Race, Fox, and the Morons

Illustration: Glenn Beck leads an all white crowd to protest Healthcare.

Some time ago, we said that there seemed to be something racist involved in the fat, white, middle-aged mobs that protested Obama, said he was born in Ghana, a socialist, a Hitler, and so one, but also that maybe it had something to do with Obama's being intelligent and knowledgable. After all, people hate things they fear and they fear things they do not understand.

Then Maureen Dowd mentioned it in a great column Sunday. She followed up today.

President Jimmie Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, said racism was definitely a part of this insanity, just yesterday.

Glenn Beck said they were fringe elements.

Well, Michael Steele said no racism was involved. Does "Uncle Tom" ring a bell? Does he sleep with Clarance Thomas?

Frankly, I've had enough of it.

Farewell.

Congratulations

THE ABSURD TIMES



CONGRATULATIONS

AL-ZAIDI


(COME TO THINK ABOUT IT, THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH JOE WILSON! ABYONE IS INVITED TO THROW SHOES AT HIM!)

Correction

THE ABSURD TIMES

Sorry, that was Heller who wrote Catch-22, not Vonnegut.
Thanks Hugh.



P.S.: Literature died with Milton.

The Sanity Project

THE ABSURD TIMES Well, as I mentioned to you earlier, I was going to try to figure out why the right wing has become so insane. I just saw a coverage of the so-called "Tea Party Project" demonstration -- I've never seen so many middle-aged, fat, and stupid people together at the same place. At the same time, Obama was lecturing in Minnesota and his crowd was diverse and well-mannered. About all I can say is that most crazy behavior comes from fear, that turns to hate and anger, and people are generally fearful of things that are different from them. Well, Obama is intelligent, knowledgable, and black -- a bit of a wimp, perhaps, but very unlike that mob with the teabags and flags in their hair. One of you mentioned Milo Minderbinder of Catch-22, a brilliant novel by Kurt Vonnegut, as characteristic of this, but Milo is only the force behind the mob, not the participants. As I began to analyze and compose thoughts on the subject, it became apparant to me that I would have a great deal of trouble writing up the analysis in English. Words such as "Weltanschaung" may be easy enough to insert without looking for an English substitute, but "Zeitgeist" is more difficult. Then, when what is needed for the analysis is "Wissengewissenschaft," a coinage by Nietzsche, it became clear that I was contemplating something for which I needed to be paid a great deal and no offers were forthcoming. In addition, in the words of a Political Science professor I once knew, "WHO CARES?" However, before I decided to abandon the analysis, I did grab this analysis of the problem by someone who did not go to Grad School and hence can speak English on a journalistic level (although he sometimes does use a few long words): has sent you a video link The following video link was sent to you by: Countdown:Town hall breaks out at presidential address says: Honest Charlie is sharing this video using RealPlayer®. To download Internet videos yourself, get your own copy of the FREE RealPlayer here. Privacy Policy © 2009 RealNetworks, Inc. RealPlayer is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.

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In Search of sanity

THE ABSURD TIMES

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I'm busy looking for some signs of sanity or a way to understand the rampant insanity. I'll be back when something becomes more clear.

b8ovn

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