National Review Cover Story On "The Beauty Of Drilling" To Be A Disappointment

Oh, the delights of the National Review's cover stories! Earlier this month, I think we all enjoyed ourselves immensely when the magazine, in their record-our-thoughtfulness-for-all-posterity way, designed a cover for their Sonia Sotomayor cover story that oddly depicted her as an Asian. It was a cunning stratagem! Do something glancingly racist, wait for the response you intended to draw to roll in, and then spout your grandiose indignance all over the place. It truly was something close to brilliance, and it went just the way the magazine drew it up.

When I heard about this week's cover story, even though it was for vastly different reasons and context, I was nevertheless excited all over again! Until I actually saw the cover.

What a letdown! See, I was originally under the impression that the story was titled, "The Beauty of Drilling Jonah Goldberg From An Oil Platform." Sadly, not so. In fairness, that's precisely the sort of story that only the National Review can tell.

[Hat tip: Josh Glasstetter!]

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Comments

[ShinjiIkari]

Drilling Johan Goldberg?

Link, not for a million dollars!

[HST]

Jonah Goldberg is to critical thinking what swine flu is to health.

[realpolitic]

Such magazing covers show how reactionary the right is. What is beautiful about an oil platform in the middle of an ocean? It is a necessity and a testament to technology perhaps, but no beauty of nature. Goldberg is the same fool who wrote a book about how Hitler was supposed to be a left-wing authoritarian. The universe the right inhabits is becoming more and more fictional as the years go by.

[rixter1965]

When I hear my conservative friends repeat that right-wing verbal foreplay "Drill, Baby, Drill!" my response is:

This "domestic oil" you keep going on and on about will be sold on the world market. It might very well end up in China or India or anywhere but here.

[tiredofthesameoldstuff]

And it would take several years and only reduce the cost by a penny. While the oil that would reduce the costs by a buck or more can already be drilled for on leases owned by the oil companies. Thing is they don't want to drill that since their profits would be neglible since they wouldn't be able to gouge the consumers or the goverment out of tax money owed.

[StillAmused]

Any truth to the rumor that Julianne is preserving Jonah's stained jockeys... just in case?

[aeuropeanvoice]

Of course the beautiful picture thay used for their cover is only meant to obfuscate the reality behind it.
Oil drilling has produced the biggest catastrophes in the world ,Texaco and Ecuador are a perfect example of that:
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2ksb7O0RTw

[SpaghettyIrish]

I don't think the drill bit that could get through Goldberg's hard, dense skull has been invented yet.

[realpolitic]

Great point!! That he writes for a major magazine on the right is very telling!

[CalBearinIllinois]

Nice racist touch on the insert cartoon, too. Even Dustin Hoffman would say that was a ridiculously oversized honker.

[hmmmmmer]

Funny, drilling Jonah Goldberg from an oil platform would be a good thing.

[Rmath]

Doesn't "The Beauty of Drilling" belong in a dental hygiene publication?

[dpiyjrtmfr]

When I read your punchline I almost exhaled a cashew through my nose. Good one.

[ummeli]

I'm pleased to know someone else nearly exhaled food through their nose when they read this. Good one indeed.

[gayinmt]

Reminds me of John McCain. Remember that whole thing about the fish loving the oil rigs. That was one of his lamest moments.

[CW-Florida]

I might actually read that story, sadly the actual story is of no interest.