Topic: Libertarianism
For Goodness Sake: Madonna Embraces Ron Paul The funnel queen buys Ron Paul's pro-people argument, at least so far as starving Malawi is concerned.by Random Outlier
(libertarian)
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Shocking as some may find it, I've hardly ever consulted Madonna on matters of political philosophy, either before or after she became a virgin.
Long ago I did wonder idly what odd fetish for tin-funnel bras she found commercially exploitable. No answer came readily to mind so I more or less forgot about her.
Then came yesterday when I noticed that she's joined the fashionable throng of celebrity adoptions and (a) has pre-adoptive custody of a child from Malawi and (b) has produced a "documentary" film whose point is that things are pretty tough down there in southern Africa.
There isn't enough food. STDs are pretty much a given. Kids run around naked and sick. Whatever they use for a currency is sound as a dollar. I tell you, the problems are horrible.
(For those of you with better things to do than keep current on Africa, Malawi is the former Nyasaland, long and skinny, next to a big lake, about 3,000 miles south of Iraq of which many of us have heard. The Brits stole Nyasaland in 1891 and gave it back in 1964, whereupon the locals changed its name to Malawi, started up a political party system, and got AIDS.)
One of the results of all this is Madonna's documentary which premiered this week in the usual glittery way, probably (I haven't seen it.) following the standard story-board which requires lots of heart-rending photos of children with distended stomachs and flies in all visible orifices.
Not to belittle the problem. It does break the heart, and someone should do something. Perhaps we could begin by suggesting that a few bold Malawians pick up spears and motivate the government to refrain from devoting its every effort to stealing what little the people can produce.
Madonna might even take the lead here.
Speaking to the rest of the concerned world after the showing of her film, she fielded the predictable question: "What should the American government do about these horrible things?" Here is the astounding AP report of her answer:
"Madonna replied that change should come from the people, not the government. 'It's our own job to change that and I think it's a fool's errand to rely on the government to change things'."
I submit that this may be a watershed quotation for freedom's cause.
I mean, one of the great 20th Century pop icons calls it "a fool's errand" to believe celebrities can push a button in Washington, moving the government to push another button, and, presto, all the impoverished world becomes cute as a button?
If Madonna, awash for decades in the silly statism of Hollywood's desire to appear concerned about the world's injustices, can see the light, maybe our long preaching of liberty has born fruit.
Who's next? Paula Abdul? Susan Sarandon? Martin Sheen?
But perhaps I over-reach. For the time being we can just settle for Madonna as Ron Paul's newest recruit, and we can rest assured that her personal presence would make a meetup a doubly exciting adventure, with or without conical tin out front.
I for one, would promise to attend, and even though I am by law permitted to go armed, I solemnly vow not to appear carrying a concealed can opener.
I would nevah lie to yah.
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On Madonna's "fool's errand" statement, you must remember that she's nearly a Brit now. I don't care though if the words are hers; kudos to her for saying such a politically incorrect thing and making what is very likely her genuine position known to the public.
LLOYD KEMPSON : here you go posting more negative, smarty-pants comments in the anti-Paul vein. You are such a NeoCon loser of a SD'ed man . You smarmy trolls make us work all the harder for the "Ron Paul Republican" cause.
This is a hilarious bit of satire. I'm sure you're making some decent profits from the revenue sharing program on NC right now aren't ya? Sucking up all those hits from Google News. Are you familiar with Andrew Malcom?
Thank you, Spence, and welcome aboard. But, no, no profits. I haven't done the paperwork yet, and it is my hope that the earnings, which revert to the company, will be used by the sainted Walt Thiessen to help finance his television concept or some other worthy means of further advancing the libertarian notion. We owe this man a lot.
And thank you, too, Joni, but it's really not worth much effort. A yappy little toy terrier will piss annoyingly on your shoes, but eventually his bladder will go dry and he'll wander off.
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