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    trope's weekend puzzler: 9/11 edition

    By Elusive Trope on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 12:20am |

    Of course I know what most of y'all are wondering is what is everyone's favorite post-structuralist pragmatist take on 9/11.  Or more specifically - what constitutes the trauma of that day, and what does it say about us, as Americans, and as human beings, and where we are heading? 

    Well, here is a clue from the film Lola Rennt:

     

     

    And to understand that clue - another from the film

     

     

    I promise an update which will shed light on my choices of clues.  But for now something to ponder for those so inclined.

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    It's obvious.  Lola is Dick Cheney and her boyfriend, George Bush.  9/11 is the holdup, that they themselves perpetrated, although initially it was all Cheney's doing.  When caught, the red bag thrown into the air is the invasion of Iraq, meant to distract the American Public's gaze, but it only bankrupts the country, both morally and monetarily.  With the "Promise" of a safer America, however, the two criminals continue on, leaving normal Americans no choice but to keep running the scenario over and over in our collective heads, trying to figure out where we, as a nation, went so horribly wrong.  Now, no matter what scenario we imagine, in which one of the two, or both of the protagonists get killed, the result is still the same, America is screwed.  What do I win?


    by MrSmith1 on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 7:09am

    Oh snap... nice analysis! I sign on to what Mr. Smith has written!!!


    by tmccarthy0 on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 10:12am