A nation of wimps? Bring on the global warming. Remembering WFB. Plus more.
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MAN UP!
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Re: David Weigel's
Sissy
Vulture Culture
:
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p>I'm not sure if the Sopranos analogy is yours or the book's
author, but any half-wit can see that AJ's problem is that his
father is evil. The fact that he fails to emulate his evil father
is AJ's only redeeming quality. The treacherous Tony Soprano was
not only a backstabbing thug, but a consummate whiner. The series
begins with him whining to a therapist. During the entire course of
the series he never gets over his need to whine about everything,
including his son's failure. Why is the obvious and heavy handed
morality tale that is the Sopranos such a cipher to the older
generation? You must be joking in some ironic and cynical way that
only Sopranos aficionados can. "How did a country and a culture
that produced Michael Corleone produce...this?" Okay, I get it.
Nevermind. I apologize. Unfortunately, I guess I've met too many
people that really do see
The Godfather
, and its offshoots
on down to
The Sopranos
, as the height of American popular
culture.
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--
Craig Roberts
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I haven't seen or read John Strasbaugh's book. I'll probably never
read it, but his thesis that the U.S. is becoming a nation of
crybabies and sissies rings true -- at least for Democrats and
self-absorbed Americans. The sissy nation is epitomized by Barrack
Hussein Obama. A "man" PBS reporter Bonnie Erbe accurately depicts
as more female than male. In fact, if Hillary loses the nomination
and feeble and frail Obama wins the Presidency, then like Bill
Clinton was the first "black" President Obama will easily rank as
America's first "female" President.