TCM broadcast The Fountainhead this morning; I'm sure the irony of showing that particular movie on the first official day of the Socialist era (in the Duodi of Vendémiaire in the Year 1 of the Obamalution, to borrow, somewhat, from the French Revolutionary Calendar) was lost on the programmers - unless it was an intentional dig at the dwindling band of individualists out there.
Your Biblical Update - 2 Tim 4:3 "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear."
Update II (Definitely Non-Biblical): Ace of Spades has got your high-quality snark. Keep scrolling and watch closely, or you might miss the link to Obama's shoe-shine boy, Chris Matthews, comparing Bush to the Romanovs.
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I saw that and was going to comment on it but...
ReplyDeleteThe other general movie channel also had the "Black Swan" on opposite the actual inauguration but I really didn't want to have explain that I was cognizant of the fact that it had nothing to do with Obama.
In a blinding flash of stupid, I've finally figured out what TW is:
ReplyDeletephistra: what Michelle Obama has instead of ordinary hissy fits.
"Tropical Worsted", which was the material from which parade/dress uniforms were made; it was superseded in 1970 when synthetics were introduced.
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