[Peace-discuss] Protest Karl Rove/Health Care for All/End the Wars:Sat, March 20, 2010

[C. G. Estabrook]

Actually, I think Rove is caught in a Shirley Jackson Lottery.  Like the subject 
of that story, he's come to a small town and drawn the marked slip.  A 
successful ceremony will assure a good harvest of votes...


Stuart Levy wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:51:24PM -0500, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> Hey, look!  Orwell was dealing with WWII technology.  Microwaves and 
>> Obama's drones hadn't even been invented. It would take a full two minutes 
>> to distract the attention of the body politic.
>>
>> "Too minute"?! No, dammit, it's just minute enough. Look what's been 
>> accomplished with the slightest Threat of Communism and (when that went 
>> away) the Threat of Terrorism.  Just think what we can do with the Threat 
>> of Republicanism!  And there's always Teapartiers in the wings!
>>
>> The Permanent Government is as safe as, ah, houses...
> 
> So it's better that we just administer administrative amnesia?
> 
> That's pretty cool.  Get elected & do whatever you like.  You're
> immune while in power, and any sins are forgotten as soon as you leave,
> even if you've just written a book about them.  This could make politics
> an enjoyable game to play again.
> 
> 
>> E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
>>> In this age of microwave ovens, magnetic induction stoves, GHz/THz 
>>> processors, and high speed internet, a two minute hate really seems 
>>> awfully
>>> long.
>>> We will now pause for a moment of instantaneous hate. Please hate 
>>> intensely.
>>> (*fffffzzzzzrrrrrttttt*)
>>> Thank you for your cooperation.
>>> *
>>> On the other hand, actually its a "Too Minute" Hate. Broaden your horizons 
>>> of
>>> hate.
>>> "I HATE 'EM ALL.  But Especially KARL ROVE."


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