With the blog heading toward indefinite hiatus starting in January, it's time to wrap up four years of contributions from the one and only Chester Magpie, underground pundit. And today Chester ends on what is, for him, a hopeful note:
"The newest media is possibly a Don Juan moment for a mere 200-and-something year-old country of immigrants. Propaganda? Hell yes! But in a way -- and yes it's a John Wayne afterthought -- the complete U.S. broadcast is also an internal education. Love him or hate him, Forrest Gump still has a funny way of spreading democracy.
Also in a way, I thank the 'g' for 9/12 and beyond. I mean it put Will Smith and Phil Jackson in their places, and eventually gave birth to a 'this is not my beautiful house' generation, which I think will be better equipped to deal with all the foul Cheney energy, inevitable since the time of Nixon. It's our destiny."
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That was the 22nd Magpie dispatch. Here are dispatches 1-21:
05-19-07: White Album
10-30-06: This Time
04-15-06: Tomb Town
01-23-06: Bush/Kill
09-26-05: Chop Chop
05-13-05: USA For Oprah
04-19-05: Laughing All Day Long
03-19-05: Crude
11-17-04: A Really Big Shoe
11-06-04: What A Steal
10-20-04: Presence
07-10-04: Now Watch This Post
05-15-04: Terror-ific
03-23-04: That's The Way It Is
01-24-04: Rebel Yell
12-01-03: Hit & Run
10-22-03: Meat Market
09-11-03: Crumbling Down Over And Over
08-04-03: American Idol 1, God 0
06-26-03: Welcome To The Working Week
04-01-03: Not That Innocent
