Urban Hipsters To March On The Mall

Proving once again his infinite capacity to make fun of things other people say, do and create, Jon Stewart and his spawn Stephen Colbert are planning dueling "marches" on the Mall on October 30 (damn, I'm otherwise engaged).  I have been amused by the outpouring of support for the Comedy Central publicity stunt by my chic, young, urban hipster friends on Facebook --you know, the ones who secretly (or in one case, quite publicly) wish Jon Stewart were President (come to think of it, he's apparently very well-qualified, if recent election results are a guide).

Suggested Apparel for the Urban Hipster March

How will such a march go?  How will a group of people--whose basic approach to governing, government, politics and ideology consists of  1) we know better, because we're smarter 2) the people are largely incapable of governing themselves 3) we should choose which policy option is coolest, will make us more popular with more people, is most likely to get us laid and 4) the country would be a much better place if we all simply stopped judging each other, paid more taxes, became more reliant on government, stopped fighting wars, read the New York Times and the New Yorker, and avoided serious policy discussion in favor of smarmy, snarky, "we told you so's" and "my goodness, the American people are stupids".

Here are some suggested "themes" for the event:

• "Hey Barack; Stop Doing Things--Just Talk--That's Why We Elected You!"
• "Bush III"
• "Why Patty Murray and Barbara Boxer are Smarter and Better Than Sarah Palin"
• "We ARE the One's We've Been Waiting For--Can't You Stupid Tea Partiers See That?"
• "The Constitution's Just Inconvenient"
• "The Private Sector--Leeching Off The Goodness Of Enlightened Government"
• "We ARE Middle Class--Can't You Tell?  I'm Driving A PRIUS for God's Sake!"
• "Jon Stewart for Czar Czar!"
• "Leave It To The Ivies (and Ivy Wannabe's Like William and Mary)"
• "Experience is SO Overrated"
• "Home-Schooling Is A Threat To The Public Education System:  I Learned This at Sidwell"

 Perhaps CW readers have a few suggested themes of their own! 

Getting Them Young...

College and post-grad students are joining the swelling ranks of food stamp applicants.

And a related story from Salon.com, detailing 'hipster' couple Gerry and Sarah's big city smorgasbord of mint chutney, roasted rabbit and gourmet ice cream on food stamps.

But these aren't your parents' food stamps. In 2008, the Department of Agriculture renamed the food stamp program Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance (SNAP) and issued electronic debit cards instead of coupons. That way, people like these poor hipsters won't have to suffer the indignity of taking food coupons up to the cash register.

But maybe that's the idea.

Country Mouse, City Mouse, Obama (cont.)

Here's a great look at one of the sources of growing angst toward the Obama Administration--its increasingly urban, hipster orientation and focus. The suburbs have taken to the barricades...hear the Minivans roar!

H/T--Instapundit