wrestling with congruency
In the days of antennae
atop wooden consoles –
we pulled in whatever
was out there.
Much of it,
old war footage:
tanks in mud
men on stretchers
cannon flashing
Zeros falling
and Der Fuhrer
pounding his fist
in truculent German
to adoring masses.
I would wonder:
what is he saying?
why is he so pissed?
why would people like him?
(Just as a non anglophone might think
when first seeing and hearing a Limbaugh)
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July 5, 2008 at 5:31 pm
a repost from June 07
July 11, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Basically he said we are being cheated and he identified the perceived cheats, and threatened them and he proposed to unite all the Dizzy blondes and take over the world on the principle that the average German peasant had the ultimate genetic makeup of all peoples.
July 13, 2008 at 6:19 pm
He certainly was manipulative.
July 13, 2008 at 8:30 pm
A stark raving nut case, I’ve read more about him than probably anyone else, the greatest monster perhaps in history yet surprisingly human, that is scary to me.
July 16, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I believe we all have the innate capacity for anything.
PS – new avatar! Who is the character portrayed? It looks like a snidely whiplash type.
July 16, 2008 at 2:12 pm
FreeWheeling Franklin of the 60’s cult underground comix classic “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers”, The joke is that I’m a follower of Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was why “Freewheeling Franklin” probably got his name.
July 16, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Thanks for the background. I will have to check out The FFF Brothers. You seem to be a history buff.
July 16, 2008 at 3:24 pm
BA, History, Gustavus Adolphus College 1979, when I’m not spouting nonsense.
July 16, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I was not a History major but did take 12 credits. I kept several of the assigned books I enjoyed them so much. One is The Splendid Century about Louis XIV of France.
July 16, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I read that, believe it or not. I’ve been to Versailles. I have a book recommendation coming out on Robert Massie “Peter the Great” set on an auto post soon. You might like that.
July 20, 2008 at 12:10 am
I believe it. I will check your post. I like book recommendations although I tend to read non-fiction forty books at a time.
Do you think George W. Bush demonstrated any understanding of history?
July 20, 2008 at 1:05 am
Crusade against Terror? Don’t use that word talking to Islam, no he was not real well versed, his father was but not Dubya. Too much Bible belt stuff, not enough real learning? Probably a rebellion against his over achieving father, he wanted to be more regular guy and was, not dumb by any means, Bur Obama, Gore, Hillary and Bubba are very high wattage next to him.
July 20, 2008 at 1:09 am
Amen. I believe W brings shame upon a Yale education.
July 21, 2008 at 1:09 am
http://dummidumbwit.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/robert-massie-peter-the-great-a-literature-pick-of-choice/
there it is, the best I think for now anyway?
July 22, 2008 at 4:36 pm
thanks
July 24, 2008 at 3:21 pm
A full circle, I just thought of this. Peter the Great was a Tyrant, but he tried to do the job the best he possibly could. The Czar was absolute master of Russia, interesting. As was Louis IVX, the court produced Voltaire and magnificence, oddly Peter the Great was struck by how poor the French peasants looked to him, and 100 years later, they rose up.
July 27, 2008 at 12:30 am
and the circles continue to turn…