October 24, 2004
Zoo Politics
This election is becoming positively bizarre. You have ads featuring wolves. Ads featuring ostriches. Trekkies for Kerry. I'm at the point where I want to turn off the television, shove my computer in a closet, and spend the next ten days in a North Woods cabin reading overwrought, epic novels (anything by James Michener should do) and smoking my way through a very large bag of pot. Anyone care to join me?
Through the magic of BitTorrent, I downloaded the first episode in a BBC documentary called The Power of Nightmares. It compares two groups, American neoconservatives and radical Muslims, and each group's brand of fear-mongering. If the first episode is any indication, the series should be a compelling portrait of how these two groups unwittingly provide fodder for each other's ideologies. Let me know if you need a link for the torrent.
Posted by wintermute2_0 at October 24, 2004 04:21 PM
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I like the parts about reading; but turning your computer off is too much! How about Miami? The weather is better; and airfares are reasonable. The beach, margaritas, y mas... Leave the tv off, and read. 3 nights and 4 days on a last minute special. Oh, to be spontaneous.
Posted by: stupidnurse57 at October 24, 2004 10:25 PM
So-- I am off to a northwoods cabin today. I hope that I don't miss any election coverage may sway my vote. I may have some strange desire to swing to the right and create my own reality.
Let me know if I miss anything .
Posted by: Rob Kopp at October 26, 2004 12:14 PM