2003–11–12

Interviewing the Patriot Act

I did not realize it was possible for someone to interview the Patriot Act but apparently it is:

The PATRIOT act hit the big oh-two a couple weeks back. Dong resin interviews the nation’s most prominent enfant terrible and learns just what it means to be an American…

Surprising thing about The USA PATRIOT act : in person, it’s a lot more gregarious and sexy than you’d expect. Whenever you read about it, mentally you hear a wretched Henry Kissenger-like drone going on about “securing our freedoms” and so on….

DR: So, Patriot Act… right off the bat, what’s with the name? A little bit of an obnoxious arm twist, don’t you think? “If you’re a real American, you’ll go along with this”, it says.

PA: What did you say your social security number was?

DR: Er-

PA: (Dry chuckles) I kid. Nobody thinks I have a sense of humor, dong, it’s a real drag. Say, mine is arguably the most ironic name to happen in the history of naming things since “Madonna” or “Great Britain”, and people still paint me as some sort of humorless droog. Subtle wit is lost on the masses.

Found via Fables of the reconstruction