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December 25, 2002
Santa Claus is Big Brother
Leonard Peikoff offers a delightfully subversive interpretation of Christmas as a healthy display of American capitalism celebrating our prosperity. Interestingly, he casts Santa as an agent of justice, as he rewards only the good children.
I take a much dimmer view of the deal. Santa sounds like just another nosey commie to me. "He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good." Hey, you don't need to be spying on me, and being all up in my business. You can stick them goddam toys up your ass. Just a typical nose-under-the-tent liberal giveaway to get you to agree to having this bastard all up in your business. He don't need to know when I'm sleeping or awake, or whoring or studying the Bible. Mind your own fricking business, and I'll buy my own damned toys.
But that's me. Sometimes I just don't work and play well with others. I suppose this'll get me a lump of coal in my stocking- or a visit from his Thought Police.
posted by Al at 12/25/2002 01:03:00 AM
December 24, 2002
Al and the Brother Man
So Trent Lott has lost his job as senate majority leader over a couple of stupid ambiguous sentences at a birthday party that were taken with great offense by the professional civil rights community. This hardly seems like a fair basis for losing an important job. I know I've said stuff that could be taken far worse. If I thought Trent Lott was anything more than a turd eating vote hustler, I'd probably be pretty cheesed.
Of course he's absolutely not anything more than that, so I'm just happy to see a deserving jerk get knocked down. Similar judgment of his character all around probably goes a long way toward explaining why he had so few defenders, especially among Republicans.
Still as he was being unfairly railroaded over some very minor remarks, I felt some sympathy pangs as he resisted the inevitable. Even if you don't like the guy, it's too bad to see him go down over something this petty.
I was in this frame of mind as I visited the Mercer museum near Pittsburgh. This is a really curious poured concrete castle, apparently designed as both museum and personal home. It has the finest collection of everyday early American artifacts I've seen. Old plows and carriages, whole apotechary shops, vintage blacksmithing equipment. It's a great window.
CLICK HERE for my photo essay as I encountered Brother Man, and made my peace.
posted by Al at 12/24/2002 05:16:00 PM
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