Comments on: SOMEONE TELL DANA MILBANK THAT SARCASM AND STUPIDITY DON’T MIX http://patterico.com/2003/08/13/someone-tell-dana-milbank-that-sarcasm-and-stupidity-dont-mix/ Harangues that just make sense Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: damnum absque injuria » Memo to Cavanaugh: Ignorance and Sarcasm Don’t Mix http://patterico.com/2003/08/13/someone-tell-dana-milbank-that-sarcasm-and-stupidity-dont-mix/#comment-38824 damnum absque injuria » Memo to Cavanaugh: Ignorance and Sarcasm Don’t Mix Mon, 08 May 2006 13:17:23 +0000 /?p=498#comment-38824 [...] As Patterico noted a couple years back when coining the phrase “dumb aleck” to describe Dana Milbank, someone needs to explain to Tim Cavanaugh of Reason that sarcasm only works when you know what you are talking about. Cavanaugh, you may recall, is the Reason luminary who banned me from commenting at “Reason’s” aptly-named “Hit and Run” blog, for pointing out the fact that lawyer / Reason contributor Michael McMenamin was lying when he claimed Judith Miller was sentenced to a prison sentence (the term of which Miller herself mysteriously managed to short a few months later simply by promising to start obeying the law that had gotten her in there to begin with), pulls another doozy on Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, whom he accuses of “giv[ing] a less-than-strict constructionist reading” of the Fourth Amendment. Hayden’s crime? Apparently, it was having had the audacity to actually read the damned thing: QUESTION: Jonathan Landay with Knight Ridder. I’d like to stay on the same issue, and that had to do with the standard by which you use to target your wiretaps. I’m no lawyer, but my understanding is that the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution specifies that you must have probable cause to be able to do a search that does not violate an American’s right against unlawful searches and seizures. Do you use— [...] [...] As Patterico noted a couple years back when coining the phrase “dumb aleck” to describe Dana Milbank, someone needs to explain to Tim Cavanaugh of Reason that sarcasm only works when you know what you are talking about. Cavanaugh, you may recall, is the Reason luminary who banned me from commenting at “Reason’s” aptly-named “Hit and Run” blog, for pointing out the fact that lawyer / Reason contributor Michael McMenamin was lying when he claimed Judith Miller was sentenced to a prison sentence (the term of which Miller herself mysteriously managed to short a few months later simply by promising to start obeying the law that had gotten her in there to begin with), pulls another doozy on Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, whom he accuses of “giv[ing] a less-than-strict constructionist reading” of the Fourth Amendment. Hayden’s crime? Apparently, it was having had the audacity to actually read the damned thing: QUESTION: Jonathan Landay with Knight Ridder. I’d like to stay on the same issue, and that had to do with the standard by which you use to target your wiretaps. I’m no lawyer, but my understanding is that the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution specifies that you must have probable cause to be able to do a search that does not violate an American’s right against unlawful searches and seizures. Do you use— [...]

]]> By: Confirm Them » Alito: Beards and Lawn Flamingos are Okay, But Statues of Felines Aren’t http://patterico.com/2003/08/13/someone-tell-dana-milbank-that-sarcasm-and-stupidity-dont-mix/#comment-26727 Confirm Them » Alito: Beards and Lawn Flamingos are Okay, But Statues of Felines Aren’t Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:10:18 +0000 /?p=498#comment-26727 [...] Judge Alito’s sense of humor has been described as "quiet and sly." It’s not as flashy as that of Justice Antonin Scalia, nor as snarky as that of the young John Roberts, but it’s definitely there (notwithstanding Dana Milbank’s somewhat juvenile attempt to portray Judge Alito as a humorless nerd). [...] [...] Judge Alito’s sense of humor has been described as "quiet and sly." It’s not as flashy as that of Justice Antonin Scalia, nor as snarky as that of the young John Roberts, but it’s definitely there (notwithstanding Dana Milbank’s somewhat juvenile attempt to portray Judge Alito as a humorless nerd). [...]

]]> By: Walter Funk http://patterico.com/2003/08/13/someone-tell-dana-milbank-that-sarcasm-and-stupidity-dont-mix/#comment-20 Walter Funk Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=498#comment-20 Dana Milbank never gets anything right. He has perfected the east-coast sneer and the liberal lie, but no one takes him seriously. Dana Milbank never gets anything right. He has perfected the east-coast sneer and the liberal lie, but no one takes him seriously.

]]> By: Dan S http://patterico.com/2003/08/13/someone-tell-dana-milbank-that-sarcasm-and-stupidity-dont-mix/#comment-21 Dan S Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=498#comment-21 In order to understand <i>why</i> H.W. was amazed, wouldn't Dana have to understand the technology and the step forward it took? Let's not be too hard on him, he can't understand everything. And science isn't required in J-school, is it? Or math? No, no, I'm sure there's <i>something</i> he understands. In order to understand why H.W. was amazed, wouldn’t Dana have to understand the technology and the step forward it took?

Let’s not be too hard on him, he can’t understand everything. And science isn’t required in J-school, is it? Or math?

No, no, I’m sure there’s something he understands.

]]> By: Xrlq http://patterico.com/2003/08/13/someone-tell-dana-milbank-that-sarcasm-and-stupidity-dont-mix/#comment-22 Xrlq Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=498#comment-22 If pork can be both sweet and sour, why can't an ass be both smart and dumb? If pork can be both sweet and sour, why can’t an ass be both smart and dumb?

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