{"id":2246,"date":"2008-07-08T02:25:16","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T09:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2008-07-08T02:29:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T09:29:25","slug":"a-double-dose-of-the-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2008\/07\/08\/a-double-dose-of-the-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"A double-dose of The Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I normally just skim our alt-weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/\">The Stranger<\/a>, but this week provided two must-read articles: one person&#8217;s perspective on the economic slowdown, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/seattle\/Content?oid=612062&amp;hp\">United States of Anxiety<\/a>, and a book review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/seattle\/Content?oid=611997&amp;bk\">Steven Seagal&#8217;s filmography and discography, relived in order of release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/wall-e_poster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2249\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"wall-e_poster1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/wall-e_poster1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a>Humanity is not dead in \u201cWall-E,\u201d but it is in peril. The world\u2019s population cruises the heavens ceaselessly on a mammoth luxury spaceship that it boarded in the early 22nd century after the planet became uninhabitable. For government, there is a global corporation called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buynlarge.com\/\">Buy N Large<\/a>, which keeps the public wired to umpteenth-generation iPods and addicted to a diet of supersized liquefied fast food and instantly obsolete products. The people are too bloated to walk \u2014 they float around on motorized Barcaloungers \u2014 but they are happy shoppers. A billboard on the moon heralds a Buy N Large outlet mall \u201ccoming soon,\u201d not far from that spot where back in the day of \u201cHello, Dolly!\u201d idealistic Americans once placed a flag.<br \/>\n<strong>from the Frank Rich column, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/06\/opinion\/06rich.html\">Wall-E for President<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2008\/07\/08\/a-double-dose-of-the-stranger\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I normally just skim our alt-weekly The Stranger, but this week provided two must-read articles: one person&#8217;s perspective on the economic slowdown, called United States of Anxiety, and a book review of Steven Seagal&#8217;s filmography and discography, relived in order of release. Humanity is not dead in \u201cWall-E,\u201d but it is in peril. 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