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| Lileks: "Eek! A flag on my lawn!" |
| 2006-07-12 |
| Part of today's "Daily Bleat" . . . as long as I’m feeling screedy: It’s the hapless and jape-free Joel Stein, writing about finding a flag planted on his lawn. It’s called “Eek! A flag on my lawn,” which suggests that the entire column was dictated from a chair on which Mr. Stein stood, shifting from leg to leg in panic. Anyway, he dithered about how to dispose of the flag, until my wife, Cassandra, got sick of this conversation. So she plucked the flag out of our planter and threw it away, not even in the recycle bin. This is a woman who hates both political parties. I’d say she hates a bit more than that. We continue: It threw me into a moral tizzy. Why didn't I want a flag in front of my house? Why didn't I ever have one before? Substantial moral issues rarely manifest themselves in a tizzy, but we are in Eek! Territory. . . . Go read it all; 'tis a shining example of the Art of the Fisking, and includes a hilarious imagining of "the patented Hugh Hewitt death-by-literal-interpretation radio interrogation." |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #16 He'd fly that one proudly. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-12 20:16 |
| #15 If I knew where he lived, I would have put a white flag w/a yellow stripe down the middle on his lawn. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-12 17:55 |
| #14 'tis a shining example of the Art of the Fisking James Lileks is the Grand Master of Fisking |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-07-12 15:48 |
| #13 I got to spend my 4th with my wifeÂ’s family in Omaha, Nebraska. My sister-in-laws husband always bragged about how conservative Omaha was and I got a taste as I drove to their house. A Real Estate company had bought and placed a small American Flag in front of every house. They had done that days before my arrival and I could not see one that was removed. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-07-12 13:49 |
| #12 One thing you gotta say about ol' Joel. He doesn't even try to qualify his elitism and tranziism. In a strange sort of way, it's refreshing after reading and hearing the holier-than-thou "how dare you question my patriotism" whine of the NY Times set. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-07-12 12:54 |
| #11 That's the next horror film for Snakes on a Plane director David Ellis: Eek! There's a Flag on my Lawn!* * Rated R for scenes of naked Patriotism and implied Jingoism. Eek! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-12 11:03 |
| #10 what we used to call a bunch of old "sourpusses". Bet the neighborhood kids love putting cherry bombs in their mailbox. Of course, times have changed. Now the muslims put c4 and antrhax in them. Much as things change, they stay the same. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-07-12 10:40 |
| #9 Put up a Rainbow Flag, Joel. Then you and your wife can head inside and flush all the thorazine, you flitty bitch. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-12 10:25 |
| #8 What a tool. |
| Posted by: Glomosh Jinesing1688 2006-07-12 10:22 |
| #7 Still more on the "patented Hugh Hewitt death-by-literal-interpretation radio interrogation" here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-07-12 10:01 |
| #6 Hewitt had him on after Stein wrote a column declaring that he doesn't support the troops. Transcript here. Rantburg writeups here and here. More here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-07-12 09:53 |
| #5 I think Hugh Hewitt did interview Stein last year. A righteous flaying, as I recall. Gerard Van der Leun did a number on him not long ago with a title something like "The Cry Of The Neuter". And now James Lileks ... oh, the humanity! |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-07-12 08:58 |
| #4 Plus it's so TACKY. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-07-12 08:36 |
| #3 Nah, he'd never think about the responsibility part. That implies he'd have to, you know, do something, and that would just totally cut into his time listening to NPR. Can't have that. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-07-12 08:35 |
| #2 Shining through was his attitude that being an American is his self centered right and he can distain it all he wants. It was clear he does not understand the responsibility associated this nation and democracy. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-07-12 07:49 |
| #1 Funny, but what flag is never stated. I get the feeling Joel would've been comfortable if it had been a simple white flag with no markings on his lawn. |
| Posted by: Gravirong Angarong2242 2006-07-12 07:34 |