Posted on 01/29/2009 2:28:08 PM PST by EveningStar
Four hundred years ago, Miguel Cervantes described an archetypal delirious fruitcake who wanted to change the world by turning the clock back to the idealized Utopian times that never really existed. Imagine what Cervantes would write today about the futility of his satirical effort, if he were to learn that four centuries later, a whole movement would arise that emulated his loony character and elected one of their kind as the leader of the free world.
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Liberals blame market problems on the market. Big surprise. What were they supposed to do, blame themselves? Not likely.
I recently saw a History Channel documentary that blamed Andrew Mellon for the Great Depression; Reagan, Clinton, and Greenspan (who was presented as a defender of the free market. Ha!) for our current troubles; and greedy speculators for both. The fix is in. Always has been.
If the author and editors can't take their own work seriously, why are they entitled to my time?
“Hmmm, well this author puts one particular spin on Don Quixote to suit his purpose.”
It’s a metaphor. I doubt the author actually thinks that, if we could revive him, once Cervantes poked his head out of his grave he’d instantly recognize Obama as his famous character incarnate. Don Quixote has reached the sort of stature in the popular imagination that he applies to everything, like Hamlet or Jesus.
“If the author and editors can’t take their own work seriously, why are they entitled to my time?”
Why do they have to take their work seriously? It’s not as if this article is intended to be added to the Encyclopedia. It’s supposed to be entertaining.
“Windmill #7: Ward off the specter of Global Warming.”
Ironically, by (among other costly things) building thousands of subsidized windmills.
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