Harry Potter: Oracle of Mugwort
After referring to the recent reinvigoration of the economy, columnist and renowned nut-bucket (that's pronounced "boo-kay") Laurel Wellman gives us this worry:
On the other hand, a new Harry Potter book is a mildly worrisome indication.
After all, the July 2000 release of J.K. Rowling's previous effort, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," more or less coincided with the beginning of the most recent economic slump, and in my mind -- a cluttered place in which free association, of necessity, replaces logical organization -- the two events have remained stubbornly linked.
At least she's aware of it... Perhaps it is covered under the Persons With Disabilities Act.
...how do we know the real reason [for the dot-com "crash"] wasn't actually the cash spent on Harry Potter books? This time around, we may have even more to fear: "Order of the Phoenix" sold 5 million copies on the first day of its release; at a cover price of $29.99, that's $149,950,000 worth of capital that won't go to, say, housing starts.
Yup. she said it... "my mind -- a cluttered place in which free association, of necessity, replaces logical organization" Sure. Coincidence = Causality; a classic leftie ...uh 'free association.' [Is that what the Constitution means when it guarantees the "right of free association?"]
[In the last book we saw] ...the re-emergence of a terrorist faction led by Lord Voldemort, attacks on innocent Muggle civilians and a strong hint that the government's efforts to counteract the threat would be compromised by political expediency.
......must..... laugh.... .... not...laughing = screaming...... aaarrrghghg
[Seriously; I only get this one page from my neighbor for the Xword puzzle. I gotta stop reading the rest of the page...]
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