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		<title>Sean Coincon Has An Eleven Inch Penis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the strategically placed question mark.  In grammatical actuality, a question mark converts a sentence (such as the one in the title of this article) from a simple statement of fact to more of an incredulous query.  In this case, the sentence is not INTENDED to claim that I have a nearly footlong cock, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.wasabisoft.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sean.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-117" src="http://www.wasabisoft.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sean.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" /></a>Ah, the strategically placed question mark.  In grammatical actuality, a question mark converts a sentence (such as the one in the title of this article) from a simple statement of fact to more of an incredulous query.  In this case, the sentence is not INTENDED to claim that I have a nearly footlong cock, but rather introduces the possibility of such a thing and acts as a prelude to investigation of the veracity of the sentence.  If you are a more or less completely unknown blogger such as myself, there&#8217;s really very little chance that people will pass over the punctuation and make the jump directly to full-scale BELIEF in what the sentence tenuously claims.  HOWEVER: if the title sentence were to appear as the caption for a report on a highly <a title="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/despised" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/despised">respected</a> cable news outlet, such as, just for example purposes here&#8230; <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_propaganda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_propaganda">Fox News</a>, then the less discriminating of their <a title="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idiots" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idiots">viewers</a> might well think to themselves &#8220;Oh, wow, Sean Coincon has an eleven inch penis, and here comes some <a title="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bullshit" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bullshit">non-ambiguous</a> reporting to further verify the factoid I&#8217;ve ALREADY completely assimilated into my memories and subsequent worldview!&#8221;</p>
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<p>I bring this up only because I (and <a title="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/definitely" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/definitely">perhaps</a> some of you) have noticed the Fox News tendency to make <a title="completely spurious" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spurious">slightly exaggerated</a> assertations of a distinctly right-wing bent (such as &#8220;Barack Obama Plans To <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story">Poison Your Local Water Hole</a>?&#8221;) which seem to fly directly in the face of the &#8220;Fair and Balanced&#8221; slogan they scream at you over and over until your ears start to bleed and you sign a witnessed affadavit saying you believe them.  The really, really clever thing about the question mark is that it allows them to says such things (&#8220;Democrats Can&#8217;t Achieve Orgasm Unless They Bite The Head Off A Puppy?&#8221;), have the statement enter their audience&#8217;s heads as a DECLARATIVE, and yet STILL remain a <a title="by the far-right" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_right">respected</a> and <a title="by the REALLY far-right" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_right">legitimate</a> news organization because they didn&#8217;t ACTUALLY SAAAAAAAAAY what the caption said&#8230; look, <a title="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lip_service" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lip_service">see the question mark</a>?  Never mind whether or not we left the issue way, WAY open to interpretation by our <a title="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illiterate" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illiterate">watchers</a>.</p>
<p>Ok, look, this is gonna be an uncharacteristically short one for me because there really isn&#8217;t much more to be said on this issue&#8230; aside from the fact that Fox News is run by a blatantly <a title="We're talking Maax from the Beastmaster levels of zealotry here" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beastmaster_(film)#Storyline">zealotous</a> cockmongrel and everyone who works for him is either:</p>
<p>1) at least semi-conservative, but also aware of just how how far they&#8217;ve prostituted their journalistic integrity (I&#8217;m looking at you, too, <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Colmes" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Colmes">Alan Colmes</a>);</p>
<p>2) mostly conservative, and plenty happy to be told what to believe for an impressive salary (so, whores who ENJOY their work);</p>
<p>or 3) a hyperconservative asshole who actually BELIEVES the shit they report with <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_salute" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_salute">religious fervor</a>.</p>
<p>Plus it&#8217;s like 3 AM and I&#8217;m tired.  But the point is this: Fox News regularly causes my blood pressure to go up by an average of 40 points.  This is due more to the <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism">MANNER</a> in which they present stories that are obvious propaganda, and less to the propaganda itself&#8230; though sometimes the immediately apparent falsity of that shit gets to me, too.  Their startling disinterest in truth in favor of dogma distresses me NOT ONLY because they deliver made-up shit as if it were both true AND vitally important, but ALSO because they are STILL considered a real news outlet.  This whole question-mark-caption thing is just the most insulting tactic of theirs that came to mind.  Anyways.  I&#8217;m done.  Go watch Fox News for yourself and you&#8217;ll see what I&#8217;m talking about&#8230; just keep some asprin handy.</p>
<p>Oh, and DOES Sean Coincon Have An Eleven Inch Penis?  There&#8217;s only one way to find out, ladies!  I beez an Equal Opportunity Sexifier since 1983!  We Stand By Our Work!  Pillar Of The Community!  You Can&#8217;t Beat Our Meat!  Available For Bachelorette Parties And <a title="Ménage à trois, by personal preference" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nage_%C3%A0_trois">Threesomes</a>!  Free samples!</p>
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