{"id":21,"date":"2003-11-05T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2003-11-05T19:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=21"},"modified":"2005-03-02T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2005-03-02T16:07:22","slug":"america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"America…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randy “Macho Man” Savage<\/a> stands clear as the voice of our generation, an American treasure not to be discounted. When he sings “Don’t be a punk, Hogan,” how can one not hearken back to Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and its lightning-strike criticism of societal constructs?<\/p>\n

Stand aside, Mr. O’Reilly. Warm up your justice machine, Ashcroft. Put down your microphone, Eminem. Hulkamania, like McCarthyism, will stand the test of time only as a shameful mistake in our history. There is a new glittering star shining a harsh, revealing light on the ills of our society, and his music will be the anthem to which all Americans will march proudly into the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Randy “Macho Man” Savage stands clear as the voice of our generation, an American treasure not to be discounted. When he sings “Don’t be a punk, Hogan,” how can one not hearken back to Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and its lightning-strike criticism of societal constructs? Stand aside, Mr. O’Reilly. Warm up your justice machine, Ashcroft. 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