Premise: Great humor is often based in truth -- pointing out real foibles that we rarely wish to admit.

Argument: This list is not all that funny. (This isn't sour grapes, as I am willing to make fun of myself all the time for my beliefs and abnormal weight.) This list sounds like a list of bumper stickers that were rejected because the font had to be too small.

I believe drugs should be legalized--in particular, marijuana use should be legal, whether for medicinal use or not. I'm not the only conservative who thinks this: William F. Buckley has been arguing for drug legalization for years.

I'm in favor of gay marriage, and even if I weren't I would not advocate Federalizing the issue with some sort of nationwide ban. This is something for the states to work out.

I believe drug addicts all deserve our prayers, no matter what they do for a living. Rush is no exception--in fact, I think this experience has made him a stronger talk-show host: it's softened him a little around the edges.

I don't believe Bush lied in his State of the Union address. British intelligence stands by the assertion he made. I don't think any American president, even ones I hate, would send U.S. soldiers into harms way under false pretenses.

I believe condoms should be made to teenagers, free of charge--but that abstinence has a place in any public sex-ed curriculum. I don't think these are either-or propostions.

I don't particularly like being stereotyped, though I realize broad stereotypes are a basis for a lot of humor. Not much to be done about that.

Most of them are inaccurate.

-Many Republicans believe cocaine, heroine, and such should be illegal, for example. No one believes prescription pain killers should.

-Very few Republicans--and certainly not the GOP platform--believe we should get out of the UN.

--Not too many believe we should "crack down" on medical marijuana use. They do see it as the camel's nose under the tent, though.

--Virtually no one believes that moving jobs to India is good public policy. Many believe freedom allows corporations to make that decision.

etc., etc.

If this is what passes for humour on the left, well, small wonder they're always seem so crabby. This list *could* be funny but instead it is just ignorant and mean. Perhaps, Paulo and Danielle, you should get to know some conservatives....

And I don't find it in the least bit humorous, not only because it is enormously mean-spirited but because way too many people believe and act on this kind of nonsense.

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