tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post1288306836518445249..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: Theater for IdiotsJack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-78299291261594669462011-05-02T18:55:25.603-04:002011-05-02T18:55:25.603-04:00Jim,
That's my take, too. My exact read, in f...Jim,<br /><br />That's my take, too. My exact read, in fact. I don't buy into the eleventhy dimensional chess master thing. It's just a real obvious play against a group of unimaginative paranoids.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-76578000903691365182011-05-02T17:34:18.961-04:002011-05-02T17:34:18.961-04:00Ever read Homer? 'Member Achilles dragging Hec...Ever read Homer? 'Member Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around the walls of Troy behind his chariot? Yup. This isn't quite that.<br /><br />Smirking arrogance? Triumphalism? That was the hallmark of the previous admin. 'Member Saddam et fils.<br /><br />This one will be a more tasteful reveal, at the behest of fist-banging deather 'Pigs. "Had to do it, folks. Didn't want to release the pics of dead man OBL, but the birthers demanded it—just like my silly long-form birth certificate. Why won't anybody believe me? Is it because I'm _______." (fill in the black)<br /><br />Oops, there's a Freudian for you.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-84925727719529604052011-05-02T14:52:55.518-04:002011-05-02T14:52:55.518-04:00From the vantage of power, no body (with some sort...From the vantage of power, no body (with some sort of verification) is much better than parading one around. A paraded body is a lightning rod. A buried body is a baraka cult in the making.<br /><br />TSA hacks aren't going anywhere.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-53598495655582511472011-05-02T14:34:45.554-04:002011-05-02T14:34:45.554-04:00So, why isn't the body touring the country and...So, why isn't the body touring the country and serving as the centerpiece of a million parades? And since we need not be afraid anymore, can all those TSA hacks be fired?K. Ron Silkwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456687393222720496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-29599073296796523982011-05-02T12:29:31.163-04:002011-05-02T12:29:31.163-04:00Sen,
Don't know. Said they confirmed it with ...Sen,<br /><br />Don't know. Said they confirmed it with DNA tests, since they had bin Laden family DNA on record. Not sure it matters. People believe he's dead, and that Obama did it. <br /><br />Zen,<br /><br />Not for nothing do they continue to code name "enemies" with Indian names, name their aircav death machines after vanquished tribes, and refer to Iraq and Afghanistan as "indian country."Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-2874853585706927612011-05-02T12:08:47.808-04:002011-05-02T12:08:47.808-04:00On July 4th, 1902, Teddy Roosevelt declared "...On July 4th, 1902, Teddy Roosevelt declared "Mission Accomplished" for the Indian War waged in the Philippines. The genocide continued for another 10 years or so, and not much has changed since then.zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-89592208081551806612011-05-02T11:52:45.806-04:002011-05-02T11:52:45.806-04:00Do they have photographs of the body, with any evi...Do they have photographs of the body, with any evidence that links it conclusively to the present? Or did they just dump the (whatever) and expect us to take their word for it?senecalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-59937739356707730142011-05-02T11:48:40.358-04:002011-05-02T11:48:40.358-04:00Gratis, davidly.Gratis, davidly.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-82576617805544745032011-05-02T11:44:09.267-04:002011-05-02T11:44:09.267-04:00Sure. The wordplay doesn't work so well in En...Sure. The wordplay doesn't work so well in English, which is why I didn't do an English verion (Google translate works, but as is often the case, it sometimes leads one to read the opposite of what's intended).<br /><br />Briefly (or not):<br /><br />The title "Birth Certificate of the Sausage Factory". The subtitle "Ist ja Wurst!" means literally "it's sausage" but is a way of saying that something makes no friggin' difference.<br /><br />I use a semi-fictional account of the history of the chili cook-off as the basis for an allegory on left-right politics as they relate to birtherism, as it were... in "Once upon a time" mode.<br /><br />This American tradition began ironically in Texas, then a republic of its own. Pesky Mexican. America likes chili. Offers Texas statehood. Texas says sure, gets bigger pistols. America gets the Rio Grande.<br /><br />The chili cook-off spreads throughout the land (except Vermont, who find it stupid (link to Vermont separatists)). Cincinnati loves chili. Thinks they got a great recipe. Texans think it's watery and bland. But the meat merchants don't care one way or another. They sell meat.<br /><br />Festering in the land are those who don't care for the meaty dish. Vegetarians. Meat merchants don't care, as long as their ideology is kept in check. Which it is.<br /><br />For veggie chili dishes don't have a prayer at the cook-off. Meat eaters rule (or gladly allow themselves to be ruled). For the meat merchant offers an abundance of product (in addition to the Texas and Cinci varieties, one can even enjoy chili on a Chicago dog).<br /><br />A lot of vegetarians are aware of the irrelevance of the origin of the chili, though. Texas, Illinois, Hawaii, even Kenya - it doesn't matter. The main thing is that people are meat and the meat merchant is a butcher.davidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-57649643913069614272011-05-02T10:25:03.686-04:002011-05-02T10:25:03.686-04:00Also, do you mind giving a gloss on your last post...Also, do you mind giving a gloss on your last post. I can only read French, and poorly at that?Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-10348935151098102782011-05-02T10:24:26.370-04:002011-05-02T10:24:26.370-04:00davidly,
