Ah, Syntax, William Combe knew you best:

The school was done, the bus’ness o’er,
When tir’d of Greek and Latin lore,
Good Syntax sought his easy chair, And sat in calm composure there.
His wife was to a neighbour gone, To hear the chit-chat of the town;
And left him the unfrequent power Of brooding through a quiet hour.
Thus, while he sat, a busy train Of images besieged his brain.
Of Church-preferment he had none;
Nay, all his hope of that was gone:
He felt that he content must be With drudging in a Curacy.

Combe reveals the heart of Dr. Syntax as he (Syntax) addresses his old mentor, the Provost, about how he (Syntax) will cash in on life and abandon integrity:

Syntax.—
“I now perceive that all your knowledge
Is pent, my friend, within your college!
Learning’s become a very bore— That fashion long since has been o’er.
A Bookseller may keep his carriage,
And ask ten thousand pounds in marriage;
May have his mansion in a square, And build a house for countryair;
And yet ’tis odds the fellow knows If Horace wrote in verse or prose.
Could Dr. Grey in chariot ride, And take each day his wine beside,
If he did not contrive to cook, Each year, his Tour into a book;
A flippant, flashy, flow’ry style, A lazy morning to beguile;
With every other leaf, a print Of some fine view in aqua tint’ ?
Such is the book I mean to make And I’ve no doubt the work will take:
For though your wisdom may decry it,
The simple folk will surely buy it.
I will allow it is but trash, But then it furnishes the cash.”

So. there you have it! Dr. Syntax was the first cartoon character and he cashed in on meaningless decorations and poses which the unschooled masses bought up like penny candy. He has left us his name and truly dreadful aquatints full of pastel fluff and signifying nothing of meaning.

As Malkin points out, the fact that they’re even bringing up their daughter after screaming at the media to leave them alone demonstrates what pathetic, desperate hypocrites they are, given their attacks on Sarah Palin’s family.

So, I guess you’re including the majority of Democrats in the House and Senate in your list of “tea-baggers” and birthers, given that they all voted to defund the controversial left-wing organization.

apparently it’s ‘of interest’ to congress, as both houses have voted to defund ACORN.

As to the faith based initiative red herring you tossed out there… I do recall the debate on witchvox whether to accept faith based funding. Also allowing religious organizations to sup at the same table is different than taking a ‘non-partisan organization’ such as the NEA, and using it to fund government propoganda. Or do you recall the outrage when Rudy Gulianni wanted to suspend funding to the Brookland Museum over the ‘Sensation’ exhibit.

*yawn* new nickname, same old attempts at obfuscation.

This should prove to be amusing. Hey, at least 60,000 tea-baggers and birthers thought the ACORN videos were something of interest.

Orwellian is resisting the Obamamessiah. Call the Ministry of Truth and listen to the tapes and get with the program, folks. Resistance is futile.

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