A'murka--The above statement is so true. We're faced with an unprecedented economic crisis--the zombies are crashing the doors down--and all these clowns can think of to do is to go hide in the basement because "it's safer."
These goofballs are as reckless and nuts as that bald Goldwater moron in George Romero's original "Night of the Living Dead," it's uncanny, astounding. It's life imitating art. Where's that post-9/11 bluster from all these "patriots," all those people beating their chests about how strong America is and displaying their "pride" with their "Support our Troops" bumper stickers? They're hiding somewhere, someplace, at some undisclosed location with Grover Norquist and some quaking Libertarians.
But you do this when you're out of your depth, when everything you held up as true was shown to be a dumb lie, and that you don't have any answers to the mess you've gotten yourself and your family into mainly because you're a pig-headed ass. Look at how scared the bald moron is in NOTLD sometime, it's almost as pathetic, fear-inducing, and hilarious to watch as the old man that rose up screaming, "There are socialists taking over!" at a 2008 McCain rally. Pathetic. Moronic. Ignorant. Dangerous.
Dangerous? Yes, dangerous. Dangerous because these clowns could take the rest of us down with them in their supreme idiocy and selfishness. They are little people, spiritual descendants of lynch mobs, just like the asshole who gets everyone killed in NOTLD--except Duane Jones--and he's killed by racist rednecks. Is that how we want America to end? Dr. King asked in the title of one of his books, "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" What's it going to be America? Are you going to hide in the basement--selfishly, in a cowardly manner--or go and face the problems reasonably and rationally? It's time to be Americans, the moment calls for it.
And thank God: at least we have Duane Jones at the helm and not a frightened, balding old conservative fool. It was a very close call, which is why the current misbehavior from the right should be no surprise at all.
Postscript, 08.02.2009: Hey, I had to give him a chance, but it appears he's decided to side with the crazy fucker in the basement--you know, that whole "go down in flames" meme appears to arouse him as it tends to when someone gets a taste of power and they have already have their head rammed fully up their ass. But hey, he's given me a new idea for a satire...
I like your NOTLD analogy. I think we left an era of "Army of Darkness". Can't you just imagine Cheney holding up his rifle and yelling, "Listen up you primitive screwheads! This is my BOOMSTICK!" Or maybe my personal favorite line, "Good, Bad, I'm the guy with the gun." That kind of sums up the entire last 8 years, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, this is the same Zev Winicur from Edison Middle School and Adams High School.
Thanks Zev, how you been? Oh, I never forgot you!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that Army of Darkness analogy is accurate: might equals right. There's too much of that thinking and behaving these days, and at a time when we really need to come to terms with violence for--you know, nothing important--our very survival. ;0)
The last eight years were sheer hell, just hell. Not so much personally for me, but just watching the nightmare unfold after 2000, just rampant political (mainly GOP)and corporate criminality. And that's not even including the Vatican in there! ;0)
I knew the Republicans would opportunistically seize on the 9/11 attacks the moment I saw the second plane hit the WTC, it was totally predictable and the hijackers and their paymasters (I'm saying in Saudi Arabia and a few other Gulf states) knew this.
It's funny: last night Derek Hayes, Bobby Brewer, Mindy Horlander (sp?), and several others had a little get together at Between the Buns by ND, it was fun. Strange how old friends and classmates are finding each other again, eh?
Dave Hoover and Bill Mueller couldn't make it this last time, but they should be there next. It was great. Hope all is well with you, I'm writing a book right now!
PS: Think even of the sound of Duane Jones's voice compared with that of Obama's, and the dummy in the basement with McCain's. Eeeeeeerie. Just sayin'!
Hey, I listen to a lot of kletzmer these days! I'm a big fan of John Zorn as well.
I agree with your anaysis to this extent: Barry IS Duane Jones--the smooth-talking and "reasonable" pseudo-intellectual who ends up getting the entire cast killed for following his idiotic advice to remain upstairs, rather than retreat to the cellar. Did you ever think about that? If everyone would have followed the advice of Harry--the unlikable, but sound-thinking conservative--and stayed in the cellar, they all would have SURVIVED!!! Ironically, after Obama--er, Ben/Dauane--gets everyone else killed, including all of his naive followers, he then proceeds to follow poor dead Harry's advice and hypocritically retreats to the cellar to save his OWN hide! Again, I must totally agree with you--this character is INDEED the perfect parallel to our fearless leader in Washington--a fast-talking crank who has skillfully convinced most of us that he is the omniscient "voice-of-authority"--and who is thus busily leading the nation to its collective doom!
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