It's certainly possible that the wet...davidly,<br /><br />It's certainly possible that the wetworkers held BL in lieu of a good public moment. Or that they saved up his kill moment for the same.<br /><br />I just don't think it matters. <br /><br />It doesn't matter who dropped the towers, in the same way that it didn't matter which officials knew what and when about the Baader-Meinhofs, or how deeply compromised November 17 really was.<br /><br />The spectacular use of events really doesn't require much in the way of connection to fact, anymore.<br /><br />Conspiracism won't hurt Obama any more than it damaged Bush. In fact, it probably helps by capturing and penning resistance inside of byzantine and illogical paranoia.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-22603281789300561482011-05-02T10:19:19.199-04:002011-05-02T10:19:19.199-04:00One need not peddle conspiracy. But before one ca...One need not peddle conspiracy. But before one can even theorize conspiracy, someone says something like, "Oh great! The conspiracy theorists are gonna go crazy!" That should be food for thought.<br /><br />Either way, it is what it is. Patriotic celebration of summary execution and burial. That's conspiracy enough.davidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-39991799249261739002011-05-02T07:56:55.537-04:002011-05-02T07:56:55.537-04:00I'm not peddling a conspiracy - but it is amus...I'm not peddling a conspiracy - but it is amusing to watch grown ass adults hooting and hollering and getting their jingo on, to the relentless commentary of unquestioning corporate news, about an execution for which no one, not least of the all the Preznit taking credit, has offered proof.<br /><br />It's too easy, this business of distracting Americans.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-11822467916894761342011-05-02T07:14:33.515-04:002011-05-02T07:14:33.515-04:00Heh, that's a yummy typo, JM - but no slip. Ju...Heh, that's a yummy typo, JM - but no slip. Just human error. Or, barely human, in my case.<br /><br />I'll fix it, just because.<br /><br />Wayne, I'm tempted by the idea that Bin Laden's body has been held in escrow. I'm not sure it matters, though. Dead four years ago, dead last night - the damned fools are still celebrating. <br /><br />Randal, might have been too obvious.<br /><br />Dr. G, great point about Manning, over your way. I want to say that this re-awakens my murdered sense of outrage, but it doesn't. The opposite, really. <br /><br />Some small hope though: my ten year old, just a few minutes ago, said, "Who cares?" and then turned on about the only tele worth watching. Sponge Bob.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-57057250927667785872011-05-02T06:56:38.334-04:002011-05-02T06:56:38.334-04:00Jack I share your frustration. The cruise missile...Jack I share your frustration. The cruise missile liberal maddow gushing about accomplishment during one of the biggest propaganda orgies of recent memory is hilarious. Who needs fox news when you can have msnbc/cnn/etc. I blessed this historic day with a new <a href="http://fear-and-loathing-in-usa.blogspot.com/2011/05/mission-accomplished-for-reals-this.html" rel="nofollow">collage.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-85081744761916317712011-05-02T06:16:05.017-04:002011-05-02T06:16:05.017-04:00Fuck Obama. He was supposed to wait until Septembe...Fuck Obama. He was supposed to wait until September 11 before wheeling out the corpse. No sense of TV cliche, this one.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-73933917157144125292011-05-02T03:15:27.543-04:002011-05-02T03:15:27.543-04:00You said Obama not Osama in the quoted paragraph.You said Obama not Osama in the quoted paragraph.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-34280628752007026892011-05-02T02:15:03.511-04:002011-05-02T02:15:03.511-04:00If you ask me, they held his corpse in cold storag...If you ask me, they held his corpse in cold storage for a few months/years, waiting for a manufactured 'challenge' like the one from collagen combover man. Hey presto! Feelgood Mayday cover story. Probably upping the killing in Libya while Mr. and Mrs. Patriot shake their flags.<br /><br />The kind of PR mastery that won him the election in 08.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-90390029696486413892011-05-02T01:13:56.639-04:002011-05-02T01:13:56.639-04:00"ust heard some douche (MSNBC) say that the U..."ust heard some douche (MSNBC) say that the US possession of Obama's body (totemism anyone?) was a "moral blow" against terrorism and resistance to the US. Anyway, killing Obama will stop the War on Everything like Magic Johnson's continued survival has stopped the transmission of HIV."<br />Oh my, Freudian slip,eh?JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.com