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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, March 4, 2011

An Exception to Godwin's Law

My only Hitler pic...

Godwin's Law states that whenever someone compares their opponent in an argument to Hitler, they automatically lose the argument.

Also, there is a whole genre of Internet films that use a clip from the German film "Downfall" to make humorous points. The original, classic version dealt with subprime mortgages.

Herewith is the definitive version dealing with Scott Walker:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/03/now_were_talkin_1.php#more?ref=fpblg

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