Rolling Stones Renegades - Part I

The cover of the January 2006 issue of Rolling Stones is dedicated to King Kong, and a large part of why I purchased a copy.

Sub-story # 2 is a piece on the magazines's selections for "mavericks," "renegades," and "troublemakers" of 2005.

This particular spread is such a rich and fertile field for mockery, and cogent observation that I'm afraid I must indulge in a series of posts.

Post # 1:

"Cindy Sheehan -Maverick of The Year"

There, on page 69, is a photograph, by professional Platon, of Miss Cindy fighting back the tears of her mighty grief.

Ironically, Rolling Stone must have seen this photo as a poignant representation of anti-war sentiment, and yet anyone with a half a brain has to wonder about the sincerity of a posed portrait of grief in a professional photographer's studio.

Read the text and you will find the same disturbingly narcissistic women who has parleyed her son's death into speaking engagements in Madrid.

Mother-Love is by no means pure. Ask the children of Munchausen Syndrome maters.