Content Is An Obstacle To The Exercise

Not Only Is The Napoleonic Dream Stronger Today In Our Imaginations Than It Has Ever Been, But One Can Already Feel The Slow Falling Away Of Moral Opprobrium From Our Memory Of Hitler. In Another Fifty Years We May Well Find Ourselves Weighed Down By A Second Monstrous Dream Of Pure Grandeur To Match That Of The Emperor. Two Men Who Dared. Two Men Who Were Adored. Two Men Who Led With Brilliance. Two Men Who Administered Fairly And Efficiently. Two Men Who Were Modest In Their Own Needs But Surrounded By Lesser Beings Who Profited From Their Situation And Came Between The Hero And The People.

Happy Family: The Existence And Maintenance Of [this] Is Thought To Make A Politician Fit For Public Office. According To This Theory, The Public Are Less Concerned By Whether Or Not They Are Effectively Represented Than By The Need To Be Assured That The Penises And Vaginas Of Public Officials Are Only Used In Legally Sanctioned Circumstances.

A Foreigner Is An Individual Who Is Considered Either Comic Or Sinister. When The Victim Of A Disaster - Preferably Natural But Sometimes Political -the Foreigner May Also Be Pitied From A Distance For A Short Period Of Time.

Which Is Ideology? Which Not? You Shall Know Them By Their Assertion Of Truth, Their Contempt For Considered Reflection, And Their Fear Of Debate.

Happy Hour: A Depressing Comment On The Rest Of The Day And A Victory For The Most Limited Dionysian View Of Human Nature.