..out of the dark

http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/whiskey_fire/2009/04/please-go-to-the-dead-trees-already.html

In this sense the anti-war protests and the teabaggery ought to be seen as photo negatives: most of the anti-war people (if not necessarily the organizers) knew what they were talking about and actually did represent a much larger constituency, at least potentially: Obama reaped that popular windfall. The teabaggers don't understand their ostensible issue and are a demographic dead end.

Why so certain about that? The Bush- administration translated engagement over entirely fictional political issues in order to facilitate entirely practical responses to those very imaginary issues.

Anyway. So what is this about? Another republican ratfucking grass- roots operation designed around the all- american issues: egotism, self- worth, hating weak wusses, taxes, eedukation and foreigners. Now, the "tea" thing is about the Boston Tea- party, which in GOP mythology at the moment (after the regime- change) is a tale about valiant and principled tradesmen opposing against draconic measures of the ruling government installed to stifle honest trade. Which eventually then led to the independence war, and the birth of the United States of A.

Most notable about the Tea- party in Boston, of course, was that it is seen as a spontaneous rebellion against what is instinctively wrong to every American. That it is a statement against oppressive governments. As well as that the measures were progressively more harsh, and spread throughout the nation. ..obviously, some people had to die for their rebellion first, and there was a little bit of confusion about who was what, and what sort of leadership would come out of it in the end, and all of that - but(!) the essence of the myth is indeed true!

In other words, what these joking fuckers are doing is organising a rebirth of the conservative movement over the values that the entire party in it's entirety has been spiting for the last twenty years. And here's the problem - any conservative will disagree furiously that there's any irony in this. That they would turn around on the heels when it comes to pork the second they are in the minority.

And this is actually easy to explain. The reality is that the conservatives have been successfully crafting excuses to continue breaking their principles to pieces, and their voters have gradually stopped buying it, and even turned to the democrats - who have been focusing on the deficit and taxation for a long time.

But now the democrats are in the unenviable position of having to deal with the same mess - and they then clearly put themselves in opposition the the aforementioned totally american principles in a much more direct way than Bush - in the eyes of their party - did. In other words - once again, a masterful tactical political decision by people who represent their constituents in that they too are clinically insane.

I certainly would like to see them succeed, though, and run the economy in the US to the ground for real. I'm talking about removing the source of work for 5 out of 7 states, and generate such an obvious gap between the upper and lower classes that the revolution would actually come this time.

But I fear they may just be fooling themselves into believing they have any kind of influence on how Washington is run. For more on this, please refer to the gloating talking heads, as they smile knowingly whenever "serious" commentators attempt to explain what any number of suggested policy- changes will do.

While what really matters, of course, is that the sign says: NO TO OBAMA. Only not that obviously, of course. You don't want to be as shallow as the HATE BUSH crowd, either. Because that would be hypocritical and humourously ironic.