There is an idea out there floating around on the net and in some skulls that the cheap crap Wal-mart sells is really bad for the well-being of the planet, but the crap Ikea sells is a blessing. Who cares? Watch this.
i have an idea for a great new show, where crunchy cons from all walks of life live together in a house. i mean bungalow. we can call it THE AUTHENTIC WORLD. it will feature an orthodox crunchy con, a catholic crunchy con, a conservative crunchy con, a liberal cruncy con (no, NOT a contradiction in terms), and a homosexually oriented cruncy con who may or may not be living out his/her orientation.
it will be set in a series of authentic cities, beginning with Dallas of course. the bungalow furnishings will feature tons of stuff from ikea, but no wal-mart crap obviously. willl we feature products from Target? unknown. we still await any prounouncements on the crunchiness of Target.
I recall that Ikea was mocked by the movie FIGHT CLUB a few years ago. One reviewer took exception to this aspect of the movie, while praising its overall attack on consumerism, writing something like "I could understand them going after Wal-Mart or someone like that, but why pick on Ikea? Apparently to pick on a trendier yuppier version of a discount store was simply beyond the pale...
I thought that post was funny. I didn't read the book, but I heard the author on Laura I's show. As I understand it, the whole point is that Applebee's is a symbol for the voting bloc that has been putting recent presidents into the White House, i.e., low-maintenance suburbanites that aren't addicted to bungalows and scowling at Joe 6-in-the-pew's life-style. So I think the author and Rod would disagree on a lot, except when the guy criticizes Republicans. Then Rod will quote it on his blog.
For myself, I really like Applebee's, but it was difficult explaining to my kids that the jackalope rack on the wall wasn't a real animal.
What I don't get is Rod's near silence on the fact that a new edition of the book that led to his blog has come out. One brief post mentioning he saw it in a bookstore.
Doesn't the fact that there is a new canonical presentation of what he is supposed to stand for warrant, I don't know, some discussion or something?
One might be forgiven for suspecting he's just not that into the opinions he held a few months ago.
More evidence for the thesis that a Crunchy Con is someone who feels the way Rod feels today (today he feels fear for his children, if you can believe it).
"I am pro-life: theirs."
Is sophism supposed to be a good thing in an opinion journalist?
Rod: "I am Pro-Life: my Mercedes. I refuse to perform a mercy killing. I will not pull the plug on this loyal friend who is 85 years old in car-years just to fit-in with our euthanizing consumerist culture!!!! You're going down, George Allen!!! You too Santorum, you, you... you Catholic, you!!!! Larison, help me!!!! More COWBELL!!!! More exclamation points!!!! AGGHCKKKCK!!!!"
Regarding pro-life, I was just looking back to an older post and reading a comment I made about crunchies and pro-life. [starts with "I don't know what Rod himself thinks, but..."]. I still stand by that remark "The forest is fine, it's those damn trees they can't stand" which I think is really behind all the stupid posturing on Iraq.
i have an idea for a great new show, where crunchy cons from all walks of life live together in a house. i mean bungalow. we can call it THE AUTHENTIC WORLD. it will feature an orthodox crunchy con, a catholic crunchy con, a conservative crunchy con, a liberal cruncy con (no, NOT a contradiction in terms), and a homosexually oriented cruncy con who may or may not be living out his/her orientation.
ReplyDeleteit will be set in a series of authentic cities, beginning with Dallas of course. the bungalow furnishings will feature tons of stuff from ikea, but no wal-mart crap obviously. willl we feature products from Target? unknown. we still await any prounouncements on the crunchiness of Target.
i forgot to include the *pagan* crunchy con as a necessary element of the quintessential AUTHENTIC WORLD cast.
ReplyDeleteI recall that Ikea was mocked by the movie FIGHT CLUB a few years ago. One reviewer took exception to this aspect of the movie, while praising its overall attack on consumerism, writing something like "I could understand them going after Wal-Mart or someone like that, but why pick on Ikea? Apparently to pick on a trendier yuppier version of a discount store was simply beyond the pale...
ReplyDeleteI thought that post was funny. I didn't read the book, but I heard the author on Laura I's show. As I understand it, the whole point is that Applebee's is a symbol for the voting bloc that has been putting recent presidents into the White House, i.e., low-maintenance suburbanites that aren't addicted to bungalows and scowling at Joe 6-in-the-pew's life-style. So I think the author and Rod would disagree on a lot, except when the guy criticizes Republicans. Then Rod will quote it on his blog.
ReplyDeleteFor myself, I really like Applebee's, but it was difficult explaining to my kids that the jackalope rack on the wall wasn't a real animal.
really, the guy is just a bore at this point.
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't get is Rod's near silence on the fact that a new edition of the book that led to his blog has come out. One brief post mentioning he saw it in a bookstore.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't the fact that there is a new canonical presentation of what he is supposed to stand for warrant, I don't know, some discussion or something?
One might be forgiven for suspecting he's just not that into the opinions he held a few months ago.
More evidence for the thesis that a Crunchy Con is someone who feels the way Rod feels today (today he feels fear for his children, if you can believe it).
"I am pro-life: theirs."
Is sophism supposed to be a good thing in an opinion journalist?
Rod: "I am Pro-Life: my Mercedes. I refuse to perform a mercy killing. I will not pull the plug on this loyal friend who is 85 years old in car-years just to fit-in with our euthanizing consumerist culture!!!! You're going down, George Allen!!! You too Santorum, you, you... you Catholic, you!!!! Larison, help me!!!! More COWBELL!!!! More exclamation points!!!! AGGHCKKKCK!!!!"
ReplyDeletei wonder what kind of bumperstickers rod has on his hoop-dee mercedes with no a/c that costs him $2200 per year in maintenance costs alone:
ReplyDelete"I VOTE PRO-LIFE (EXCEPT WHEN I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT")
or maybe
DON'T LAUGH, IT'S A MERCEDES!
Regarding pro-life, I was just looking back to an older post and reading a comment I made about crunchies and pro-life. [starts with "I don't know what Rod himself thinks, but..."]. I still stand by that remark "The forest is fine, it's those damn trees they can't stand" which I think is really behind all the stupid posturing on Iraq.
ReplyDelete