Zappadan

Whoops! I just realized that I missed the first day of Zappadan yesterday. Have at it!

Zappa on Defense

Keera sent me a link to a video this morning. It's an old Crossfire show from 1986, back when it was hosted by columnist Tom Braden and Douchebag of Liberty and potty-mouthed spittle spewer Bob Novak.

The pro-censorship guest (who descended pretty rapidly into shrill ad hominem whining) is John Lofton, who has since emerged as a "recovering Republican" and can currently be found over at The American View (advocating, ironically enough, for a "Christian America"). The anti-censorship guest is a prescient Frank Zappa, who makes a number of cogent points, filets Novak rather soundly, and demonstrates that he gets it two decades before it sinks in for most Americans:

Can I make a statement about national defense? The biggest threat to America today is not communism. It's moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that's happened during the Reagan administration is steering us right down that pipe.

Another bookmark (and more humor)

If you haven't already added OneGoodMove to your daily reading, you really should. Not only does the site provide regular video feeds of cool stuff like Franken & Dave, the Daily Show and media hacks as they make asses of themselves, Norm also gives us regular morning link collections and a variety of other fun tidbits like fukitol, or thoughts while watching the SOTU:

As I watched the State of the Union last night the following words from a Frank Zappa song struck a chord.

I may be vile and pernicious,
But you can't look away.
I make you think I'm delicious,
With the stuff that I say.
I'm the best you can get,
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out,
From your TV set.