A Few Good Memes

I think we should have let the south secede when we had the chance. Now they’ve gone and infected Ohio and Indiana, turning them from red states to blue. Had we let them secede when we had the chance, we’d have yet another third world nation we could exploit for cheap labor. Though I doubt we’d be co-opting their music like we do, say, Africa or Latin America. There’s just not enough substance to country music to warrant ripping it off. For an even more lucid version of this meme, see BoingBoing

What I have the hardest time swallowing with the war in Iraq is the idea that we are actually bringing democracy to Iraq. If we were truly bringing democracy, then Iraqis would be free to start a weapons program, elect to wage war on Israel, and drop a nuke on them. Our democracy did just that (on Japan). Is the Bush administration really advocating this? No, they’re not. I think “democracy in Iraq” a Republican code word for “control of oil in Iraq.”