This Is What We're Reading About?

On http://www.instapundit.com, bloggers post newspaper articles and interviews that prove to be somewhat controversial or just absurd. For instance, one of the posts quotes a news report that mentions “winged monkeys” being the reason for traffic problems.

Throughout the site, some bloggers allow readers to find the fallacies in the arguments while others point them out for the reader. In a blog post by Kurt Brouwer discussing the correlation between women’s hemlines and stocks, he mimics this so-called effect, calling for “hemline research.” Sarcastically, he highlights the issue, obviously labeling it as absurd.

Most of the articles deal with political and economical subjects, though some deal with topics that are just ridiculous. In one, a CNN video was posted showing an “alien” behind President Bush just above his right shoulder during one of his speeches.


The site also allows a person to comment on posts, which in turn helps those that still can’t see the fallacies when they are not pointed out. Crazy headlines like “Bush’s alien overlord peeks through window during speech” help readers to see the absurdity in stories.

One of my other favorite links off of the website is a story called “Osama Bin Metrosexual.” One of the pictures of Bin Laden showed him with what seemed to be a darker, less grayed beard. Obviously, this could not have been the work of photoshop. He had to have dyed his beard, meaning he was metrosexual. It then continues to describe how the look does not work for him. Is this honestly what we’re concerned about with Bin Laden? You would think that the terrorism is kind of a big deal, but his beard color is apparently far more important.

I think it is interesting to see others posting these stories. It also makes me wonder where they find the ideas for them. Some of them are so far-fetched that I have to laugh. I guess that a little imagination can go a long way.