Comments on: Goodnight Bush: a Goodnight Moon satire for the electoral season http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: brave_otaku http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231940 brave_otaku Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231940 Isn't this just the sort of thing that the penny-arcade guys got c&d'd for? Specifically American Greetings argued that penny-arcade could not use Strawberry Shortcake to poke fun at American McGee. I think the idea was parody was solidly fair-use, but you can't use one work to parody another. Isn’t this just the sort of thing that the penny-arcade guys got c&d’d for? Specifically American Greetings argued that penny-arcade could not use Strawberry Shortcake to poke fun at American McGee. I think the idea was parody was solidly fair-use, but you can’t use one work to parody another.

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232197 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232197 i have to say, flamingphonbook, that none of your arguments seem to hold water. where is the economic advancement? i haven't seen it. the innocents have some plusses to their deaths?? fkkin puh-leeze! i suppose if they were your sons/daughters, you would feel the same way? what if the people in iraq or forgotistan were your relation, how would you feel to read about their deaths? i am fair and tolerant of other viewpoints, but the ones you spout just seem malicious and ignorant to me. i have to say, flamingphonbook, that none of your arguments seem to hold water. where is the economic advancement? i haven’t seen it. the innocents have some plusses to their deaths?? fkkin puh-leeze! i suppose if they were your sons/daughters, you would feel the same way? what if the people in iraq or forgotistan were your relation, how would you feel to read about their deaths? i am fair and tolerant of other viewpoints, but the ones you spout just seem malicious and ignorant to me.

]]> By: brave_otaku http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231942 brave_otaku Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231942 I looked up the C&D letter. http://www.chillingeffects.org/protest/notice.cgi?NoticeID=632 I looked up the C&D letter. http://www.chillingeffects.org/protest/notice.cgi?NoticeID=632

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232206 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232206 hey takuan: http://amerocurrency.com/ hey takuan: http://amerocurrency.com/

]]> By: MissAnthropy http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231959 MissAnthropy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231959 George W. Bush is not a work, though. He's a PIECE of work, but that's something else altogether. George W. Bush is not a work, though.

He’s a PIECE of work, but that’s something else altogether.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232218 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232218 I'm surprised anybody still talks to that FLAMING A . . . . . E. Why feed the fires of malignancy? I’m surprised anybody still talks to that FLAMING A . . . . . E. Why feed the fires of malignancy?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232219 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232219 very interesting there minTphresh, but I still suspect the populations of Mexico and Canada are opposed to a merger that would make them second class citizens. That is the deal - killer. very interesting there minTphresh, but I still suspect the populations of Mexico and Canada are opposed to a merger that would make them second class citizens. That is the deal – killer.

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231964 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231964 I'd just like to point out that anything that equates "Bush" with "Moon" is just WRONG! Signed, Moon I’d just like to point out that anything that equates “Bush” with “Moon” is just WRONG!

Signed,

Moon

]]> By: bfields http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231965 bfields Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231965 brave otaku: cease and desist letters don't mean much. They just mean somebody out there (right or wrong) thinks you're doing something you're not supposed to, and is asking you to stop. In this case, it's seems unlikely an actual human produced the complaint at all: it looks like automatically-generated boilerplate. Also, "fair use" is a notion from copyright law. The letter is complaining about trademark infringement. (Which I personally know nothing about, but I would've thought that unless penny arcade was selling something that might be misconstrued as a real "strawberry shortcake" product then the complaint was bogus.) brave otaku: cease and desist letters don’t mean much. They just mean somebody out there (right or wrong) thinks you’re doing something you’re not supposed to, and is asking you to stop. In this case, it’s seems unlikely an actual human produced the complaint at all: it looks like automatically-generated boilerplate.

Also, “fair use” is a notion from copyright law. The letter is complaining about trademark infringement. (Which I personally know nothing about, but I would’ve thought that unless penny arcade was selling something that might be misconstrued as a real “strawberry shortcake” product then the complaint was bogus.)

