What with all Chaplinesque moustache-porn videos going around, I do wonder what J.R.R. Tolkien would make of the current culture wars. He knew his way around a mythology, invented or real, so I wonder what he’d think of Beck’s reverse-engineering of the national mythos of the Founding Fathers? 10. He wasn’t nearly as fond of Nazis as they were of him. Tolkien’s academic writings on Old Norse and Germanic history, language and culture were extremely popular among the Nazi elite, who were obsessed with recreating ancient Germanic civilization. But Tolkien was disgusted by Hitler and the Nazi party, and made…
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Hoping @scannell wore protective gear for tonight's paytriot shindig: hip boots, clothespin, rose-colored safety goggles. # RT @Mudflats "Still waiting 4 Beck. Chalkboard says liberals want to destroy Constitution, Faith and History. Ack. #p2 quot; #factcheckbeck # RT @Mudflats "Palin just called Ted Nugent a "blood brother" #palin beck #TMI # .@xenijardin Try season tickets next to elderly couples for musical theater. Wives repeat dialog, lyrics, and plot to husbands. in reply to xenijardin # .@xenijardin "Guys and Dolls" will be like "She's with the Salvation Army, Frank. SALVATION ARMY," he'll hum Sit Down You're Rockin the Boat in reply…