W The Impaler
Excellent article on the
New
Conservatism: "American conservatism is at once absolutist and
utopian, and reactive and aggrieved. Which state came first is a chicken-and-egg
question, but they reinforce each other. Psychologically, conservatives want
contradictory things -- both pure freedom and an unchanging Golden Age.
Pragmatically, they want things that are mutually exclusive -- no social
contract and an organic, connected community, untrammeled individual
rights and a rigid moral code. The inevitable disappointment results in
resentment. The reason that the American right always behaves as if it is an
angry outsider, even when it controls all three branches of government, is that
it is at war not with "liberalism" but with social reality."
W is apparently
related to Brad Pitt, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner and Vlad the Impaler.
This a very funny parody of Fox News.
Why
are South American woman politicians always so much hotter
much better-dressed more reminiscent of Mary Tyler Moore than North American
woman politicians?
Some Neanderthals may have
looked like Richie Cunningham.
Which presidential candidate do you
really like? I ended up (virtually) voting for Chris Dodd, though Hillary and Kucinich were a
close #2.