Larry Beinhart: Fear the Penis

[Demeter]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/456


A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Larry Beinhart, author of "Wag the Dog" and "Fog Facts"


Thank God for Mark Foley.
It proves that the American people still care about something.
It happens to be penises. But still.
They care about who talks about them, who plays with them, who covers them up, who uncovers them, who covers up the uncovering of them.

Even Jon Stewart put the big penis cover-up ahead of the fact that this government just passed a law that says that George Bush can say, “Hey you, you’re an enemy combatant,” and once he says that, they can whisk you away.....This is literally true. It’s like that joke in the first grade:
Make me a milkshake
Poof: You’re a milkshake

If George Bush says: you’re an enemy combatant. Poof! You are one. And then they can take you to Guantanamo, do not pass go, do not call your attorney, do not see a judge, do not hear the charges against you, go straight to the cage they want to put you in. The cage comes with lights that stay on 24 hours a day and wake-up calls every fifteen minutes so you never get to sleep and special exercise programs where you stand for hours in ‘stress’ positions, upward screaming cat, squatting tortured turtle, and other lite abuses that used to be quaintly prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.

Today’s joke:
Q: What do Americans do after they commit war crimes?
A: They pass a law that says they can’t be prosecuted for committing war crimes.

If you don’t find that funny, if you actually think that’s serious, then ask how come nobody else does. How come CNN doesn’t care, NBC, the NY Times? How come the Democratic leadership doesn’t care?


Larry Beinhart is the author of Fog Facts: Searching for Truth in the Land of Spin, and The Librarian, which just won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.

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1. Fear The Penis!!!

maybe that's my problem -- i always wanted to be it's friend.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Hey, maybe that's the new litmus test!

Do you or don't you fear the penis?

[Thickasabrick]

3. Excellent post. I've always loved his articles. Maybe when this

Foley crap dies down people will start talking about how wrong the new bill is. All we can do is hope....and write editorials to our local newspapers.

[CJCRANE]

4. What's the agreed term for the current famous

member?

Is it the Folenis, the Flenis, or the Fenis?

[JohnnyLib2]

7. LOL

Ruth can ask, "which is more important, Clenis or Flenis?"

[panader0]

5. Watch out. It can smell fear.

[peacetalksforall]

6. KICK & RECOMMEND!!! This will appeal to many.

It's comedic logic. Zing!

And Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

[Eric J in MN]

8. The NY TImes ran multiple editorials against the Torture Bill.

Don't blame that newspaper.

Blame the people who voted for the Torture Bill.