Word: circusing
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...must be from Mars. Every room with a television, newspaper or radio in it seems like a Circus Maximus, in true American style. The story of the Simpson snowball goes something like the following. The story breaks in mid-June, and North America is treated to a four-hour Ford commercial. Bronco sales must have skyrocketed: "What a stunningly handsome car! I'll take one with the O.J. option package please--with revolver...
...Romans had only one Circus. Always better, American mass culture is a varied beast, moving from orgy to orgy, never fully satiated and always looking for another way to (inadvertently) sell Fords...
...productivity of the American workforce [barring the productivity, of course, of Ford Bronco plants]." Would Lance Ito ever consider losing this power and this audience by banning media coverage? The fact that he capitalizes on his center stage situation tells us a bit about the cost of our circus, and what we've become in supporting it. The judge-turned-jester now runs the court...
...twilight of the Roman Empire was characterized by a once-great people overindulging in the excesses of an unproductive, decadent, circus-filled life. That's what America is. Instead of getting on with our lives, we watch O.J. squirm. Instead of producing, we rehash murder scenes for dirty, empty profit...
...media engaged in a complete circus and downplayed the important issues of this case," he said...