He'll be easy to spot.

"The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Place on Earth" (TWELVE, 325 pages, $25.99), by Eric Weiner

It's in my pants. There, I just saved you $25.99 plus tax. Suck it, Weiner.

Author travels the world seeking out the "happiest places on Earth". Difficulty: he's an admitted grump and NPR correspondent, which is basically redundant


He's gonna have a hard time, seeing that the Soviet Union fell. Venezuela or Cuba will be his best bet. Maybe Zimbabwe.

Article was weak

Asian strip club/bar/casino/massage.

dahmers love zombie:

He's gonna have a hard time, seeing that the Soviet Union fell. Venezuela or Cuba will be his best bet. Maybe Zimbabwe.

Never would have guessed you live in the south.

A Jewish-American travels the world and makes gross generalizations about gentiles. Sounds fascinating.

Since they'll be here soon enough...

Dear NPR bashers,

It's okay. The mean people who use multisyllabic words won't hurt you. I'm sure your wacky morning DJs - replete with sound effects - will be able to soothe you with a dense blanket of dimwitted hackery.

Love,

Them Folks What Fancy Book-Learnin'

i heard he had a great time in Darfur

At least he's not a right wing whack-job from Clear-Channel Inc.

This is NPR. National. Public. Radio.

Englebert Slaptyback: Since they'll be here soon enough...

Dear NPR bashers,

It's okay. The mean people who use multisyllabic words won't hurt you. I'm sure your wacky morning DJs - replete with sound effects - will be able to soothe you with a dense blanket of dimwitted hackery.

Love,

Them Folks What Fancy Book-Learnin'

Shhhhhh
This is NPR.
You're typing too loud.

I've never understood the hatred of NPR, sure it can get a bit dull at times, but honestly now.

Hell, I can save him a lot of time. Disney World, Orlando, Fl... Expense account.

National Pinko Radio.

Actually, while not perfect it beats anything else we have.

SBinRR

Dear NPR bashers,

It's okay. The mean people who use multisyllabic words won't hurt you. I'm sure your wacky morning DJs - replete with sound effects - will be able to soothe you with a dense blanket of dimwitted hackery.

Love,

Them Folks What Fancy Book-Learnin'

(How's that?)

:-)

I love NPR but some of their programs can be a little too "snarky liberal" for my tastes.

Thankfully radios these days come with on/off buttons for just such scenarios

RF tesla:
Never would have guessed you live in the south.

Ah. Is that one "ad hominem", or "guilt by association"? Oh, yes, I remember, it's "failogic".

Englebert Slaptyback: Since they'll be here soon enough...

Dear NPR bashers,

It's okay. The mean people who use multisyllabic words won't hurt you. I'm sure your wacky morning DJs - replete with sound effects - will be able to soothe you with a dense blanket of dimwitted hackery.

Love,

Them Folks What Fancy Book-Learnin'

Bunch of self-important Nancies.

BTW, most any other country in the world would take such a profoundly anti-government show off of the freaking air in a New York minute.

Let's make a deal, OK? Democracy Now can spew socialist claptrap at US taxpayer expense, and I can make a joke (a difficult concept for lefties to grasp, but try Wiki-ing "humor" and you might get a definition simple enough to grasp) about how NPR is profoundly, obviously left-wing.

I can save him the time.

The happiest place on earth is the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

It only exists for 5 days in August, but it's well worth the experience.

I only listen to Maurice Chavez

/Surely not obscure?

Oh, Eric! You're such a Weiner!

Um, Disney World.

There, I just saved you a lot of time.

That was the single worst book review/preview/overview/whatever that was that I have ever read. The person writing that column has no sense of flow, no organizational techniques, and doesn't even properly structure whatever the hell it was she was trying to get across.

My god. My brain hurts after reading that, and now I'm pissed off at life. I hope Sara Rose, the one who wrote that piss poor article, dies. I also hope she didn't get paid to write it, because the AP must really be desperate for people in the "arts".

That just ruined my day. Thanks submitter.

c2000: I can save him the time.

The happiest place on earth is the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

It only exists for 5 days in August, but it's well worth the experience.

Damn farkin hippies..........messing up my town, getting in my way, making the August aroma of Philly even worse..

PandaPorn: I only listen to Maurice Chavez

/Surely not obscure?

Dude, quit pressing the issue!!!

dahmers love zombie

Bunch of self-important Nancies.


That original comment wasn't actually directed at you as such, but since you responded as you did I am reminded of the words of the late Bill Mauldin: "I build a shoe. If someone wants to put it on and announce loudly that it fits, that's his business".


