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Cars and the Power Cult

Posted on: 01/31/200505/16/2024

I’m going to get me a carAnd I’ll be heading on down the roadThen I won’t have to worryAbout that broken-down, ragged Ford —Chuck Berry, “No Money Down” The automobile is the Empire’s most popular […]

Consumerism / Culture / Politics

The Rise of the Jerk in Tights

Posted on: 01/19/200505/16/2024

A guy with a couple of decades of office avoirdupois pumps up on his $3,000 touring bike, sporting about $500 worth of highly flammable stretch material in 15 garish colors, covered with the logos of […]

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