Interesting Items for 6/4/2009
- It puts the lotion on its skin [mightygodking.com]
- “The Young Cons believe the Bible is relatively silent on issues relating to supply-side economics.” [edgeofthewest.wordpress.com]
Most comics fans don’t like Veronica, believing her to be a stuck-up mean bitch. And this is true. Veronica is a stuck-up mean bitch. But here are some truths about Veronica most people don’t want to realize: 1.) She is rich. This counts for a lot. 2.) She is unpredictable and fun. 3.) She doesn’t care much what other people think of her. 4.) She is rich, yo. 5.) Most importantly, she is not Betty Cooper.
They’re not talking about coalitional politics here—the necessity of compromising with constiuency X despite their outlandish positions on Y in order to get disappointed by someone new—they’re claiming as their authentic identity the ideological incoherence of political coalitions. They haven’t put the cart before the horse so much as glued the horse to its side and demanded it be pulled down the mountain; then later, as they sift through the gore and gristle that had been…
Boring conservative mash-up of politics and rap provokes an entertaining critique. Bonus Wu-Tang content!
