Silk is Calde!

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 05 Nov 2008, 19:32 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:32:22 -0800
Subject: (urth) Silk is Calde!
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One thing about this election that I think GW would appreciate.

A nation lives by its myths about itself. One of America's myths about
itself
is that "anybody can grow up to be President."

This year, we made that a little bit truer. Not just with the election of
Obama,
but with the taking-seriously of the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and
Sarah
Palin, we eliminated the hidden truth: "...as long as they're a white male."

There are still barriers. An openly gay, Muslim, or atheistic person still
probably can't be President. But today our myth about ourselves is just
a little bit truer than it was yesterday.

Every nation has myths about itself, but America actually seems to
lurch, a little backwards, a little forwards, towards making its myths
about itself true.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand Island Dressing and
a bottle of chili sauce. -- T. Pratchett
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