# Enough with the "wanted" cards already **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672 "2003-05-16T13:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/1 "2003-05-16T13:37:04Z")
OK, the original “Iraq’s most wanted” playing cards showed a flash of cleverness, the “Missing Texas Democrats” cards were a bit strained but worth a chuckle, but this is just fucking stupid: > **[Newsmax.com - Breaking news from around the globe](https://www.newsmax.com)** > > Newsmax.com reports today’s news headlines, live news stream, news videos from Americans and global readers > seeking the latest in current events, politics, U.S., world news, health, finance, and more. What goes ha, ha, ha, clunk? A guy laughing his head off. What just goes clunk? A right-wing joke. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/2 "2003-05-16T13:38:36Z")
well, I thought the Texas one was a hoot, personally, but I absolutely agree this one reeks. Jimmy Carter?? sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/3 "2003-05-16T13:47:10Z")
And those motherfuckers spam me CONSTANTLY. I hate them so much more than I would ordinarily, which I have to say is a lot. LC ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/4 "2003-05-16T13:51:19Z")
The Iraqi deck of cards stained my sense of good humor. How many parts of _Wag the Dog_ are they going to copy? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/5 "2003-05-16T13:53:33Z")
This part botherd me the most. > [@](#): > > Each suite of the Deck of Weasels reveals America’s enemies. The Spades are the most treacherous of the world’s foreign leaders. The Diamonds are the most backstabbing U.S. leaders. The (bleeding) Hearts, of course, consist of Hollywood’s woefully ill-informed would-be geopolitical “experts.” And the Clubs include the worst of the biased media and self-appointed pundits. Yes if you opposed the war you are an enemy of America. But where are the Dixie Chicks? They didn’t get mentioned at all. ---
**Author:** ![coyasicanbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@coyasicanbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coyasicanbe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/6 "2003-05-16T14:13:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lucki Chaarms \* > \*\*And those motherfuckers spam me CONSTANTLY. I hate them so much more than I would ordinarily, which I have to say is a lot. > > LC \*\* I’m right there with ya. If I get one more friggin’ spam about the Most Wanted deck of car… “Bing, you’ve got mail.” ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/7 "2003-05-16T18:05:45Z")
I thought the berets were a particularily nice touch. And by nice touch I mean a touch of crap. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/8 "2003-05-16T19:40:43Z")
Well, conservatives usually don’t have a working sense of humor anyway. Go read **Mallard Filmore** for an example. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/9 "2003-05-16T19:48:08Z")
Hah! If you want crappy conservative humor, even Mallard Fillmore loses to [CNSNews’s cartoon section.](http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/welcome.asp) Particularily Barry Shelton. I am fascinated by the way he can week after week be crap in every possible meaning of crap. Not to forget Chuck Asay. That man’s cartoons don’t contain mere bad jokes. They’re anti-jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/10 "2003-05-16T19:49:21Z")
Okay, they insulted George Clooney. ‘Dem’s fightin’ words! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/11 "2003-05-16T21:43:06Z")
> [@](#): > > ‘Dem’s fightin’ words! No, no, Dems don’t fight, that’s the _point_. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/12 "2003-05-17T01:41:47Z")
The Iraqi official playing cards just were. The Texas politician playing cards I liked, in a farcical, Pythonist sense. (“State Representative Chombey\*! The Sixth of Clubs! Let’s get him!”) The Newsmax cards (isn’t Newsmax run, in some way, by John LeBoutiller?) are just dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/13 "2003-05-17T01:44:05Z")
\*- Any comparison between State Representative Chombey and a real member of the Texas State Legislature is completely unintentional. ---
**Author:** ![Cavalier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Cavalier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cavalier)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/14 "2003-05-17T05:05:44Z")
These cards are the newest trend in law enforcement. I liked the novelty of the Iraqi most wanted cards, the Texas card were the first sign it wasn’t a one of. Now this. And the [Deck of Deadbeats](http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=4735) is just silly. > [@](#): > > Several hundred volunteer posse members and Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies fanned out across the Valley Saturday to round up child-support dodgers. > […] > The sheriff also unveiled the “Deck of Deadbeats” on Saturday. Reminiscent of the “most wanted” playing cards distributed to coalition forces in Iraq, the deck features the names and faces of 52 parents who owe high-volume amounts. > > The cards are online at [www.mcso.org](http://www.mcso.org). “Several hundred volunteer posse members”? Is living in America really like living in a cowboy movie? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/15 "2003-05-17T05:35:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cavalier \* > \*\*“Several hundred volunteer posse members”? Is living in America really like living in a cowboy movie? \*\* Nope. Not nearly as fun. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/16 "2003-05-17T05:54:08Z")
I thought a right wing joke didn’t go clunk but bigot… good examples of this are Jesse Helms and Stantorum. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/17 "2003-05-17T06:32:06Z")
> [@](#): > > And the Clubs include the worst of the biased media and self-appointed pundits. are Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity included there? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-wanted-cards-already/175672/18 "2003-05-17T16:42:37Z")
I love the fact that Hans Blix got a card because… Well… He didn’t give the Pres something usable. Damn, that certainly makes him an enemy…