BTW, most any other country in the world would take such a profoundly anti-government show off of the freaking air in a New York minute.


Accurately portraying the inexcusable behavior of an administration is not anti-government. It might be anti-this-government, but it is still accurate, and the truth is an absolute defense.


Let's make a deal, OK? Democracy Now can spew socialist claptrap at US taxpayer expense, and I can make a joke (a difficult concept for lefties to grasp, but try Wiki-ing "humor" and you might get a definition simple enough to grasp) about how NPR is profoundly, obviously left-wing.


NPR stations also have the nerve to feature news from the BBC. Please do enlighten us as to the horrific bias inherent in the Beeb.

Weren't your people the ones that tried to co-opt the phrase 'fair and balanced'? It's rather hypocritical of you to get your knickers in a twist when another organization actually lives up to the wording.

Every one knows Tijuana is the happiest place on earth

Democracy Now isn't a NPR show.

the article says you can't flush toilets after 10pm in switzerland, but i was there and was never told that.

Just another pretty face? No, this is the head of NPR.


Cheryl F. Helpern

(for you conspiracy buffs, this media head is also Jewish)

Englebert Slaptyback: dahmers love zombie

Bunch of self-important Nancies.


That original comment wasn't actually directed at you as such, but since you responded as you did I am reminded of the words of the late Bill Mauldin: "I build a shoe. If someone wants to put it on and announce loudly that it fits, that's his business".


BTW, most any other country in the world would take such a profoundly anti-government show off of the freaking air in a New York minute.


Accurately portraying the inexcusable behavior of an administration is not anti-government. It might be anti-this-government, but it is still accurate, and the truth is an absolute defense.


Let's make a deal, OK? Democracy Now can spew socialist claptrap at US taxpayer expense, and I can make a joke (a difficult concept for lefties to grasp, but try Wiki-ing "humor" and you might get a definition simple enough to grasp) about how NPR is profoundly, obviously left-wing.


NPR stations also have the nerve to feature news from the BBC. Please do enlighten us as to the horrific bias inherent in the Beeb.

Weren't your people the ones that tried to co-opt the phrase 'fair and balanced'? It's rather hypocritical of you to get your knickers in a twist when another organization actually lives up to the wording.

I don't believe you are entirely non-partisan. Nor NPR. Nor Fox.

Also, if I point out the logical gaps in your reasoning, I believe you will respond w/an ad hominem attack of some sort.

Englebert Slaptyback: dahmers love zombie

Bunch of self-important Nancies.


That original comment wasn't actually directed at you as such, but since you responded as you did I am reminded of the words of the late Bill Mauldin: "I build a shoe. If someone wants to put it on and announce loudly that it fits, that's his business".


BTW, most any other country in the world would take such a profoundly anti-government show off of the freaking air in a New York minute.


Accurately portraying the inexcusable behavior of an administration is not anti-government. It might be anti-this-government, but it is still accurate, and the truth is an absolute defense.


Let's make a deal, OK? Democracy Now can spew socialist claptrap at US taxpayer expense, and I can make a joke (a difficult concept for lefties to grasp, but try Wiki-ing "humor" and you might get a definition simple enough to grasp) about how NPR is profoundly, obviously left-wing.


NPR stations also have the nerve to feature news from the BBC. Please do enlighten us as to the horrific bias inherent in the Beeb.

Weren't your people the ones that tried to co-opt the phrase 'fair and balanced'? It's rather hypocritical of you to get your knickers in a twist when another organization actually lives up to the wording.

Dude.......your rant is the perfect demonstration of why some people, regardless of their education, hate NPR. "Knickers in a twist" WTF

NPR isn't all bad.

/Car Talk

ComicBookGuy

I don't believe you are entirely non-partisan. Nor NPR. Nor Fox.


No one - and no organization - is entirely non-partisan. All humans have biases of some sort (conscious or unconscious).


Also, if I point out the logical gaps in your reasoning, I believe you will respond w/an ad hominem attack of some sort.


I freely admit the BBC point was not directly related to NPR as a whole, but what makes you think I would respond with ad hominem?

Red Shirt Blues

Dude.......your rant is the perfect demonstration of why some people, regardless of their education, hate NPR. "Knickers in a twist" WTF


You actually think that was a "rant"? O_o

Perhaps you would prefer "panties in a wad" or "...in a bunch". That seems to be a little more common around here, though it lacks assonance.

LandOfChocolate: I love NPR but some of their programs can be a little too "snarky liberal" for my tastes.

