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roachboy · 12-01-2009, 01:10 PM

iraq has tended to fall out of the trivia-cycles these days. out of sight out of mind. except of course for these bizarre-o factoids which show up---this one is obviously designed to both remind and reassure, as if the fact that iraq is no longer a central item in the dominant media spectacle should be of no real concern as everything is getting better and better every day in that the best of all possible worlds except of course for the good ole us of a the greatest country humanity has ever known if it wasn't true why would so many mythical beings try to get here every day every day and add to the endless cycle of persecution endured by right-thinking conservatives?

afghanistan is dominating the trivia-cyles along with those vital questions on the order of what will the post-oprah world order look like and who will run it and the various adventures of sarah palin brought to you by harper collins who fronted her 2 million dollars to write those memoirs and goddamn it there's a recession on so it is of course all good if you can get book tour adverts passed off as news segments but whatever there's about to be 30,000 addition troops sent to afghanistan presumably in order to facilitate the withdrawal of the whole 100,000 after the vital missions of keeping al-qeada from coming back into afghanistan is accomplished because god knows the most important about whatever that group may or may not have carried out was their location and keeping the taliban from getting into power because, well, it's what the us has been doing these past 8 years once it became a party in a civil war rather than some kind of mediating presence above it.

so yeah, everything makes sense and the way in which it makes sense is probably a big reason why it is time to celebrate the fact that only 122 people died in iraq.

besides, its not like the deaths involved are of actual people who love and are loved by others.
no no, it's just a bunch of brown people far away.
but fewer than other periods.
so.

um.

yeah.

something.

12-01-2009, 01:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	iraq has tended to fall out of the trivia-cycles these days. out of sight out of mind. except of course for these bizarre-o factoids which show up---this one is obviously designed to both remind and reassure, as if the fact that iraq is no longer a central item in the dominant media spectacle should be of no real concern as everything is getting better and better every day in that the best of all possible worlds except of course for the good ole us of a the greatest country humanity has ever known if it wasn't true why would so many mythical beings try to get here every day every day and add to the endless cycle of persecution endured by right-thinking conservatives? afghanistan is dominating the trivia-cyles along with those vital questions on the order of what will the post-oprah world order look like and who will run it and the various adventures of sarah palin brought to you by harper collins who fronted her 2 million dollars to write those memoirs and goddamn it there's a recession on so it is of course all good if you can get book tour adverts passed off as news segments but whatever there's about to be 30,000 addition troops sent to afghanistan presumably in order to facilitate the withdrawal of the whole 100,000 after the vital missions of keeping al-qeada from coming back into afghanistan is accomplished because god knows the most important about whatever that group may or may not have carried out was their location and keeping the taliban from getting into power because, well, it's what the us has been doing these past 8 years once it became a party in a civil war rather than some kind of mediating presence above it. so yeah, everything makes sense and the way in which it makes sense is probably a big reason why it is time to celebrate the fact that only 122 people died in iraq. besides, its not like the deaths involved are of actual people who love and are loved by others. no no, it's just a bunch of brown people far away. but fewer than other periods. so. um. yeah. something. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite