More thoughts on the "South Dakota Blogosphere Family":
By missing a few days, I missed the discussion of the South Dakota blogosphere family tree. But I’ve caught up. Father Ken still seems a bit worried about The Wild One. Ken is like the father that the Thurston Howell guy plays in “Rebel Without A Cause,” worried that his attempts to engage his crazed and dazed and frenzied son Chad with steet reason have failed. But Ken fears that Chad has gone much further off the grid than James Dean.
This is not just a case of rebellion and slapping around the authorities and starting knife fights. This is a full-on, off-the-deep end, worry-about-where-the-guns-are, watch-the-obits break with rationality and any sense of sanity. While Ken worries about Chad having snapped despite all his attempt at reason, the more level-headed or hard-bitten think or unforgiving in the family think Chad has made his final leap toward his True Mission: Chad has finally joined Jeremy Funk in a cabin in Lemmon where Funk has been stock-piling ammunition and TNT for the return of SDS and the Weathermen. Funk has traded in his “F—k John Thune” t-shirts for “F—k Amerika: Revolution Now!” t-shirts. With some lucre from Hugo C., Funk and Chad are ready to reboot the country. And then there’s Sibby, obsessive Sibby, with an obsession that would put “Ethan Edwards” in “The Searchers” to shame. Sibby/Ethan is on a quest. He’s going to get Chad for trying to get him fired at Toshiba. Most people think it will be Sibby who brings Chad in, alive or whatever. And many of these people will secretly applaud, but nobody will want to give Sibby credit for it, which is wise. The big South Dakota blogosphere house feels a little empty without Chad, certainly much quieter, less yelling, fewer plates thrown into the walls and chairs thrown out the front window. Some of the family is quietly relieved that the insane sibling has finally been taken away, that the yelling and threats foot-stomping is over. They enjoy the quiet. They are glad all the screaming from the house isn’t attracting the villagers with their torches anymore and making everyone in the house seem odd. But they still worry. Uncle Epp is counseling Chad to shut-up and lawyer-up, but everyone seems to know the news will come at some point. Sibby is on the trail with a big head-start and fresh horses and hell-bent for leather and, any time, everyone seems to know, the news could come.
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