The Power of Cool - VDavidH

nationalreview ^ | 05 23 12

[InvisibleChurch]

When Barack Obama two years ago joked at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that potential suitors of his two daughters might have to deal with Predator drones (“But boys, don’t get any ideas. Two words for you: Predator drones. You will never see it coming.”), the liberal crowd roared. That failed macabre joke would have earned George W. Bush a week of headline condemnation from the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Obama, in fact, has increased those judge/jury/executioner targeted assassinations tenfold during his tenure. But apparently, the combination of Obama’s postracial “cool” and the video-game nature of such airborne death — no CNN clips of charred torsos and smoldering legs, no prisoners with their ACLU lawyers in Guantanamo, no Seymour Hersh exposé on a Waziristan granny who was vaporized for being too near her terrorist-suspect grandson, no American losses for Code Pink and Moveon.org to demonstrate against — earned general exemption for that new liberal way of war. What bothered us about the Predator strikes in 2006–2008 was not the kills per se but the uncool nature of twangy Texan George Bush, who ordered them.

Last week 28-year-old, $17 billion–rich, jeans-clad Mark Zuckerberg took Wall Street for a multibillion-dollar ride, making his original buddies instant billionaires and his loyal larger circle millionaires. Note that there is no Occupy Wall Street protest at Facebook headquarters. Just as there are none at Oprah’s house or the residence of Leonardo DiCaprio, despite their take each year of between $50 and $100 million...

[InvisibleChurch]

Kerry, you see, was cool. He windsurfed and wore spandex as he cycled, and found his exemption by championing the poor he rarely saw. The same was true of John Edwards of “Two Americas” fame. Do we now recall how he ran to the left of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, despite the $500 haircuts and the self-indulgent mansion, replete with “John’s room,” a hideaway with all sorts of adolescent toys? Edwards, remember, earned those spoils by charming juries in his smarmy style, and nearly destroyed the practice of obstetrics in North Carolina through his flurry of malpractice suits. No matter, Edwards was liberal, Kennedyesque, and cool...

[SMARTY]

The prospect of “O” amd MO for in-laws would be enough to keep those girls single for ever.

[humblegunner]

Cool the first time it was posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2887017/posts

[InvisibleChurch]

Cool the second time, too. Search Tool fails again!

[MrB]

“Cool” or “Hip” is nothing but another term for “worldly”.

[SueRae]

Oustanding...and let’s not forget “Big Sports” while we’re at it.

Classic VDH!!

[blueunicorn6]

It would be money well-spent for a student to take a class from Hanson.

[Lando Lincoln]

Davis

[InvisibleChurch]

I knew that!

((blushing))

[P.O.E.]

i’ve been saying for years that “Cool” is one of the worst things that ever happened to our society.

Parents want to be cool. Artists want to be cool. Teachers want to be cool. Scientists want to be cool.

Biggest trouble is that cool is a feeling, and seeks acceptance by the in-crowd.

Truth, hard work, thrift, discipline etc. all left by the wayside.

[Lando Lincoln]

I have done it too. But here’s the deal...

The “s” and the “d” are neighbors on the keyboard. Gotta be a typo, right?

[InvisibleChurch]

Not a typo, just a stupid. My brain said David even as I was looking at the article. Thanks for trying to cover for me, though.

: )