Call me crazy, but I have to believe that the Republican Party is only half as dumb as it looks, based on the current crop of personalities masking as Presidential candidates. If you take them at face value, they all share the characteristic of ego at some multiple of native intellect. None seem to have a credible chance of beating Obama in the general election, even with historic trends portending an incumbent defeat. At this moment, Obama's chief strength is the relative weakness of his opponents, most of whom will arrive at the convention DOA.
So what if...
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First, let me apologize for the lack of creativity in the title. If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, then Bill deserves his due. More to the point, though, is that the original hook of the nineties deserves, indeed demands, to be updated to the new century, with its new priorities.
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How do you recycle a culture?
We know how to recycle bottles and cardboard and other forms of waste. But in what bin do you put an entire culture, or the larger part of it?
Let's start with Black Friday.
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