Life Now (Annotated)

[A good part of my job? I get to moderate comments on poems like this. The fact that I understand neither the poem nor the comment seems to be a lacuna in our Terms of Service that ought to be remedied, but for now...]

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[Upon being asked to act as spiritual parent to one of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon's offspring, Gore Vidal says he replied, "Always a godfather, never a god."]

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[Watched Sarah Palin accept her party's nomination for vice president last night. Was admittedly wrapped in a comfy fog of sentimental admiration for her folksy, brassy style. Then I realized that this is exactly what I used to feel when listening to Rush Limbaugh during the first Gulf War as I delivered pharmaceuticals to skilled nursing facilities all over the greater Santa Barbara area: entertained, while disagreeing with all talking points. I realized immediately that this warm, delicious butter that was melting all over my critical faculties is sort of infotainment that most Americans experience all the time, and think they are informed.]

[While it's funny and all to mimic Wonkette and scramble "Sarah Heath Palin" to spell "Ha Ha Alpine Trash," we do underestimate her appeal to our own peril.]

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[I finally bookmarked Language Log's newer URL, and so should you.]

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[Later: "Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer Is A Pseudonym For George W. Bush Dept.": A headline this evening:]

[Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US.]

[That's why they call it global, dumbass!!]

[I just got done watching Gramps McCain accept the Republican nomination amid promises to drill for oil NOW, build more nuclear power plants NOW, and, uh, maybe one day glance at windsolartidalelectriccars. Maybe Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer is really a pseudonym for Gramps McCain.]