The Rumsfeld Comedy Hour

I hang out with a bunch of people who are social miscreants. We all collect toys. We read comic books. We quote popular movies. All this is pop culture cool for us forty somethings.
So when Donald Rumsfeld takes a war in Afghanistan and makes it into the Donald Rumsfeld Comedy Hour, it fits right into our aesthetic. He’s glib and doesn’t pull any punches. Whatever war might be out there comes through the television with the might and power of the Sonny and Cher Hour
In our hearts, we’ve come to realize that the Bush administration is selling us a no fuss no muss way to get the terrorism out of our American flags. The future is brighter than bright. All we need to do is look the problem in the eye. We all love New York.
We are, after all, first and foremost Americans. We have an obligation to follow the president's directions,

over a few of the fallen as we did, and still do, with Princess Di.
So when our president goes in front of the nation and declares there to be an axis of evil consisting of three socially backward nations, we use our keen understanding of the world to applaud his perspicacity. In fact, we look forward to the next round of kick ass because this one is so much fun. And the president’s ratings in the polls shoot up to that perfect range

What the heck. It’s not like we’re sticking our necks out in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld has a very hip mech-warrior approach to war which appeals to our Japanime cutting edge view on mass destruction. Give us a mechanized transforming, missile toting Robots, throw in a little soap opera, and that’s a war. The only Americans dying are the ones caught in friendly fire fire or taken out by the slipshod work of some helicopter maintenance guy. We can deal with this. In fact, it works. We can watch hour after hour of talking heads wringing their hands to show the world the glories of our wonderful American culture. And if the rest of the world are good little boys and girls, why, they can have our culture, too. And that in the end is what Mr. Rumsfeld meant when he said, “In a year, or two, or three, we’ll see considerably different arrangements in the globe than existed prior to Sept 11 because the event is of that magnitutude.”
I, for one, can’t wait.

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I hang out with a bunch of people who are social miscreants. We all collect toys. We read comic books. We quote popular movies. All this is pop culture cool for us forty somethings. So when Donald Rumsfeld takes a war in Afghanistan and makes it into the Donald Rumsfeld Comedy Hour, it fits right into our aesthetic. He’s glib and doesn’t pull any punches. Whatever war might be out there comes through the television with the might and power of the Sonny and Cher Hour		In our hearts, we’ve come to realize that the Bush administration is selling us a no fuss no muss way to get the terrorism out of our American flags. The future is brighter than bright. All we need to do is look the problem in the eye. We all love New York. We are, after all, first and foremost Americans. We have an obligation to follow the president's directions,
	over a few of the fallen as we did, and still do, with Princess Di. So when our president goes in front of the nation and declares there to be an axis of evil consisting of three socially backward nations, we use our keen understanding of the world to applaud his perspicacity. In fact, we look forward to the next round of kick ass because this one is so much fun. And the president’s ratings in the polls shoot up to that perfect range
What the heck. It’s not like we’re sticking our necks out in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld has a very hip mech-warrior approach to war which appeals to our Japanime cutting edge view on mass destruction. Give us a mechanized transforming, missile toting Robots, throw in a little soap opera, and that’s a war. The only Americans dying are the ones caught in friendly fire fire or taken out by the slipshod work of some helicopter maintenance guy. We can deal with this. In fact, it works. We can watch hour after hour of talking heads wringing their hands		to show the world the glories of our wonderful American culture. And if the rest of the world are good little boys and girls, why, they can have our culture, too. And that in the end is what Mr. Rumsfeld meant when he said, “In a year, or two, or three, we’ll see considerably different arrangements in the globe than existed prior to Sept 11 because the event is of that magnitutude.” I, for one, can’t wait.