[Marxism] today's Cockburn

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

Don't miss his column today (http://counterpunch.com/cockburn05072005.html); 
some great stuff on the Brit elections; interesting piece on Ike Turner; and he 
leads off with a reminder about who really won World War II.

On the latter: some of us oldsters remember the running gag on "Hogan's Heroes" 
about the commandant being threatened every episode when he got caught in some 
goof-up with transfer to the Eastern Front. It was clear to young viewers like 
me that something terrifying was happening there, and the gag was repeated so 
often that I accepted it as reflecting some historical truth, the details of 
which I had no idea.

I don't know who came up with the gag and whether anyone ever picked up on its 
significance but it's certainly the only mass recognition of the reality of the 
war that I can recall.

Finally, also from today's Cockburn, the following on Laura Bush's stand-up 
routine:

"Let me say this on the record: in a race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and 
Laura for the White House I'd vote for Laura every time. The record shows she's 
antiwar, pro choice and since she's worked in libraries she's seen the seamy 
side of life. My old friend Laurie Townsend used to spend half her mornings at 
the Jefferson branch of the Detroit Public Library telling geezers to "put it 
away". Maybe that's how Laura and George started dating, when he was in there 
practicing his reading skills. (Remember, when Brendan Gill visited the Bush 
compound in Kennebunkport, the only thing he could find to read was "The Fart 
Book".)

Hope you laughed out loud like I did.

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