tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post112465174485822012..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: Jeebus Rode A DinosaurHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1124951929699849652005-08-24T23:38:00.000-07:002005-08-24T23:38:00.000-07:00Craig:Yeah, a lot of people guessed I'm The Slime,...Craig:<BR/><BR/>Yeah, a lot of people guessed <I>I'm The Slime</I>, but strangely, it turned out to be <I>Zomby Woof</I>. I think it had something to do with the unnatural lacquer of Sanctum Santorum's helmet of hair.<BR/><BR/>If you've never read <I>The Real Frank Zappa</I> book, you should. It's a very fast read, mostly biographical, but the last several chapters were more of a political manifesto of sorts.<BR/><BR/>That's exactly what I was getting at, regarding conservatism -- it used to mean <I>to conserve</I>. Obviously it doesn't for these people. They call themselves "movement conservatives", but clearly it's more about the "movement" than the conservativism. I think even their hero Reagan would blanch at this crew's sheer disregard for preparation for full-scale invasion and occupation. For starters.Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1124864544609483392005-08-23T23:22:00.000-07:002005-08-23T23:22:00.000-07:00pbg & pseudolus:Feel free to post links to those "...pbg & pseudolus:<BR/><BR/>Feel free to post links to those "controversies"; I think the kids would quite like them. I know I was intrigued enough to do some googling.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Craig:<BR/><BR/>It's never ever an intrusion; I'm thrilled that you choose to do a <I>Zappa</I> parody, of all things, in here. Love the substitution of "reality show" for the traditional "mud shark". I woke up the kid with my guffawing. Great stuff.<BR/><BR/>Recently, a poster on Atrios challenged fellow Atriots to guess which FZ song popped into his brain whenever Rick Santorum slithered on to his television.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it was just fun coming up with so many obvious apropos titles. It's not like there was any prize involved. But as I found myself mentally plumbing through great titles (and hence great songs) like <I>Duke of Prunes</I> and <I>The Idiot Bastard Son</I>, I couldn't help but wonder what the great man himself would have made of this mess today.<BR/><BR/>After all, Zappa characterized himself as a "practical conservative", which category I suppose I would fall under as well. I prefer low taxes and a motivated workforce; I am both pro-choice and pro-death penalty (though the number of "errors" has led me to reconsider the latter; still, in principle....)<BR/><BR/>I think the first and foremost thing FZ would hasten to point out is that <I>these people are not conservatives</I>. Shills, hucksters, grifters, call 'em what you want, they're not earning an honest living, they're not honest people, and they employ governmental mechanisms to proactively exert control over their fellow citizens' lives.<BR/><BR/>Wish I'd thought of it. I'd buy a Caribbean island and name it after myself, while youse chumps languished under the boy-king's belated adolescence. Wait till Himself spots that first hair on his pee-pee. Then we're <I>really</I> screwed.Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-1124656559553148772005-08-21T13:35:00.000-07:002005-08-21T13:35:00.000-07:00If we're going to 'teach the controversy' when are...If we're going to 'teach the controversy' when are we going to see third graders taught about Robert Graves's thesis that Jesus was the bastard son of King Herod by Mary, one of the Temple Virgins?<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see that.<BR/><BR/>I really, really wish that kids in this country were taught basic logic and rhetoric--you know, rules of thought and how to lie with language.<BR/>Of course, that would start kids thinking for themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com