The truthiness hurts
I see they've chosen Rich Little to host the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Colbert cut too close to the bone there, did he?
Oh yes, we can't be exposed to anything like:
Let's stick instead to some lame "impersonations" of 20-years-out-of-date celebrities nobody fucking gave a shit about even when they were current. Nobody's gonna YouTube that shit. Nobody's gonna blog about it. Dumb bitches like Ana Marie Cox won't need to wag their manicured fingers at this happy asshole. The laughter will be the type elicited by the "cool" visiting pastor at the First Baptist Church -- nobody will be forced to think about anything or confront the truth at all. So that's real nice. Ugh.
Oh yes, we can't be exposed to anything like:
And the press certainly shouldn't be expected to hear of themselves:I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message: that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound -- with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world.
But the rest of you, what are you thinking, reporting on NSA wiretapping or secret prisons in eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason: they're super-depressing. And if that's your goal, well, misery accomplished. Over the last five years you people were so good -- over tax cuts, WMD intelligence, the effect of global warming. We Americans didn't want to know, and you had the courtesy not to try to find out. Those were good times, as far as we knew.
Let's stick instead to some lame "impersonations" of 20-years-out-of-date celebrities nobody fucking gave a shit about even when they were current. Nobody's gonna YouTube that shit. Nobody's gonna blog about it. Dumb bitches like Ana Marie Cox won't need to wag their manicured fingers at this happy asshole. The laughter will be the type elicited by the "cool" visiting pastor at the First Baptist Church -- nobody will be forced to think about anything or confront the truth at all. So that's real nice. Ugh.
Labels: steaming bullshit, things that are bad for the world
posted by Gleemonex at 11:34 AM
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If I could trade minds for a day with somebody every day, and I could keep the knowledge therein, I would trade with you. Maybe not on the first day, but someday soon, if I could.
This indirectly points out one of the (many) problems with our current administration. While some leaders (not just in politics, but in business and elsewhere) appreciate lively debate, and make sure they always include voices on both sides of important issues (Clinton was one of these), other leaders seek to exclude any voice who does not mimic their own. The latter describes our current president (but in his case, possibly he can be excused for this because, of course, he is not excluding voices who disagree with HIMSELF so much rather than excluding voices who disagree with Jesus-God-Santa Claus (who, as we all know, whispers policy directives in his ear on a regular basis)).
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