Category: Carnival of Satire

Welcome to The Carnival of Satire, where irony reigns and all our venalities are put in their place. This week’s graphic is in honor of Sir Paul. But onto the satire:

Okay, we found this high concept parody that makes monetary policy entertaining! We’re not sure who actually created it, but the singer is supposed to be Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard (hence the final lines, “CBS is great, wouldn’t change my fate…”). Extra relevant with the markets dipping and the run on resources.

Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has a great limerick about the Sleeper VEEP.

Limerick Savant has another with No one expects the NSA .

Muammar Quadaffi at Vox Poplar Is Right About Everything & Don’t You Forget It! is ready to Get Normal.

Ahistoricality discovered this parody of a rant (or ranting satire, we’re not sure), “In which I fantasize” hosted at the exquisitely titled Gentleman’s C. And on a less ranty note, Ahistoricality found the prose poem: Deciderata.

What was Bush thinking when they told him about the attacks? Well, Jon Swift has found President Bush’s My Pet Goat Margin Notes and they are revealing!

After reading this post from Catnabbit!, we suspect we may soon see a new picture book about Covert and Spanky the cats hired by the NSA to Build a Kitty Litter Box Database.

As if the NSA data-mining wasn’t shocking enough, Joan Conde at Mamacita reveals that the Church of Latter Day Saints Admits Phone Call Plan.

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Welcome to the 33rd edition of The Carnival of Satire, here at The Skwib. We tried find the common theme for the lively posts this week, but alas, we’re just not seeing it. So instead we give you this Gila Monster (in a bowler hat).

To begin, Ahistoricality has discovered a new separatist movement in The Dominion of British West Florida and Tips for Creating an American Separatist Cause. Mark and Dr. Tundra would have found this a ‘hellalot’ funnier if they weren’t Canadian, where these movements are real, ongoing and expensive.

For this next entry, you’ll have to remember Robert Shaw’s performance in Jaws. If you don’t, skip “I’ll Catch Yer Mexicans For Ya” at The Nose On Your Face. But if you do, you’re in for a treat.

Perhaps Quint could teach Dubya something too, as Madeleine Begun Kane suggests in Fishing For Accomplishments.

GJR Stevenson at Rants and Slants wonders How does the world know about my tiny penis? We didn’t want to be the ones to tell you, but your wife has a blog about it: histinytallywhacker.blogspot.com. Or perhaps you’re just suffering from Koro. As a side note, this post has a high irony factor. Read the Google Ads on the page, and you’ll see why.

Decker Beaumont at Demon Lime does a passable parody of fanboy fanaticism in Star Trek 1: Best. Movie. EVAR! We were disappointed that he didn’t mention Uhura.

Tommy at Striving For Average has his own take on The DaVinci Code. Our only complaint about this post is that we think that Zoot and the Castle Anthrax would be wasted on Ian McKellan.

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Of course the big news in satire this week was Stephen Colbert’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ dinner (click here for details if you somehow missed it), but there was other satire out there and you will find some of it right here, at The Carnival of Satire. We hope you enjoy:

Thag found this, and asked if it was satire or not. We thought it was, if only barely. Still it explains a lot: English Prof turns marking into drinking game.

Frank the Financially Savvy Atheist (The F.S.A.) has classic, in-your-face satire with The Sanctity of Marriage.

Jon Swift lives up to his moniker with A Government Agency By Any Other Name. Bravo!

We’ve already had this once on the Carnival of Satire, but it’s funny enough to repeat, particularly if you live in Canada and pay taxes. Big Cajun Man presents Taxes: Revenue Canada Wants You!.

Peace Moonbeam is back with a painful economics lesson of the used-car variety in Free Gas.

Ahistoricality has found this charming tale of cross-dressing and power politics: George W. And Pat Robertson Die in Lovers’ Quarrel!!!.

To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, “If you’re not Jeff Foxworthy, then you’re stealing my bit.” Don’t Floss With Tinsel has “You Might Be An Atheist Whackjob If…”

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