We live in a country where surreal is everyday life, where the improbable happens once the right people will it, and where even the laws of physics are bent out of shape, and most of us have all come to accept it (well, not everybody, just most). To an outsider, our open acceptance and tolerance of corrupt politicians with 12 wives, 20 girlfriends, and 14 mistresses can be entirely baffling and it’s a little funny that we all find it old news somehow.
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Elections 2010: Oh, the Kafka-ness of it all
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Mar 2010
Elections 2010: Oh Snap!
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Feb 2010
Yesterday, “official” campaign period for national positions started and for those of you who thought it started in November, apparently, plastering your face on TV ads don’t count as campaigning. As long as they don’t say “Vote for President” right?
Caveat: To be able to read and appreciate this essay, you should be armed with the prerequisite knowledge of sarcasm and irony, the ability to acknowledge the absurdity of our government, and have a good set of balls and a backbone.
