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...Carbon dioxide emissions. Bankruptcy laws. Drilling in Alaska. And much more to come. Remember when Ralph Nader retailed the conceit that there was no difference between Gore and Bush, between the corrupted Democratic apparat and the corrupted Republican cabal? Maybe so. But the Red nation and the Blue nation do have basic differences with one another, and their different views of the world (of the distribution of money and the role of government, above all) are about to collide, this time not just in campaign rhetoric, as before, but in the real life of the nation, in real policy changes...
...suppose that Senator Byrd's use of the "white n-----/ black n------" formula might be excused as an indiscretion of senility. (On the other hand, I'd like to hear the commentary if, say, the current United States attorney general had delivered himself of this charming conceit during his confirmation hearings. Borked? He would have been lynched...
Tall order? Well, consider that last year, B.U.F.F. lauded an locally made short called Titler, an absolutely brilliant low-budget singing-Hitler-in-drag conceit, consummately crafted in every respect. Not content to simply croon vulgar showtunes for mere shock value, the film’s protagonist alludes to genuine psychological flaws within his character, giving his songs a thread of narrative while breaking barriers of taste that only shock jocks and the Wayans Brothers dare approach—and for far less thought-provoking ends...
...critic caused quite a stir a few years ago by reviewing the Bill T. Jones dance production "Still/Here" by not reviewing it, saying that she would not actually watch the performance because she found the underlying conceit of the show (AIDS patients perform dances about their illness) to be callous, manipulative and morally bankrupt. While I wasn't under the impression that "Survivor I" had any of those qualities, my review without a review said that it had an even worse one: It was boring...
...rank of presidents with FDR or Lincoln. When times are fat and everyone in the television ads from cabbie to widow seems engaged in wireless trading, building a portfolio, then the followers of the land may grow frisky and cavalier about their leaders. They indulge the conceit that Bill Gates or Alan Greenspan is much more important in the scheme of things than the President is. A lot of the American followership has grown almost jeeringly independent, confident of its self-sufficiency...