Monday, August 21, 2006

The Insidious Threat From The Banal

Little George and his Manly Men: "'Folks,' like 'bad guys,' is above all a homey locution. It says that all you really need to know in this world is what you grow up knowing in the heartland. No need for fancy book-learning from pointy-headed intellectuals..."

...and yet more...

" 'Folks' says to the American people: don't bother with details, everything is as obvious as I say it is. And "bad guys" says to the American people: don't worry, we will do what it takes.

We are the good guys--and the tough guys. Go back to sleep.

Well--it took a while, an inexcusably long while--but a lot of those American folks seem finally to be waking up. And Little George and his Manly Men posture on."


'Enough is enough' - the phrase loved by crackers and righties everywhere and one of my all-time favorite disgusting celebrations of ignorance and self-assured pride.

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