Maggie's Farm

D ... and those of you who never make fun of other people. I wish you lived here in Houston so I could meet you all. I wonder if Dr. Joy Bliss would agree with me that almost every one of us Americans are quite anxiety-ridden right now. For those of us who are conservative, we feel threatened by an increasingly statist society which is planning to take many of our previously secure freedoms away from us. Any person under this kind of generalized threat and anxiety needs to comfort himself or herself by saying, "Look how ridiculous that person is. I may be threatened, but I'm not that dumb or ignorant." And then, for a few moments, we can feel that glorious sense of superiority which says, "I'm better than you are, you silly person." Democrats do this all the time, by the way.

As Bird Dog points out, "every one of us is a carnival for someone else." And we need to find our humor and reassurance wherever we can, as long as we are a threatened group. I remember in the Second World War, when things were looking so dark for America, that the great Jewish humorists were reassuring us by making fun of Hitler in songs and stories, and that this was a wonderful ray of hope to us, who were beleaguered on every side, by stringent rationing of necessities, bad news from the front, young soldiers fighting and struggling on the various battle fronts, and other depressing things. Spike Jones wrote a funny song -- something about spitting in Der Fuerher's Face IIRC, and Jewish comics [who, you must admit, had greater excuse to be worried for family and relatives] made wicked, wonderful jokes.

I've been waiting for similar humor and encouragement to begin for us now, when we are at war and our ideals of freedom are once again under threat, here at home as well as abroad. But the only humor I've detected so far, is the talented young comic who has invented "Achmed the Dead Terrorist." and I haven't seen him lately.

Maybe the folks who make such a silly picture of themselves at Wal-Mart are trying to do the same thing.

So I chuckle with them, not at them.

Marianne

Agreed, D. Obama is no joke. He's a serious and growing problem.

Have you noticed that it is mostly the Democrats who think about race, gender and skin color, when considering a person's fitness to lead? Or teach? It's the last thing I think about. Experience and respect for others ... now that's different.

Marianne