]]> By: CVR http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231967 CVR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231967 I hope it doesn't violate any policy to post a link to the Flash (grrr) preview of this book, as Cory has basically already endorsed the thing and I have no connection to the book or publishers. There are six or eight pages to give you a taste: http://www.goodnightbush.com/ I hope it doesn’t violate any policy to post a link to the Flash (grrr) preview of this book, as Cory has basically already endorsed the thing and I have no connection to the book or publishers. There are six or eight pages to give you a taste:

http://www.goodnightbush.com/

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232225 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232225 hey buddy66, i was hoping if i urinated on the fire it might help to extinguish it. i forgot that when i eat habaneros, i piss rocket fuel! hey buddy66, i was hoping if i urinated on the fire it might help to extinguish it. i forgot that when i eat habaneros, i piss rocket fuel!

]]> By: velocity girl http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232232 velocity girl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232232 #55: I meant this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1x81XODP-o&feature=related Of course, this is not an indication that all West Virginians or Kentuckians are morons, but this doesn't do much to help the country's credibility, or to support its claims of superiority. #55:

I meant this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1x81XODP-o&feature=related

Of course, this is not an indication that all West Virginians or Kentuckians are morons, but this doesn’t do much to help the country’s credibility, or to support its claims of superiority.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-233256 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-233256 at last! Sudan's Bashir is the first sitting head of state charged by the International Criminal Court for genocide! No more legal obstacle for going after bush! at last! Sudan’s Bashir is the first sitting head of state charged by the International Criminal Court for genocide! No more legal obstacle for going after bush!

]]> By: lauralovesart http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232236 lauralovesart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232236 I just ordered one on Amazon.com for $11.99! I can't wait to get it! woo! I just ordered one on Amazon.com for $11.99! I can’t wait to get it! woo!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232240 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232240 oh dear Laura, you are doing what is known as "spamming". You must stop at once. oh dear Laura, you are doing what is known as “spamming”. You must stop at once.

]]> By: velocity girl http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232242 velocity girl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232242 #55: And here's a related piece made by someone who is not a comedian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBoczfLXhds&NR=1 #55:

And here’s a related piece made by someone who is not a comedian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBoczfLXhds&NR=1

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-236339 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-236339 http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784?utm_source=onion_rss_daily http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231991 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231991 tony snow just died. meh. hopefully he is just paving the way for his puppet masters, the subjects of this here book! (like how i worked that in?) long live the king! or not... tony snow just died. meh. hopefully he is just paving the way for his puppet masters, the subjects of this here book! (like how i worked that in?) long live the king! or not…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232250 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232250 This is a fact: There are more stupid people than intelligent people. This is also a fact: there is more ignorance than knowledge in the world. Power accrues to those who understand and use these facts. This is a fact: There are more stupid people than intelligent people. This is also a fact: there is more ignorance than knowledge in the world.

Power accrues to those who understand and use these facts.

]]> By: travelina http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231996 travelina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231996 That's not very nice to make a joke about a person who just died of colon cancer, Mintphresh. That’s not very nice to make a joke about a person who just died of colon cancer, Mintphresh.

]]> By: rollerskater http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232764 rollerskater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232764 so funny- i saw this on display at borders/palo alto yesterday! an instant klassik! so funny- i saw this on display at borders/palo alto yesterday! an instant klassik!

