Dear Readers,
Effective at 10:33PM Central Time, I will be closing down What's Wrong with the World. The domain will go dark completely at midnight. Backups of the database, comments and site layout have been sent to the editor, Paul J. Cella if he wishes to continue this site elsewhere.
Due to recent changes in my political philosophy, I can no longer, in good conscience, continue to run this site.
April fool's.
Comments (23)
You @#$$^%##$^%$...had me going there until I saw H in 2008.
Posted by Kurt | April 1, 2008 12:11 PM
What Kurt said.
Posted by Michael Bauman | April 1, 2008 12:22 PM
Hillary - *shudder*. Nice post.
Posted by Maximos | April 1, 2008 12:32 PM
Very, very nicely done.
Posted by Zippy | April 1, 2008 1:10 PM
Oh, golly, Todd, I believed you. At first I thought it was just a temporary thing. Then when I saw the political philosophy thing I thought it was real. Then when I saw HIllary 08, I suddenly remembered the date.
You owe my doctor the bill for my heart attack. :-)
Posted by Lydia | April 1, 2008 1:10 PM
Well played.
Posted by Doc J | April 1, 2008 1:25 PM
Am I that liberal still? Guess I got some work to do. It's the whole 'my wife still works' isn't it? Tell the truth now. :)
Posted by Todd | April 1, 2008 1:41 PM
Well, no, it said a _change_ in your political philosophy, so that means I believe you are conservative.
It's really just my incurable naivete. It never quite goes away.
Posted by Lydia | April 1, 2008 2:07 PM
I won't fail y'all, I promise!
Posted by Todd | April 1, 2008 2:08 PM
Bravo! I bet you are "going dark" in solidarity with Earth Hour. As the Experts say, "the time to begin is now."
Earth Hour - North America
http://www12.earthhourus.org/
"Google goes dark for Earth Hour"
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9906044-7.html?tag=nefd.top
Posted by MarkC | April 1, 2008 3:26 PM
Well, I'm in good company with Lydia. I thought the sky was falling for a moment there, and wondering where the other folks were going to blog next...
Doh!
Steve
Posted by Steve T | April 1, 2008 4:02 PM
[You'll find no quarter for personal attacks in this thread. -Todd]
Posted by LanceThruster | April 1, 2008 4:17 PM
Got me.
Posted by thebyronicman | April 1, 2008 5:17 PM
Sheessh! And I almost thought that was real!
That was almost Kaufman-ish for my taste!
Posted by Aristocles | April 1, 2008 6:16 PM
Your political tastes could be worse. Hillary actually has convictions, some right and some wrong, although she has a nasty habit of lying much like her hubby, lies that she ought to know will be exposed.
Obama, on the other hand, is the sort Hannah Arendt meant when she coined the term the "banality of evil," someone so focused on advancing themselves that they have no discernible beliefs or convictions. Such people have an empty space where others have a soul. I shudder for the world if he is elected. Someone who can't even speak out against the blatant racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism at his own church, won't be able to deal with the world's nasty and evil sort. And someone who will brand his own grandmother a racist for remarks far less vile than his pastor's, is someone devoid of all sense or decency. Obama, like Eichman before him, will do and say anything to advance himself. And exposed for what he is, he will brand his critics as racists.
Posted by Mike Perry | April 1, 2008 6:35 PM
Woosh? :)
Posted by Todd | April 1, 2008 8:14 PM
Gasp (of horror).
Oh.
Sigh (of relief).
Posted by Steve Burton | April 1, 2008 8:16 PM
Wow, it felt like Bosnian sniper fire.
Posted by Francis Beckwith | April 1, 2008 8:56 PM
Fine work, Todd.
You see how good we have it here, the rest of you?
Posted by Paul J Cella | April 1, 2008 9:06 PM
Yes, definitely, three cheers for Todd!!! Thank you, Todd, for all you do. We really do deeply appreciate it.
Posted by Lydia | April 1, 2008 9:46 PM
Aww shucks. Thanks!
Posted by Todd | April 1, 2008 10:44 PM
I was going to say, "Yeah? I'll shift your paradigm!" (Still my favorite)
Posted by Scott W. | April 2, 2008 8:47 AM
And I gave a _different_ one of yours a prize, Scott. :-)
Posted by Lydia | April 2, 2008 10:04 AM