Working Boy manifesto

By R. Neal / September 27, 2005

Posted by R. Neal

The New Confederacy:

President Bush:

Allow me to introduce myself: I am Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, Louisiana (sweeping flourish, small bow). I achieved great acclaim back in the 1980s for a published work of mine, a small gem, really, a parvum opus, entitled The Journal of a Working Boy. (Shortly after its publication, I retreated from the frenzied hustle of celebrity and academia, and have since returned to my prior, rather Miltonic isolation, from which I have observed the continued decline of our civilization.)

Sir, I must reprove you now with sharpness!

Read the whole, hilarious thing.

(Thanks to Andy Axel for the link.)

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