tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post113942426116501685..comments2024-03-24T05:42:24.847-05:00Comments on Taking Wing: Cartoon Wars SpreadSam Weigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332414897030323612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1140082263184061512006-02-16T03:31:00.000-06:002006-02-16T03:31:00.000-06:00Haha, that's funny Dairy Queen Supersized! I seco...Haha, that's funny Dairy Queen Supersized! I second that, about Harris Ranch Airport and Steakhouse. Been there several times and the meal can be overwhelming, you definitely should consider getting a room afterwards since you might eat yourself into a food coma and not be at your best flying out of there! There is no taxiway at this airport, so you may need to back-taxi on the 30' runway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139560449374010102006-02-10T02:34:00.000-06:002006-02-10T02:34:00.000-06:00My date and I have a big dinner planned for Valent...My date and I have a big dinner planned for Valentines at Harris Ranch Steakhouse (the airport code is 3O8, that's 3 oscar 8) in Coalinga, Calif. No one is keeping me and my hotty away from their juicy filets, and folks are complaining about itty bitty meatballs in cartoons, what gives??? Hope those demonstrators will keep the peace.<BR/><BR/>By the way, 308 is a good airport to practice VFR landings at, as the runway is only 30 feet wide!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139552282226258902006-02-10T00:18:00.000-06:002006-02-10T00:18:00.000-06:00My previous flippant answer notwithstanding...what...My previous flippant answer notwithstanding...what you missed, John, is that I wasn't making fun of SF or Berkely or PETA. The whole point was that it'd be ridiculous to see PETA, radical as it is, rioting over a cartoon they deemed offensive. On the other side of the political spectrum, it'd be equally silly for the NRA to do it. Even on the fringes of western society, pretty much everybody accepts that others will disagree and may occasionally disagree in an offensive manner. The point, then, is that those elements of the Islamic world that've taken such offense to the Mohammed cartoons need to freaking grow up. Trying to bully the world into silencing any criticism of Islam isn't putting your best foot forward at a time when Muslims have a serious image problem to begin with. I'd assume that there are plenty of tolerant, peaceful muslims out there that *aren't* bent on world domination, but they really need to speak up now and assure us that they don't agree with all of their nuttier co-religionists.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, the gag had very little to do with PETA *or* the City on the Bay, and more to do with the stupidity of the current cartoon bruhaha.Sam Weigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332414897030323612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139533313312540692006-02-09T19:01:00.000-06:002006-02-09T19:01:00.000-06:00John, I think that's the reason the *New Yorkers* ...John, I think that's the reason the *New Yorkers* were pelting Random House with lasagna noodles... [grin]Sam Weigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332414897030323612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139518233340154472006-02-09T14:50:00.000-06:002006-02-09T14:50:00.000-06:00Sam, it's such a cliché to pick San Francisco and ...Sam, it's such a cliché to pick San Francisco and Berkeley for satire. It's been done to death. I think it would be funnier to use Orange County and the NRA, but that's just me ...Avimentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508862704398151334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139516338912884012006-02-09T14:18:00.000-06:002006-02-09T14:18:00.000-06:00Heh, my mom actually didn't realize it was satire ...Heh, my mom actually didn't realize it was satire & emailed me about "those crazy animal rights people." Heh, I guess PETA taking to the streets was a little *too* plausible, next time I'll make it the Rotarians or something :-).Sam Weigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332414897030323612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139459455582727012006-02-08T22:30:00.000-06:002006-02-08T22:30:00.000-06:00satire? that was satire?Are you sure?satire? that was satire?<BR/>Are you sure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10991135.post-1139448989850812632006-02-08T19:36:00.000-06:002006-02-08T19:36:00.000-06:00Funny bit of satire there.People are far too thin-...Funny bit of satire there.<BR/><BR/>People are far too thin-skinned, these days.GChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895460508495630859noreply@blogger.com