Empowerment By Manufactured Crises

World net Daily ^ | 07/02/2009 | Joseph Farah

[fiscon1]

Back in January 1973, National Lampoon sported a brilliant cover – probably the satirical magazine's most famous.

A cute black and white dog was the visual element, staring ominously at a revolver pointing at his head. The headline read: "If you don't buy this magazine, we'll kill this dog."

People bought the magazine in droves, not because they believed the editors of National Lampoon were really going to kill the dog, but because it was so funny.

[Bon mots]

I remember that. That was the first National Lampoon I ever bought and bought it for years afterwards.

[OpeEdMunkey]

Well, at least we still manufacture something in the US.