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-231998 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-231998 <i>tony snow just died. meh. hopefully he is just paving the way for his puppet masters, the subjects of this here book! (like how i worked that in?) long live the king! or not...</i> Thought I'd have mixed feelings about that, but I don't. He was an effective mouthpiece for bad men, exhibiting no respect for the importance of the press in American politics, for the Constitution, or the "representative" part of representative Democracy, but still ... early death by colon cancer. That's sad. I hope his passage was as smooth as possible. And that his masters live a long, long time ... in the Hague. tony snow just died. meh. hopefully he is just paving the way for his puppet masters, the subjects of this here book! (like how i worked that in?) long live the king! or not…

Thought I’d have mixed feelings about that, but I don’t. He was an effective mouthpiece for bad men, exhibiting no respect for the importance of the press in American politics, for the Constitution, or the “representative” part of representative Democracy, but still … early death by colon cancer. That’s sad. I hope his passage was as smooth as possible. And that his masters live a long, long time … in the Hague.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232254 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232254 #54, I'm a hybrid (that's more PC than 'half-breed'): Canadian mother and Tennessean father, so I've lived in both countries; and I assure you that I've met a good many moronic Canucks, although numerically there are obviously more moronic Yanks simply because there are more Yanks. There are also, of course, many more smart ones. My beloved country's most recent difficulties, I suggest, are due to that Petri dish of pestilence in Washington, D.C., and not the low brain wattage of its citizens. #54,

I’m a hybrid (that’s more PC than ‘half-breed’): Canadian mother and Tennessean father, so I’ve lived in both countries; and I assure you that I’ve met a good many moronic Canucks, although numerically there are obviously more moronic Yanks simply because there are more Yanks. There are also, of course, many more smart ones. My beloved country’s most recent difficulties, I suggest, are due to that Petri dish of pestilence in Washington, D.C., and not the low brain wattage of its citizens.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232000 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232000 he helped bad, rich people deny medicine to sick, poor people. he helped bad, rich people deny medicine to sick, poor people.

]]> By: boingboing ate my name http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232003 boingboing ate my name Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232003 #10 Huh? Also, what are you bush haters going to do when he leaves office? Mindlessly blame the next president for all the world's ills? #10 Huh?

Also, what are you bush haters going to do when he leaves office? Mindlessly blame the next president for all the world’s ills?

]]> By: ridestowe http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232004 ridestowe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232004 no shamless self-promotion intended, but this article reminded me of the faux-cover I did back in highschool of the same book. http://notha.deviantart.com/art/Apr-30-2004-63478742 no shamless self-promotion intended, but this article reminded me of the faux-cover I did back in highschool of the same book.

http://notha.deviantart.com/art/Apr-30-2004-63478742

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232007 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232007 <blockquote>Also, what are you bush haters going to do when he leaves office? Mindlessly blame the next president for all the world's ills?</blockquote> Rejoice. Duh...

Also, what are you bush haters going to do when he leaves office? Mindlessly blame the next president for all the world’s ills?

Rejoice. Duh…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232008 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232008 no, we'll be mindfully blaming bush and his owners for leaving an insolvable mess. What will you be doing? no, we’ll be mindfully blaming bush and his owners for leaving an insolvable mess. What will you be doing?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232264 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232264 I believe that it was Tony Snow, who when asked the significance of the 2000th American casualty in Iraq, remarked , "It's just a number." Karl L I believe that it was Tony Snow, who when asked the significance of the 2000th American casualty in Iraq, remarked , “It’s just a number.”

Karl L

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/12/goodnight-bush-a-goo.html#comment-232009 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-232009 i find it ironic that he passed from colon cancer. certainly, my condolences go out to the family. however, i have no respect for the man or his politics, or the bungsplats he worked for. as far as you go #11, please tell me one good thing that the bush administration has done for: a. this country or its economy. and b. the world and our place in it. go ahead, take your time. i am truly interested as no (pardon my pun) 'Bush lover' has been able to answer this question yet. i find it ironic that he passed from colon cancer. certainly, my condolences go out to the family. however, i have no respect for the man or his politics, or the bungsplats he worked for. as far as you go #11, please tell me one good thing that the bush administration has done for: a. this country or its economy. and b. the world and our place in it. go ahead, take your time. i am truly interested as no (pardon my pun) ‘Bush lover’ has been able to answer this question yet.

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