Q: Why?
Why a “Shackle Report,” you ask? Aren't we already drowning in reports? Colbert Reports? Drudge? Hasn't reading the news become torture enough?
Well, yes, that is, no. We mean, look: It's an attitude problem. Earnestness is annoying. Irony is a dodge. Blind optimism makes a person look stupid, and knee-jerk pessimism is a self-fulfilling gizmo. The Left? Yawn. The Right? Yuk. Obviously, things have gone FUBAR, but we're past getting tied up in knots about it. As our interogators say, we are “ready to talk.”
In taking on each day unfettered by good taste or received wisdom, we hope to emulate. . .
HARRY HOUDINI
THE GREAT UNSHACKLER
So. . . If you are over 18
& long to be offended,
please click on Harry. He has the key to all things shackled concealed somewhere on his person.
But be warned:
we have ways of making you laugh,
even about Gitmo,
even about Fox News,
even about Death Row.
And we do take prisoners. Contact us at 1 800 CON-FINE for info.
— C & C