Fence Around The Funnybone

I was reading this week's issue of Time magazine - yes, these hands still touch paper - and caught an interesting quote from ex-presidential candidate, columnist, and stout-hearted white man Pat Buchanan:

The country I grew up in was culturally united, even if it was racially divided. We spoke the same language, had the same faith, laughed at the same comedians. We were one nationality. We're ceasing to be that when you have hundreds of thousands of people who want to retain their own culture, their own language, their own loyalty.

Now, one of the many non-sombrero hats Pat wears is that of staunch Catholic. Which reminds me of an old joke:

A priest, a terrorist and a drug mule walk into a country ...

The priest is kicked out because he only speaks Latin.

Hey-O!



More seriously, I think Buchanan makes an excellent point: because of a wave of south-of-the-border immigrants, we are in danger of losing our national comedic identity. In the Fifties and Sixties, Morey Amsterdam amused us all; now we are divided by Mind Of Mencia. Once we all loved Lucy. But if her show were being pitched today, is there any doubt where the focus would be?



Our country can't find common ground on major policy issues if we can't even agree on what's funny and what isn't. Fortunately, we can all agree that George Lopez isn't.



Luckily, a few brave souls in Congress are standing up for our Anglo-Saxon heritage of humor. When the Senate reconvenes, Bill Frist will introduce a resolution to name Larry The Cable Guy America's official Comic Laureate.



It would also strip E Pluribus Unum from all our currency, and replace it with GIT-R-DONE!!!!

It's about time.

More on this topic later ...