This year more than in the past, events converge to bring us new horrors. True horrors face the liberals like Terri's Legacy which still hangs on their shoulders.
So it may not be a surprise as the election frightening to them looms and the favorite holiday of the dark side approaches even sooner, the spectre from the shadows appears.
Even as Felos and Mikey suit up for Halloween and Dethnell puts on costume and broom, and bats fly from the caves, the theme most horrible to them all gives rise to a timely approach.
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Oh, the "Horror" What "Horror" may do best is serve as a cudgel against conservative viewers. Last season, an army of undead soldiers rose from their grave in "Homecoming" to vote out the president who sent them to war in a veil-free swipe at President George W. Bush. This season's first episodes feature a serial killer with a weakness for Vice President Dick Cheney and casts Big Oil in an unflattering light.
Future tales promise assaults on pro-lifers and a horror version of the Terri Schiavo case.
Zombie auteur George A. Romero ("Dawn of the Dead") routinely uses horror as a medium for social criticism, so these "Masters" are merely following in his footsteps.
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Ping to the update on Mrs. Vo above and the link to email for condolences post #1,678 and 1,684 by LesforLife.
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The horror was real. It took place shortly after Michael came home late one Saturday night -- February 25 1990. He is in a rage from an argument with Terri earlier in the day. She hardly knows what hits her. One moment she is asleep, the next she is dragged out of bed and wrestled down in the hallway. She lies on her stomach, her head to one side. Michael is atop her, on her back. He is twice her size. She has no chance to resist or even to cry out. He pins her with his knees, one in her lower back, one on her right thigh. The force is so great she cannot breathe. Within seconds she is unconscious and limp. Michael, gloating, does not get off until it is too late. Terri is in respiratory-cardiac arrest. Lack of oxygen to her brain has crippled her for life.
Jim King in the future, "Help me, pity me." Jim King's day of karma will come.