Don’t Make Me Go to the Mall

By |2015-02-22T15:38:01-08:00February 22, 2015|philippic|

Damn it! The latest PR stunt by self-righteous terrorists is annoying.  The threat by  al-Shabaab to attack the Mall of America and the piling on by other groups suggesting that there could be attacks at other American malls makes me feel like I need to go shopping. Understand, I severely dislike going to Stonestown Mall and other local similarly crazed venues.  I feel dirty wandering into the crammed-together stores that hawk mediocre-quality goods slicked up to mimic the high-end luxury items I am supposed to want. It's really not that I don't like clothes, electronic toys, and designer chocolates.  Rather it's the mall [...]