About two weeks ago, Smitty -- a constitutional
scholar who is co-blogger at my personal blog -- called
me to suggest an idea that seemed insane. Which meant, of course,
that I loved it.
As a student, Smitty had sometimes dabbled as an
amateur playwright, and now proposed a satire. Seizing on
the so-called "Birther" conspiracy theory of President Obama's
allegedly unproven American nativity, Smitty explained his
idea to write a spoof on Sophocles' classic tragedy, Oedipus
Rex.
By one of those grandly ironic cosmic coincidences --
which progressive
paranoiacs would attribute to "an orchestrated movement"
-- the first scene of OediPOTUS
Wrecks was scheduled for publication at noon
Monday, and scarcely 12 hours later, the liberally lamented Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Chappaquiddick) departed this vale of tears.
Thus, breaking news related rather tragically to a plot
device of Smitty's farce, which involves a metaphorical allusion
to the ancestry of OediPOTUS as just another liberal
Democrat.
Today, Smitty published the fifth and
final scene of OediPOTUS Wrecks, which
includes this diabolic dialogue, spoken by the mysterious Rosor:
OediPOTUS, you ignorant slut. You have managed to destroy
everything. One derives a foolproof plan; the universe produces
a bigger fool.
It's a happy ending. Evil triumphs over evil, and Joe Bi . .
. er, Folderol ascends to the throne.
Read the whole thing. The talented Smitty is already hard at
work on his Beckett-inspired send-up of the "stimulus" economic
absurdity, Waiting For O-Dough. And you probably think
I'm kidding . . .
A progressive, a conservative blogger and Ted Kennedy walk into a
bar:
"What'll you have?"; asks the barkeep.
"Alcohol is bad for you! Give me a bottle of domestic water" says
the Progressive.
"Alcohol is bad for you, I'll have scotch on the rocks." says
Ted.
"Ted Kennedy is bad for alcohol and I'm glad he's dead" says the
blogger.
Roy| 8.28.09 @ 3:56PM
Ha?
James Stone,| 8.29.09 @ 1:56AM
Afghanistan is a Muslim country, and it's for them to decide
whether they want fundamentalist Islamic laws and means of
enforcement, or whether they want a more liberal society. It's
certainly not for western Christian governments to impose their
ideas of society by force, We cant force them to leave
Afghanistan for American, who want fug them
James Stone,| 8.29.09 @ 2:02AM
Afghanistan is a Muslim country, and it's for them to decide
whether they want fundamentalist Islamic laws and means of
enforcement, or whether they want a more liberal society. It's
certainly not for western Christian governments to impose their
ideas of society by force, We cant force them to leave
Afghanistan for American, who want fuck them.
Tim| 8.28.09 @ 3:04PM
A progressive, a conservative blogger and Ted Kennedy walk into a bar:
"What'll you have?"; asks the barkeep.
"Alcohol is bad for you! Give me a bottle of domestic water" says the Progressive.
"Alcohol is bad for you, I'll have scotch on the rocks." says Ted.
"Ted Kennedy is bad for alcohol and I'm glad he's dead" says the blogger.
Roy| 8.28.09 @ 3:56PM
Ha?
James Stone,| 8.29.09 @ 1:56AM
Afghanistan is a Muslim country, and it's for them to decide whether they want fundamentalist Islamic laws and means of enforcement, or whether they want a more liberal society. It's certainly not for western Christian governments to impose their ideas of society by force, We cant force them to leave Afghanistan for American, who want fug them
James Stone,| 8.29.09 @ 2:02AM
Afghanistan is a Muslim country, and it's for them to decide whether they want fundamentalist Islamic laws and means of enforcement, or whether they want a more liberal society. It's certainly not for western Christian governments to impose their ideas of society by force, We cant force them to leave Afghanistan for American, who want fuck them.