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ash dashed this office as the news was current. It provided the ideal opportunity to relay one of those priceless true stories she keeps on mental file.
Woopty-do. According to our paper, the anti-flag burning amendment has received enough votes in the House of Representatives to be sent to the Senate.
This marks the I-forgot-how-manyth time the proposal has succeeded through stage one only to fail, if not at stage two, then ultimately at the state ratification level.
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At some point it occurred to ash that the reader would appreciate the text of whatever ash is responding to. Alas, not when this piece was written. Hopefully, she has encompassed the points in the original article thoroughly enough that to provide it would practically be redundant.
The first thing I notice about the Reverend Taylor’s opinion piece is that he is a Baptist minister. Fine. He has as much a right to express his views on politics as any Hollywood actress.
The second thing I notice is that his argument against gay marriage is not based on the Bible in particular, if Judeo-Christian principles in general. Good. He recognizes that the United States is not a theocracy, to the constant consternation of many. Neverthelss, I find he makes a weak case based on specious logic and assertions.
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If imitation is flattering, parody can be devastating. ash always has to remind herself what distinguishes parody from satire. While parody spoofs a particular artistic endeavor, satire takes a theme, concept, or idea and exaggerates the argument to its logical albeit absurd conclusion.
This is definitely parody, and what it parodies is somewhat obscure. ash used to watch a political discussion program for which there was a daily briefing via email. While ostensibly it announced the topics and guests for that night’s edition, the author often ventured into what ash considered irrelevant territory. In this instance, relevance was eclipsed by obnoxiousness as the bulletin writer described the Washington DC culture at its most clichéd figurative incestuous. If the names aren’t familiar, rest assured these are hotshots in the community. And note the script she reproduces in its entirety is quite a bit longer than her retort.
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Here’s a proverbial labor of love. It also amused ash no end to write it. To become familiar with everything which led up to it, see here,here, here, and here.
Paul Harvey calls it “the rest of the story.” In a related matter, some unethical schmo, upon being confronted by the 60 Minutes crew, waved his hands and blew a raspberry in order to preclude the footage from being air-worthy. Of course, when it ran he only looked like an idiot as well.
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