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• Tuesday, January 13, 2009 06:02 AM

  Maureen

  Re: Blondes.

  And Redheads.

  I noticed in passing that one of our American evening news shows, cannot recall which one, but it doesn't matter, they all run together, was all over the Prince Harry Thing and how very contrite and sorrowful HRH was to be outed as such a racist, Monarch-mocking scalawag. Bad Prince Harry. Bad.

  But then, truly, who could possibly care? Even in Britain. Let alone Ireland. But it is a fine diversion from the Cruel Girl Blondes, Livni and Liebovitz, proving how Tough they are against the Barbaric Foe, yadda, yadda. I'm sure QE1 similarly had to prove her mettle against the Heathen Irish back in the day, eh? After she single-handedly defeated the Spanish Armada. Not that the situations are comparable. Just another Redhead for you.

  Liebovitz was smirking, practically giggling, when confronted with the evidence that Israel was using white phosphorous shells on the Gazan population. Of course she wouldn't deny or confirm, just smirked. Almost giggled at the thought of all those barbarous Gazans, burnt to the bone, a sweet savour unto her Lord.

  The thing is, Americans are less and less inclined to buy into the Narrative and the Distractions any more. Propaganda is recognized as such by increasing numbers of Americans, and they are tuning it out. They don't yet quite know what to do about it, but belief is declining.

  That's why the efforts Glenn mentions to canonize and sanctify every action, word, and flip-flop of the Incoming seem so bizarre. People's belief has been shattered, and the notion that the Incoming (OS -- Our Saviour -- as he's come to be known ruefully) is somehow Wiser than you all, and Perfected in His Subtlety -- we are simply unworthy to comprehend his Brilliant Subtlety -- strikes a very discordant note.

  Will he be elevated directly to Divinity without passing through Sainthood? Ridiculous. There simply isn't a halo big enough.

  While they are rejecting the propaganda, it is still difficult for many Americans to get accurate or at least somewhat accurate information. Maybe it's something like the Soviets once they rejected the Party Line from Pravda and Izvestia but still had a hard time getting hold of the samizdat alternative pamphlets and mimeographed newsletters. Like the Soviets, Americans know what they are being told is a lie, but they don't yet know where to find truth.

  To which our Post-modernists say, "Feh. There isn't any such thing."

  —Ché Pasa Read Ché Pasa's other letters
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