Posted on 08/23/2011 11:47:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
From "comment" in The New Yorker by Lawrence Wright:
"Perry is the first graduate of Texas A & M to govern Texas. When he was a freshman, in 1968, the student body looked much like him: white, male, determinedly rural.... At A & M, Perry ran the winning campaign of his friend John Sharp for student-body president. In response, Sharp got his friend elected one of the campuss five yell leadersmale cheerleaders. Perry considered being a yeller the higher office. A typical yell is: Squads left! Squads right! / Farmers, farmers, were all right! / Load, ready, aim, fire, boom! During tense moments in a football game, yellers grab their balls and shout, Squeeze, Aggies!
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I was inclined to disbelieve that ball-squeezing thing. But I Googled it. There are some strange American folk traditions, apparently. But... why is this in an article about Rick Perry? Why merge that image with him? There's some psychological manipulation going on here!
Note that there is an ongoing effort among the media elite to create an aversion to Rick Perry by making him seem hyper-masculine in a disgusting or inappropriate way. I'll be keeping an eye on this. If you see evidence of this phenomenon, let me know in the comments here or by email.
“Vote for Perry! He’ll put the “squeeze” on government!”
Lack, or lick?
Those Aggies do have some bizarre rituals.
As a University of Texas alumnus (a Texas-Ex, but I graduated), I'll point out that those rival Aggies have some outstanding rituals like Aggie Muster and Silver Taps.
The school produced more line officers in WWII than West Point and Annapolis combined. It has some world-class academic programs, particularly in engineering.
The Aggies have more 'traditions' than any other university I can think of, by a multiple of four or five.
Some are glorious and inspirational, like Silver Taps and Aggie Muster. Some strike people who aren't Aggies as a little odd.
Let's just hope the New Yorker doesn't get into Corp's "J--- Jar" tradition before the UT game. That makes "Squeeze 'em, Ags" quite tame.
All this info about the college days of a guy who entered the race days ago and no info about the sitting president.
Great observation.
Aggies are weirdos. No doubt about that.
Bump!!
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