of American Conservatism is there never was any intellectualism after Buckley. No one on the right ever again bothered to place their political beliefs on a foundation of ideals.
The Internet (youtube) has done a relatively good job in delivering some good political content that doesn't devolve into yelling, just exchanges of ideas. Strange that in the day and age, you get more "firing line" from an ex-mma fighter than you do on any major television sources.
Ooh, I bet this is at least as great as girl-power Ghostbusters!
...is it just me or did I get linked to an article from 2002 instead of the one I wanted to read? Is anyone else seeing this?
#MeToo, I got screwed by the link. I went along because I wanted to leave a comment, but I want you to know you're not alone.
Shit, yeah, John Waters. I think we got punked.
Not punked, just Sugar-Freed.
Remember Firing Line before it was on PBS or any of its affiliates? It was paid programming on WPIX.
That is actually quite cool that this show is coming back.
I wish they would bring back College Bowl. Would love to see these bullshit babies curl up in a fetal position when a question triggers them.