Osama lottery

[joanna bujes]

At 02:21 AM 02/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>easy there, my friend! go watch the olympics... otoh, thats just more of
>the same stuff. http://www.nbcolympics.com/ is doing a poll on who
>deserved the pair skating award (under "more coverage" section to the
>right), and after 180000-odd votes everyone (96%) they say feels the
>canadians should've won (which is not a defensible position, but the
>response has certainly been all that you list above)...

I get it! I get it! First capitalism strips us of any identity/authenticity 
and then they fill the void with patriotism. Perhaps we should rephrase Sam 
Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the living dead."

Joanna