Picking back up on the politics topic before I get back into the Obama thing...
I just came across this, written almost eight years ago:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
Really quite insane. Jokes truly did become reality.
I think it's kind of telling that comedians have become the last gasp of genuine social commentary. And no, I'm not talking about John Stewart, who stopped being funny in 2005 (though he was great in 2003-2004 and I heard improved in 2008). Saturday Night Live sketches were some of the biggest moments in the race, and the more colloquial and humorous world of blogs was constantly several weeks ahead of the columnists in major newspapers and TV reports.
A smart friend referred me to http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/ a few months ago, and it's now one of my favourite sites. It's about the economy, says the things most others don't, and has a great sarcastic tone about it. The major point the site seems to make is that the guys who now tell us things like 'Sydney property prices will survive unscathed' are the same ones who both made the current mess and didn't see the crash coming. Hmm...
I suppose in the end comedy is mostly about truth (or it wouldn't be funny), something the mass media hasn't been interested in for years.
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