...and on the subject of turnabout being fair play:

[WilliamPitt]

A tweet from Elnathan John.

@elnathan: "Our thoughts are also with the measles-ravaged country America. I hope we are screening them before they come to Africa."

...for the Win.

[Glassunion]

1. Brilliant!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, that's perfect!

[kestrel91316]

3. Slam dunk.

[hifiguy]

4. That deserves a Pinkie Pie rimshot!

[WillyT]

5. Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[niyad]

6. zoowwwwie!

[gordianot]

7. I doubt irony impaired Americans would ever catch on.

Now if Chris Christie was put in a tent.

[jtuck004]

13. Irony is only possible if the target acknowledges your existence. Otherwise it is all in the mind of

the beholder.

They are more sociopaths than irony impaired, and should be approached as such.

[gordianot]

15. Sociopaths ignore the norms of society.

They know what they are doing and try to hide it for advantage. As a collective group it seems some feed off beliefs they know are really in no ones interest is contrary to any advantage and really do not care what the consequences. In that the collective group of what I would label those without a sense of irony resembles Sociopaths a general lack of regret.

Two prime cases of a Sociopath. A politician who stresses his concern for the poor and touts his family values. He impregnates a woman denies it encourages an aide to take responsibility. His family including a terminally ill wife is left to watch.

All of the Republican congress members who sought to get rid of a Democratic President who was something of a Sociopath himself. Some of critics then turn around engage in similar behavior. They are a large group of Sociopaths.

A Fox News consumer believes every thing they have been told. Their ability to judge irony is severely impaired. The are not necessarily Sociopaths even though they discount consequences of their beliefs, words, and actions. Call it what you want the gullible, sheeple , brain washed or those without a sense of irony they generally lack the deception of a Sociopath

[jtuck004]

19. Your first three paragraphs still decribe tens of millions of people, and the last one doesn't

necessarily create a whole separate group.

I think you give them too much credit.

[jtuck004]

21. You may not have heard of the Teaparty. That's them. Deception of the highest order, and

they would rather destroy the country than let the current pres continue.

They, and I mean a lot of them, agree with the idea that we would be better in flames than have any "liberal" in the WH

They aren't just gullible sheeple - they are a group that uses law for theft and murder - in ways that some of our elected officials do as well. Actively hurting people, know they are, and pretend to be otherwise.

They are sociopaths, and to treat them otherwise is to find those you love in danger that one might have prevented.

ymmv

[whathehell]

14. Maybe the irony impaired ones wouldn't, but the rest of us would.

The idea that Americans are irony impaired, frequently spouted by Brits, is pure unadulterated bullshit.

[marym625]

8. K&R!

And retweeting.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. heh.

[MrMickeysMom]

10. Oh….

[Android3.14]

11. And keep any returning physicians in isolation

Yup. That sounds like good policy.

[mentalslavery]

12. How come "those people" can't

take care of themselves. What is wrong with american culture. American parents need to raise their kids right. Its all about values. The christians need to apologize and stand up and strongly denounce measles. If they weren't so busy drinking beer, eating bacon, and having drunken sex, they wouldn't have so many measle-inflected kids. Who, ya know, will probably just grow up to have more measle-infected kids.

[Duval]

16. K&R nt

[AtomicKitten]

17. Perfect.

yes indeed

[pintobean]

18. I clicked on this wondering if

President Obama had something to say about one of us.

[Orsino]

20. "I hear American restaurant workers don't even have to wash after using the toilet." n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

22. I heard him interviewed on the radio, he was fantastic. I look forward to his new book later in the

year.