*This satire really ought to seem funny to me. It has every kind of mordant, off-the-wall gesture toward humor that I commonly make myself. This must be a guy with a very similar sensibility to mine, who simply has a rather different ideological take on contemporary events.
*I'm not saying I'd roll on the floor over this, but I ought to be able to see it as
political humor. Hard to do that. Really feels like this guy wants to immolate
himself and everybody around him. I get the same feeling from PJ O'Rourke,
a writer who is genuinely funny. Yet I read his work and I get a feeling of dread
from it, like he's going to harm himself in some way... Why is that? Objectively
speaking, PJ O'Rourke seems to be a rather perky guy.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/gop-warlords-vs-the-cybernetic-monkey-men/
In the post-Obama wasteland, moderates will be a great source of cheap labor and — in a worse case scenario — food.
(((Okay, that's not funny, but:)))
"In a post-Bush wasteland, corporate executives will be a great source of cheap labor and – in a worst case scenario – food."
(((Is *that* any funnier? Okay, it's not hilarious, but semantically it's the same maneuver, am I right?)))
May 19, 2009 - by Frank J. Fleming
There has been a lot of debate among Republicans as to what should be the new direction of the party. Some are saying the Republicans need to go back to their core conservative principles, while others think the Republicans need to be less rigid and reach out to moderates to build a new, more centrist party.
Both viewpoints are idiotic and have no basis in reality. They are just whistling past the graveyard. The Pollyannaish assumption in both ideas is that there will be some semblance of America left by the next election where stances on tax policy or gay marriage will have any meaning. They are ignoring the hard truth that we are completely and utterly doomed.
Let me put it in all caps: DOOOOMED! The economy was already collapsing, and now Obama has loaded it into an old Chevy facing a cliff and placed a brick on the accelerator. And while the country is falling apart on the inside, our enemies are getting stronger externally. Any day now, we’re going to be nuked by Iran, North Korea, a Taliban-controlled Pakistan, or all three at once with the backing of Russia and China. Then again, after Obama buzzed New York with Air Force One, would it be too surprising if he accidentally nuked us himself? His whole administration obviously has no idea what they’re doing, and with sixty votes in the Senate there is no stopping them. None.
(((This is *more light-hearted* than James Howard Kunstler, am I right? I mean,
this is openly parodic while Kunstler has all kinds of moral gravity.)))
So stop planning for the future of America is just time wasted. America is over; we tried to save it, and we failed. Time to move on. Any plans for the future of the Republican Party have to accept the reality of what the A.O. (After Obama) world will be like. Best case scenario, we all die very quickly and relatively painlessly. Due to high unemployment, though, most of us will be safe at home when the major cities are destroyed, leaving us to scavenge from the pieces of our shattered society.
So what do I propose for a Republican Party that will be relevant in the future? I’m thinking we need to work towards becoming a loose confederation of warlords. In the post-apocalyptic wasteland, resources will be scarce and the strong will crush the weak — and frankly, those are conditions in which Republicans should thrive. The Republican Party will need to cement its rule through force, destroy the weak, and take their resources. Back to basics for the party, really. (((Okay, that seems quite funny to me, but is this guy's core audience laughing at this? This is a wounding jab – I think?)))
Liberals will still be a problem, but in a different way. Since liberals tend toward occupations like journalist, actor, and college professor (i.e., people with no useful skills), most of them will probably die out during the initial nuclear winter. Those who survive will probably mutate into horrible creatures that will continue to stalk Republicans while shouting, “I hate you, you hateful Republicans!” as they leap onto us and eat our skin and eyeballs....
