Now that I've seen my first piece of genuine Occupy Wall Street humor (other than on protest signs), it's time for a post I always wanted to write: a fond look back at what passed for funny in the early years of the reign of Bush II (approximately 2001 through 2005).
The political humor of those days was not like the political humor of today. It was crude. It was unsophisticated. But despite that, it served a truly vital purpose. It freed the fear-paralyzed Internet commentariat to say things that you literally weren't allowed to say aloud in polite company -- not with the horrors of a massive terror attack still so fresh, the fears about national security, even the censorship of "Freedom Fries." And of course you couldn't say anything bad about our two righteous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In other words, it was real humor, somewhat like the sort you get in wartime, or in the midst of a repressive Communist regime. (The Russians were famous for their humor, but many people think it was the East Germans who had the best jokes.)
Some oldies, but goodies, included:
