W, national icon

[Chuck Munson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> The lead article in today's NYT week in review explains why W is our
> national hero. A choice quote:
> 
> >Bruce J. Schulman, the director of American Studies at Boston
> >University, argued that Mr. Bush "was never as silly or shallow as
> >many people depicted him before." Nonetheless, he said, "It may be
> >that certain of his qualities that seemed less than presidential
> >before - the inarticulateness, the folksiness, the seeming lack of
> >sophistication - now have become badges of things that are
> >distinctive and appealing about American society at a time it seems
> >under attack."
> 
> Bumbling simple-mindedness and parochialism combined with bellicosity
> - that's the real America!

Amen.

I've started referring to the American flag as the "international symbol
of ignorance." 

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An American soldier in a hospital explained how he was wounded: He said,
"I was told that the way to tell a hostile Vietnamese from a friendly
Vietnamese was to shout ‘To hell with Ho Chi Minh!’ If he shoots, he’s
unfriendly. So I saw this dude and yelled ‘To hell with Ho Chi Minh!’
and he yelled back, ‘To hell with President Johnson!’ We were shaking
hands when a truck hit us." 

(from 1,001 Ways to Beat the Draft, by Tuli Kupferburg).