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Tuesday, June 28, 2005, Buzz Fugazi
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Getting nurtured at the progressive movement nipple inside Lakoff's new book vs. smoking dope, growing my hair long, and bad-mouthing bloody hypocrites who I should thank because they make me feel better about who I am as a person.
All apologies to George Lakoff, but I'm only half-way through his new book, "Don't think of an elephant." I see valuable lessons to be learned from it, some of it is the same stuff "strict father" Joey Stiletto has been beating into me for a few years.
"Dr. Steam taught me the zen approach," Joey says calmly as he picks up a baseball bat before adding: "Do you know why I love baseball?"
Stiletto takes his swings and beats me all over the place. He's talking about walking the walk and talking the talk, winning the hearts and minds of the American People by understanding how to remain placid under pressure and being proactive instead of reactive, but aside from his maniacal laughter the only words I can remember while the bat is bouncing off my skull is "part of a team, part of a team."
Even with a bad case of post-concussion syndrome, Lakoff's book is a compelling read and a big buzz among the progressive drones in my hive. It's written in a way that even Adam Broad can understand. That's a nice stunt for this Lakoff, "a cognitive linguist"... I'll wait until I'm finished reading it before giving the bad mouth.
Yet there are urgent questions that cannot wait. Shouldn't I be watching American Idol instead? Why do chicks laugh at me when I tell them I'm a philosophy drop-out from SIU? Why do they get scared and run in terror when I tell them I'm an ex-marine and start screaming: "The only thing I feel... when I kill... is the recoil of my rifle... blood makes the grass grow... marines make the blood flow!"?
What if the only language someone understands is a baseball bat swinging into a human face... forever? America is at war with Iraq?America has always been at war with Iraq? America is friends with Iraq? America has always been friends with Iraq? America's foreign policy is double-plus good? Do any of us really want to be in charge and try to do a better job?
All I know for sure is that Sam Kinnison was right: Jesus was the first one who ever came back from the dead and didn't scare the hell out of everyone. Instead of...'Oh! Oh! Oh!' It's, 'Hey, it's Jesus! Hi, Jesus!'
George Orwell walking among us from beyond his grave is scarier than that. One of my professors said it was hard to fight all the looney tunes paranoia back in the '60s because the government kept doing things to justify it. After doing MSIG Rebel Radio, one friend was concerned that trash-talking the Bush family might be physically dangerous.
It was a lot more dangerous 100 years ago. Generations of progressive organizers have paved the way for us. All we need to do is buckle up, throw on the headlights and haul ass.
I'm not done reading it, yet. I have some problems with it, but I know I'll be bringing it along for the ride. It won't solve the entire problem of framing values to build a progressive electoral victory, but I know it's part of the solution.
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