::LMAO:: Okay, firstly, *who's* frittering away American promise for Security...? It really seems like the Rs have had the point on that one for a long time, although given his reported nimbleness in defining his terms in that book, I can't say as I'm surprised.
Second, you might wanna read the rest of your fable before you go dissing magic beans. The insult kinda falls apart.
Third, Nineveh beat me to the Golliwog comment. Google "primitive black doll" or something and you'll find enough American examples that I feel safely sure it's not racially progressive. "Vote Republican or the Wolf Man will take away Scarlett's Mammy!"
No, see, the beanstalk leads to COMMUNISM, and a giant Josef Stalin will come down it, but we'll cut it down with civil rights legislation so he falls to his death and we get to keep his magic balalaika or something, I guess... ::headscratch::
I also find it fascinating that "the promise of America" is apparently a dry cow.
Oh, I think it makes PERFECT sense--bellatrysMarch 7 2008, 12:34:56 UTC
"Americans, hold on to your dry cows, i.e., cling to your unhelpful traditions of decreasing utility and value, at any cost! FEAR RISK OF ALL SORTS!!!!"
Re: Oh, I think it makes PERFECT sense--shininghalfMarch 7 2008, 18:53:02 UTC
Yes, even if The Economy just consumes feed and produces nothing for you, it's sheer foolishness to give it up for a fallible promise of a better life!
(Meanwhile I'm hoping they let the little guys take it on the road to DC and sell it for magic beans before we get desperate enough to butcher it. ^_^;; )
Second, you might wanna read the rest of your fable before you go dissing magic beans. The insult kinda falls apart.
Third, Nineveh beat me to the Golliwog comment. Google "primitive black doll" or something and you'll find enough American examples that I feel safely sure it's not racially progressive. "Vote Republican or the Wolf Man will take away Scarlett's Mammy!"
As often, Jon Stewart helps: http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=147884&is_large=true (Watch him praise "classical liberalism": conflating market freedom with personal freedom, actual footage!)
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I also find it fascinating that "the promise of America" is apparently a dry cow.
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Yup, that sounds like National Review, all right.
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(Meanwhile I'm hoping they let the little guys take it on the road to DC and sell it for magic beans before we get desperate enough to butcher it. ^_^;; )
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