{"id":7048,"date":"2014-07-29T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2014-07-29T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T17:00:12","slug":"tuesday-sniping-cleanse-our-souls-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2014\/07\/29\/tuesday-sniping-cleanse-our-souls-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Sniping: Cleanse Our Souls Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XzFCDqKE4yA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;ve seen <em>The Purge: Anarchy<\/em>, you know the line. <em>&lsquo;Blessed be America&#8230;a nation reborn&rsquo;<\/em>. Unemployment is nonexistent, as is reported violent crime, and prosperity reigns. It is true Malthusian wish-fulfillment! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>How is this possible? Is it war, famine, ecological disaster? Nope. It is the citizens unleashing upon each other their natural tendency toward violence and killing; in other words, a little bit of accelerated, unnatural selection.<\/p>\n<p>Except that in the sequel, the government (!) starts supplementing the purging, and goes on the hunt. What once was a wholly private enterprise becomes partially state-run. So it turns out that not even the rightwinging New Founding Fathers could place their full faith in the invisible hand of the purging market! Cazart!<\/p>\n<p>Also in the movie, there&rsquo;s a line that pretty much goes, as uttered by a drunk purger wobbling on a rooftop with a semiautomatic weapon, &lsquo;I AM THE RIGHT ARM OF THE FREE MARKET, and the left hand of G-d.&rsquo; No need for Allah or Shiva or any other deity of destruction or even Darwin to curb humanity&rsquo;s overgrowth. Oh, no. We&rsquo;ll take matters into our own hands.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;RELEASE THE BEAST!&rsquo; <\/p>\n<p>Hoo-boy. All in all, a fine entertainment. Three-and-a-half horseshoes out of five.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finger<\/strong><br \/>\nRace 8: #2 Lexi On the Cover<br \/>\nRace 9: #9 Winning Pal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fairmount<\/strong><br \/>\nRace 2: #2 Fighting Sarge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana<\/strong><br \/>\nRace 6: #9 My Nana Anna<br \/>\nRace 7: #6 Megnog<br \/>\nBonkers Box (Race 6): #9 My Nana Anna &#8211; #12 Pew &#8211; #3 Phillyphillyphilly<br \/>\nBonkers Box II (Race 7): #6 Megnog &#8211; #4 Allure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountain<\/strong><br \/>\nRace 1: #8 Admiral Erv<br \/>\nRace 5: #7 Thirty Eight Plus<br \/>\nRace 9: #7 Docktor Demented<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keystone<\/strong><br \/>\nRace 9: #7 Trick My Hat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presque<\/strong><br \/>\nRace 1: #8 Evil Doer<br \/>\nRace 4: #8 Trouble X Two<br \/>\nRace 6: #1 Brat<br \/>\nBonkers Box (Race 1): #8 Evil Doer &#8211; #3 Kelly Rock &#8211; #4 Photo Shoot<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Drive safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&rsquo;ve seen The Purge: Anarchy, you know the line. &lsquo;Blessed be America&#8230;a nation reborn&rsquo;. Unemployment is nonexistent, as is reported violent crime, and prosperity reigns. 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