Rick's Cafe Americain

The world of open mic comedy here in New York is, among other things, populated mostly by liberals. They like to act “un-PC”, but the jokes usually aren’t transgressive or interesting. Mostly they are just homophobic and/or sexist - failed attempts at an ironic stance that usually just show that the jokester is actually homophobic/sexist even though they would vociferously deny it. Also, a lot of references to large black cocks (more ‘irony’!), but I digress. When jokes turn to politics, they are invariably left-leaning. Though I don’t have the hack “shock” jokes in my act, my political stuff is anti-Bush also. (Don’t you tell anti-Kerry jokes also? -ed. Yes, I had some now-dated stuff that went after the Kerrys, but it was more “personality humor” than “political humor.” Which is soooo typical of us Democrat comics.)

It can be enough to make you forget that conservatives can be funny also. I’m not talking about Ann Coulter, who is funny in a homeless-guy-ranting-on-a-subway-platform sort of way, but FUNNY. Below the fold are two conservatives well worth reading because they crack me up, even though their politics are fucked. Plus another one worth an occassional check-in.

Thanks for the kind words. 

The category link you ask for does, in fact, exist; it’s listed under “greatest hits” on the site.  But here’s a direct link.

Conservative? Hmm.

But thanks for reading!

More than a bit simplistic I guess, but I’ll probably never be able to disassociate “appearing to be voting for Bush” from “conservative”. Even if libertarian or perhaps just anti-echo-chamber-liberalism is closer to the ethos of Treacher’s blog.

Well, that must have hurt.  So I guess I’m all the more flattered you said so.

Thanks for the nice compliment, Rick.  It’s appreciated, especially from someone who thinks I’m a potty-mouthed homophobe.

It wasn’t Rick who said it. Are you still touched?

Whoops, ugarte.  Didn’t notice the by-line.  I assumed all the posts here were by Rick.

Well, Rick and I had a run-in, so I was especially appreciative when I thought he had said it.

But I still appreciate it, even if it’s from someone who hasn’t (yet) called me a potty-mouthed homophobe.