Thankfully radios these days come with on/off buttons for just such scenarios

No no no no, you aren't supposed to decide what should be on your radio for your self, if every one did that the cute and cuddly people over a the FCC would be out of a job, you wouldn't want that to happen now would you?

Englebert Slaptyback Quote 2008-01-19 12:52:10 PM


Since they'll be here soon enough...

Dear NPR bashers,

It's okay. The mean people who use multisyllabic Ebonics words won't hurt you. I'm sure your wacky morning DJs - replete with sound effects - will be able to soothe you with a dense blanket of dimwitted hackery Hilary.

Love,

Them Folks What Fancy Book-Learnin felony convictions' Demoncrats -- The Stupid Party

Ted "Lady-Killer" Kennedy
John "Christmas-in-Cambodia" Kerry
Bill "I-did-NOT-have-sexual-relations-with-that-woman" Clinton
Joe "Bottom-of-his Law school-class" Biden
Jimmy Carter
William "Cold-Cash" Jefferson
Marion "biatch-set-me-up" Barry
Anne "Ma" Richards
Al "That's-Racist" Sharpton
Jesse "Call-me-daddy" Jackson
etc.,
etc.

Cynthia "Blame-the-Joos" McKinney

An NPR correspondent looking for happiness is like a hooker looking for a husband among her clients. You know the story will end badly, most of the time.

Instead, the guy should leave the East Coast and go find something that he wants to do, instead of doing a meta job. Anyone in the news basically reports and/or criticizes other people for doing what they're doing - but they don't actually do anything themselves, because it's uninteresting and too risky (and they'd have to be responsible for something). Most intellectuals are drawn to meta jobs, because you can't really fail at them.

That lack of real consequence is why lots of them tend to be miserable. Then they get bitter because people dumber than them (and doing things that are substantially less intellectually challenging, even menial) get paid more and tend to have happier existences.

If you want happiness, talk to a golfer who just hit the green on a par 3 on a water hole.

I don't understand all the NPR hate either. I love "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" and I still listen to "Car Talk" every Saturday on my way down to Detroit. NPR isn't always what I'm looking for as far as entertainment goes but why hate on it? Most of the knee-jerk criticism comes from anti-intellectual douches who have never actually listened to NPR but already KNOW that only pretentious people like it.

pfft, who needs ya?

Someone has never heard of the Double Down Saloon (pops) in Las Vegas.

/oh, yeah, it's happy
//very happy after a couple hours of Ass Juice with beer chasers

I've read more posts that can be summarized to "WTF about the NPR bashing" than posts bashing NPR. WTF?

Englebert Slaptyback Quote 2008-01-19 01:53:22 PM
ComicBookGuy
I don't believe you are entirely non-partisan. Nor NPR. Nor Fox.
No one - and no organization - is entirely non-partisan. All humans have biases of some sort (conscious or unconscious).

Also, if I point out the logical gaps in your reasoning, I believe you will respond w/an ad hominem attack of some sort.

I freely admit the BBC point was not directly related to NPR as a whole, but what makes you think I would respond with ad hominem?



The difference between Comic Book Guy and Slaptyback (Yes, I have all the Eddie Izzard DVD's) is that Comic Book Guy uses ' ad nominem' correctly.

/I hate lording my education over the semi-literate, but when they flaunt and FAIL, I must point it out.

//It's useless to have a battle of wits with an un-armed person.

I dunno, I think a soapy is pretty happy

Dick_Hertz: The difference between Comic Book Guy and Slaptyback (Yes, I have all the Eddie Izzard DVD's) is that Comic Book Guy uses ' ad nominem' correctly.

How goes the fight?

;-)

I can see that NPR is biased just by the fact that it's information is usually in lockstep with most every other nations public media info. Some people actually believe that Rupert Murdoch is only out for the best interests of the good ol' USA. Sheesh

I hate NPR.

Everyone there talks like they are reading you a bedtime story.

Dick_Hertz

The difference between Comic Book Guy and Slaptyback (Yes, I have all the Eddie Izzard DVD's) is that Comic Book Guy uses ' ad nominem' correctly.


'Nominem', eh? *snicker*

Oh my gosh, I forgot the work 'attack'. Obviously that invalidates every other point made above.


/I hate lording my education over the semi-literate, but when they flaunt and FAIL, I must point it out.


Good luck with that.

weatherwax: Most of the knee-jerk criticism comes from anti-intellectual douches who have never actually listened to NPR but already KNOW that only pretentious people like it.

Not all the time. I like classical music so NPR is my only option on the radio. I also listen to car talk and a prarie home companion. It's NPR's news and commentary that is replete with condescending douches such as englebert that that generates the hate.