In 1939, it took the so-called "Dies Committee," an early formation of HUAC, feeding biased and incomplete testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, headed by anti-New Deal Dem Clifton Woodrum, to sell the idea that the Federal Theater Project was the propaganda arm of the Roosevelt administration, and to defund same. And only after a three year run that produced thousands of plays and other performances nationally -- from the "Living Newspaper" and other New York productions around which controversy swirled to regional and traveling companies putting on Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, and vaudeville in communities of all sizes for audiences of all socio-economic strata. In 2009, it only takes a few segments by a clownishly emoting instapundit to make the current administration "reassign" an NEA communications director on the basis of similar charges. Light a candle for Hallie Flanagan, and hope that the increased speed of communication also speeds the time until this particular cynical demagogue overplays his hand.

2929

beer tastes slightly better the first time it passes through your body

2928

red and blue are different colors

2927

grass is green

2926

children love candy

2925

fresh air is eminently breathable

2924

gay guys prefer penis.

(see 2919)

2923

Asian people have slanty eyes.

2922

wars tend to be violent in nature.

2921

a computer is not a rock.

2920

the odds that your Mom gave birth to you are fairly high.

2919

homosexuals like to have sex with their own gender.

2918

fire trucks are often painted red.

2917

deaf mutes don't use telephones

2916

Google's CAPTCHA has reached the point that it virtually requires a computer to solve it.

2915

The Totally Obvious Renaissance begins the day after tomorrow.

so it goes, morning discourse, unable to capture its rythm as soon I start to scribble, syntax seeps through linguistic motion, therefore once all is settled, and by this we mean geographical sphere, we need need to start dictating the verbatim recopying.

drugs drugs drugs these insomniac outbursts, body feeling like steel screaped against wood, infected, talkative, acrimonious, bitter, clearsighted. Lucidities glorious abound not in meanind but by the finality they procure to streams previously unlocked and dramatised. I will bespectacle myself with the mediocre shades when that door is crossed, onto the populace, chaos. Til now, ti;e indomitable and still lenient, slow, allowing aches in my brain to solidify, the blood on the mirror to dry.

Why the gun, a sensible question, to be expected when said rifle is put on display so articulately in your face, one can examine its detached coolness on a youthful body so evidently self obsessed.
But if you ask I will answer not with those artificial inanities, not with prepared ponderations... It is the I, the demons inside, that a person has, behind petrified eyes, poly;orphous and installed in this flesh, that is always present, they are, to destroy, to protect. It is the self that points calmly to the head, this spectacle of inner violence, theatrical, lyrical and grotesque, bathed in sin, lacerated by noise, every action is a kill, that is my vernacular, to kill signifies to act, it involves a movement, a choice and a death. Micro- organisms and feelings, tremors and heartbeats. This is a kill. My day that commences with military exercise, breaks the physical comatose, breaks into the day, this is a kill. Each instant and its small deaths, every gesture succeeding the last, to be partaken as a craft, as an occurence parenthetical and still subject to the chronology of the day, there is always a flow, everything so fucking continuous, not necessarily geometrical, just streaming through, waves on an electrocardiogram. And these spasms only can interrupt the continuum, for a while, the gasps of transient limbo, out of time and color, comprehended in motion, not language, be it visual, audible or otherwise. Metabolic interpretations, organic caesuras occuring in minuscule terrains where synapses cogitate the rest of the time. They help us sane, bring us closer to a peace unsoiled by the mundane, the behavioral artefacts cluttering this existence . I don't know if it is the

Isn't it totally obvious that this blog is dead?

2913

it's not a good idea to smear your body with fish sauce and play with hungry polar bears.

2912

people who stop breathing usually die.

2911

hunger is often followed by the eating of food.

2910

ice cream is not hot.

it tends to be on the cold side.

cold-ish on average.

2909

toilet paper is absorbent.

2908

Flat seltzer water tastes like water.

2907

sometimes people fight

2906

9/11: #6 in a series

2905

hilly kristal is not billy crystal.

2904

"disposing of properly" requires garbage cans.

2903

dogs can't read.

2902

Rock and Roll is not all Gravel and Biscuits.

2901

Hot delicious cheese pizza is not as enjoyable when taken rectally.

2900

toast and butter is good.

2899

coffee is not juice

2898

I have never lost an internet argument.

2897

many members have been booted off of totally obvious.

2896

A Milky Way is NOT a Snickers.

NOT!!!!

