David Sirota: The Super Bowl of Socialism

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from truthdig:




The Super Bowl of Socialism

Posted on Feb 10, 2011
By David Sirota


The Super Bowl has become a true televisual non sequitur—a bizarre “Rocky”-style montage mashing together as many divergent strands of American culture as possible.

This year’s blockbuster was no exception. There was former President George W. Bush sitting next to coach John Madden, who was obsessively texting. There was actress Cameron Diaz feeding popcorn to baseball bad boy Alex Rodriguez. There was Christina Aguilera belting out a “Naked Gun”-worthy version of the national anthem. There was even a melding of hip-hop, hair metal and sci-fi, as the Black Eyed Peas joined Slash for a rendition of “Sweet Child o’ Mine”—all in front of neon “Tron” dancers.

This was a bewildering assault on the senses, to say the least—and nothing was more singularly mind-blowing than the NFL using a Ronald Reagan eulogy to kick off a sports-themed tribute to socialism.

Reagan, of course, made his political name regularly invoking the S-word to demonize government. For such bombast, he gained many followers, most of whom nonetheless cherished the doctrinaire socialism that undergirded their communities in the form of public infrastructure and services. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_super_bowl_of_socialism_20110210/

[samplegirl]

1. Ha! Just finished reading this article

over at Truthdig! Thanks for posting it. It hit it head on!

[ellenfl]

2. kick for later. eom

[somone]

3. Highly recommended

[nashville_brook]

4. check out Sirota's new website -- podcast, etc...

http://www.davidsirota.com/

podcast -->

http://www.am760.net/pages/DavidSirota.html

[chill_wind]

5. Whhoot! Bookmarking.

Thanks :-)