Chicken joke: Daniel Boorstin

16May09

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Daniel J. Boorstin: He didn’t need a reason. The chicken didn’t care about politics or ideology. He was one of millions of American domestic fowl heading westward to build new communities, and their inspired efforts would help to make the United States the freest, most prosperous society […]

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Chicken joke: Richard Hofstadter

15May09

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Richard Hofstadter: Unable to face the challenges of commercialized agriculture, the chicken was engaged in a futile attempt to return to the avian individualist values of the past.

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