2895

Jaded people get even more jaded around non-jaded people.

2894

Dummies tend to look rather dum on stage.

2893

God doesn't hold endermology symposiums in Kentucky.

2892

Elephants find bar stools uncomfortable.

2891

Small people compensate.

2890

Hamsters don't make fashion statements.

2889

A trout cannot give radical political speeches in public.

2888

Fires are hot.

2887

Magnets are attractive.

2886

Salmon are not men.

2885

You never hear dead people complaining about parking tickets.

2884

Frank Sinatra can't sing anymore.

2883

Turtles do it in a shell

2882

Snails don't know they're slow.

2881

ghosts are uncanny



d l

2880

She is a pronoun.

2879

sometimes enough is not enough.

2878

obvious statements change in meaning when one meets the statements' authors.

2877

The New Narrative is now Old.

2876

alcohol is intoxicating

2875

three-twenty ninths of the totally obvious blog members are now in the same room.

2874

a motorcycle typically has more than 1 wheel and less than 3 wheels.

2873

Men enjoy their penises.

They tend to prefer them in the attached variety.

2872

Chimps don't usually smoke cigars in the wild.

2871

Garbage is one reason why I do not want to drive a garbage truck.

2870

If I drove a garbage truck, Marx would consider me to be part of the proletariat. This is one of the reasons why there is not a lot of competition to get the job driving the garbage truck.

2869

Women, in general, do not know very much about weapons. This is why they are not a "revolutionary class" in the Marxist sense.

2868

When talking about the "revolution of the earth" one may be refering to a revolt of the earth.

2867

In almost every instance of my arriving home, I park my car.

2866

The biosphere is not actually a sphere.

2865

One becomes highly confused when one confuses the blogosphere with the biosphere.

2864

not all text is destined for a blog somewhere out in the blogosphere.

2863

Most stories would end happily if the tellers only knew where to end them.

All spirituality is new-age spirituality.

2861

Obvious statements can be made on other blogs, and in other places, not just on the Totally Obvious blog

2860

when Jesus said "repent", he never imagined myspace or the internet*

2859

There will never be a vehicle named the nazi.

2858

tenderloins are soft

2857

penises are manly

2856

There are many differences between a Chinese peasant and a young Norwegian professional.

2855

the sun does not actually set.

2854

This is yet another totally obvious statement.

2853

If poetry were more like the summer blockbuster it would have a larger audience.

2852

The cat's popularity as a pet is likely linked in part to their purr.

2851

Few things can be said with absolute certainty.

2850

Most cats enjoy catnip.

2849

Many people like to drink alcohol.

2848

Sundays are sometimes sunny.

2847

A blog could have a President, a Cabinet, a Council of Advisors, an elected Assembly, and a Sub-committee in charge of Nomenclature, but so what?

2846

Joseph Mosconi is not inside a computer

2845

Computers contain a lot of so-called data

2844

Computers do not contain cars although cars often contain computers

2843

Computers probably should not be used as bludgeons or to hit nails or people on the head

2842

Computers are not meant to be thrown out of windows

2841

Solitude is fine, if one likes solitude.

2840

Marriages always end.

2839

Cool drinks on hot days are generally refreshing.

2838

there might one day be a museum of blogging.

2837

since bush has been in office, country music has increased in popularity.

2831

You beat me to the punch.

2830

Anyplace I hang my hat is home.

2829

I only have eyes for you.

2828

The girl can't help it.

2827

It can be easy to like a person who is in a plane dropping bombs on someone else's neighborhood

2826

It's hard to like a person who is in a plane dropping bombs onto your neighborhood

2825

word verification can make you feel pretty stupid.

2824

Drinking milk does not augment breast size. Drinking water does not inundate the brain. Drinking alcohol does not make limbs evaporate. Drinking poison does not encourage existance.

2823

You cannot help but be alive. Which is fatal.

2822

Yoghurt and Lasagna are very ugly words concealing unaesthetic yet tasty foodstuff. Which is malicious.

2821

If yeast is a leavening agent, it has some form of life, therefore it can be your friend and companion.

2820

Technically,there are only three forms of love relationships possible. Which is depressing.

2819

"Liberty" is a root word for "libertarian".

2818

if you're addicted to something and you give it up, you'll probably feel pretty bad.

2817

Word vilification will make us dumb.

