A pound of nihilism eases ism digestion . . .

In a comment below, I used the term "NeoNihilism" to describe an emerging (if unacknowledged) coalition between left wing deconstructionists and certain fringe thinkers on the right.

Shortly before 9/11, my dark side envisioned a revival of that marvelous Nihilist thinker, poet Ezra Pound. I even composed a musical montage for the avatar of our future, and the next thing I knew, the Twin Towers were struck, and I had to forget my lovely idea. Things -- old fashioned things like patriotism -- interfered.

But the future of nihilism's starting to look bright again.

All hail the Helmsman!

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MORE: In unrelated news, Zarqawi is sowwy. That's right; Michael Moore's patriot apologized:

"People of Jordan, we did not undertake to blow up any wedding parties," he said. "For those Muslims who were killed, we ask God to show them mercy, for they were not targets. We did not and will not think for one moment to target them even if they were people of immorality and debauchery."
He's also threatened to behead King Abdullah, but he's full of love anyway:
"Your star is fading," Zarqawi said, referring to the king. "You will not escape your fate, you descendant of traitors. We will be able to reach your head and chop it off."

Zarqawi, who has a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, told Jordanians to stay away from bases used by U.S. forces, hotels and tourist sites in Amman, the Dead Sea, the southern resort of Aqaba, and the embassies of governments participating in the war in Iraq, saying they would be targeted.

"People of Islam in Jordan, we want to assure you that we are extremely careful over your lives," he said. "... You are more beloved to us than ourselves."

Oh well.

Must have an artistic temperament.

Ezra would approve.

Let's bring him more up to date:

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AND MORE: Hey, I see that that Beretta guy owes $30 million for killing his wife. If he just could go and capture Zarqawi, he'd only be short $5 million. (A mere pound of flesh.)

AND MORE: At Least Ezra Pound was Nuts, says James Lileks. Since when has a little thing like that been a bar to hero status?

posted by Eric on 11.19.05 at 09:38 AM





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Ezra Pound. Hmmm.... A great poet, in the ranks of T. S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, and others of that time. He was an admirer of the ancient Egyptians.

Unfortunately, he was or turned Nazi, went over to Europe during the War, and broadcast for the Axis, as did Lord Haw-Haw, Axis Sally, and Tokyo Rose. And like Hanoi Jsne Fonda, Hanoi John Kerry, and Lord Pork Pork. An act of treason, in other words, for which he should have been prosecuted. Whenever I think of Ezra Pound, I always think of that picture of him stepping off the boat in Italy, his arm stretched out, "heiling". Tragic.

As he hated Jews, I'll say this: He should not have continued to call himself Ezra. I almost think there ought to be a law that Jew-haters should not be allowed to have Jewish names, names from the Bible. Joseph Paul Goebbels, Benjamin Nathaniel Smith, etc..

I have to say I prefer Ezra Taft Benson.



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