i am america (and so can you!)

welcome to my first oh, i'm hip to that! post. this is where i talk about what films i'm watching, what records i'm listening to, and what books i'm reading. feel free to watch, hear, and read along!


in this politically charged time of year, i decided to give mr. colbert's book a read. i am a fan of the daily show....oh....i saw steve carell on the 20th century fox lot today! very cool, but i digress. anywho, colbert sets the tone of his book from the title alone. written in three parts, this book is a total satirical commentary on modern american issues. part one is titled my american childhood. steve covers everything from a child's thoughts on old people to the family pet: "all dogs go to heaven? sorry, kids/ it's only the dogs who've accepted jesus christ."

part two is my american adolescence. sex & dating, higher education and hollywood get the spotlight here. part three, my american maturity, deals with the media, class war: now some people might say it's callous not giving food stamps to poor people. they would say it's just another example of class warfare. well, there is no class war in this country. the upper class has such a tactical advantage that if the lower class makes a sudden move we'll have a class massacre.", and race: remember: while skin and race are often synonymous, skin cleansing is good, race cleansing is bad.

consistently funny, i am america (and so can you!) is a easy read, and one of those books that is fun to keep around just to read the quotes.

so that's the book in a nutshell (a very small nutshell). my final thought? i'm hip, it's hip, and oh, i'm hip to that!