2816

word verification will turn us into madly and absurdly letter burpers

2815

time is the only currency that needs no conversion

2814

22:07 is the time for LOSS, but the next minute is the time to BOSS around and about

2813

turning a digital clock over creates words

2812

A newborn baby is a great alarm-clock, with no snooze-button

i ate all the wasabi. it was hot.

2810

Sometimes nation-states use genocide to attack ideas they fear.

2809

Inhibitions can prevent you from doing things

2808

It seems that people are still posting fairly obvious posts to Totally Obvious.

2807

ass smells like ass

2806

in baseball, well paid doesn't necessarily mean well played.

2805

not all statements are apparently obvious at first, but upon reading them over, they become blatantly obvious.

2804

German is the primary spoken-language in Germany.

2803

canada is north of mexico

2802

publications make public

2801

rivers run through land

2800

Punishments are intended to be painful in some way

2799

Totally obvious statements are inherently boring.

2798

You were born on your birthday.

2797

Birthdays are days.

2796

It's not wrong to be right, except in a political sense

2795

It's not right to be wrong

2794

Wrong answers are common

2793

Generalities are not specific

ae8

ae8 follows ae7

ae7

This blog is going post-obvious. Live with it.

2790

If you're a peasant, and they tell you to sleep in a pile of shit, you need to think to yourself, "This is an okay pile of shit. I guess I like it. Here I am; what use would it be to dislike it?"

That's if you are a successful peasant.

2789

Obviousness can never die because it's a result of understanding at least something well

2788

R.I.P Totally Obvious

2787

Web logs are dying all over.

2786

Goldfrapp is very popular among people who like Goldfrapp

2785

change is good

2784

jokes are meant to be funny but sometimes they're not

2783

there is no shortage of pizza in new york.

2782

pizza and coke make a very satisfying dinner.

2781

the heart is inside the chest

2780

water evaporates

2779

the word mongolia used to be a lot more scary

2778

chimes chime

2777

Things get old.

2776

Wind blows.

2775

group blogging might replace group sex in some peoples' lives.

2774

if you're online alot, you might think that exciting things are happening all the time.

2773

in the future, all things will be obvious.

2772

A community will not get bigger unless it has openings for new members

2771

The word obvious is obvious.

2770

Things that are ridiculous can also be obvious.

2769

There's nothing worse than the total extinction of all plant and animal life

2768

There's nothing worse than saying something obvious in a confusing way

2767

We are repeating ourselves. (be it subconcious recall, archetype, or universal truth). The longer we go on, the more someone will have said it before.

2766

mmmm. cookies.

2765

arranged marriages are good for ugly people.

2764

3 comes after 2.

2763

Kaopectate tastes Christmas-y.

2762

Any statement (obvious or otherwise) is at once true, false, and everything in between.

2761

If one stopped drinking, one would be less drunk.

2760

Merry Christmas from A New Poete and the entire Fox News family.

2759

Blogging is sort of social and sort of anti-social.

2758

Klansmen have a tendency for hating Negros.

2757

Japanese people are not Mexican.

2756

no matter how yummy they might appear, things that come out of your nose shouldn't be eaten.

2755

you shouldn't drink lacquer thinner; it is not a beverage.

2754

every time I breathe, air goes into my lungs.

2753

Professional Chefs know how to cook.

2752

movies are typically longer than a heartbeat and shorter than a day.

2751

um.... no.... The Revolution WILL be televised (and PodCast and Blogged to death.)

2750

Despite our constant bitching, life is actually good.

2749

a transit strike will inconvenience a lot of people.

2748

if you procrastinate and put off doing your laundry, you will pay eventually.

2747

president bush is having a meltdown.

2746

Some trees' leaves' color changes result from temperature fluctuations downward

2745

squash baking in the oven smells very good.

2744

it is beneficial to like oneself.

2743

some girls are bigger than others.

2742

A duck can't be obvious unless you've seen a duck or a picture of a duck and been told that it is a "duck"

2741

It's hard to sleep when you're itchy

2740

war is hell.

2739

money doesn't grow on trees.

2738

you get what you pay for.

2737

aching muscles hurt.

2736

part of the human condition at times necessitates the use of blankets.

2735

one obvious question here is, what makes things obvious?

2734

Money can be any color

2733

there are many people that don't believe in the existence of god.

2732

Between entering and exiting the body, food takes on unpleasant odors.

2731

dead people usually require less oxygen than living ones.

2730

cartographer's were less acurate without satellites

2729

christmas is on december 25

2728

the price of oil fluctuates

2727

True love is dialysis for your cat