Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary definition for Banana Republic
: a small dependent country usually of the tropics; especially : one run despotically
[does tropical "Florida" fit this definition?]
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following message, forwarded to me in an e-mail, was my motivation
to start this website devoted to protesting the Bush inaugural and
the forthcoming "banana republic" using the banana image.
For the uninitiated, shrub is a common nickname for King (called "President")
George W Bush II ------------------------- Subject: Let's make the Inauguration a Bananarama Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:16:24 -0600 From: Hovencloof One effective way to protest is with bananas, symbolic of the sort of republic the odious Republicans have conspired for us to become. Here in Dade County, we had serious election fraud with entire cemeteries voting, massive corruption with a stadium, the port authority, kickbacks to fascist Cuban Mas Canosa's construction company, and the frolicsome people simply flung bananas at Government Center. No one could enter the building without having to step on bananas. People in banana suits appeared at public appearances. I would think it immensely clever if the Coronation of Bush II were attended by vast throngs waving bananas, people dressed in banana suits, Banana flags flying from every pole, car antenna, and whatever you have to fly it from. Of all the weapons the people can use against illegitimate authority, there is none that surpasses ridicule. And ridicule is exactly what the Shrub and his minions deserve. Note that bananas are yellow, a color symbolic of someone afraid to count the votes. Even if Jay Leno or Letterman made fun of the Banana People, the message would bounce back on the Shrub, since it in impossible to successfully ridicule a clown. |
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DonkeyMart Hundreds of products in a variety of anti-Bush and Democratic designs |