The American Spectator

p> MAN UP! br> Re: David Weigel’s Sissy Vulture Culture : /p> 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. br> — Craig Roberts /p>

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.