Pretty Fascist

Back when I was in a Semiotics in college, one professor, Michael Silverman, said to think of it more as an "anti-Semiotics" course, in that we were learning how those in charge of political imagery used basic, resonant symbols such as those of nationalism to sow a message that would bring them to power or keep them there.

Like wrapping oneself in the flag:



Or wrapping oneself in the military:



Laugh now at Sarah Palin, but I see her as a clear and present danger to our republic until she is neutralized or vanquished in electoral politics once and for all. Check out why here.

And to think we have John McCain to thank for it. It didn't just disqualify him from the Presidency. It makes his entire judgment system suspect as well. Like on healthcare reform.

Scary.