harness that anger...progressive.org

[fleabert]

http://www.progressive.org/jan05/zinn0105.html

Interesting article. I don't agree with every word (esp the part about bush getting the most votes), but the theme is great.

one of the best parts:

"The Bush administration, riding high and arrogant, adhering to the rule of the fanatic, which is to double your speed when you are going in the wrong direction, will find itself going over a cliff, too late to stop."

--God I hope so, with all my heart.


*this is my first time posting here in EaOA, so I hope this is the right place for it... sorry if not, just let me know if LBN or GD is better. hope it's not a dupe! Thanks.*

[Robbien]

1. This is the right place for it

and thanks for posting it. It is a good read. Only recommendation I have is it is better presented if you could give us a three or four paragraph taste of what Howard Zinn's opinion article said.

such as:


In the days after the election, it seemed that all my friends were either depressed or angry, frustrated or indignant, or simply disgusted. Neighbors who had never said more than hi to me stopped me on the street and delivered passionate little speeches that made me think they had just listened to a re-broadcast of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, in which powerful creatures arrive on Earth to take it over.


But then I reconsidered: They had not been listening to H. G. Wells. There really were strange and powerful creatures that had just occupied the United States and now wanted to take over the rest of the world. Yes, Bush was reelected President, and whether there was fraud in the voting process or not, John Kerry, quickly threw in the towel. The minnow called for reconciliation with the crocodile.


The reelected Bush triumphantly announced that he had the approval of the nation to carry out his agenda. There came no sign of opposition from what was supposed to be the opposition party. In short, the members of the club, after a brief skirmish on the campaign trail (costing a total of a billion dollars or so) were back having drinks at the same bar. When, in mid-November, the Presidential library of Bill Clinton opened, former Presidents, Democratic and Republican, along with the current President, sat side by side and declared their fervent desire for unity.


But someone was left out of the celebration, this insistence that we were all one happy family, accepting the President for another four years. The American people were not quite in agreement.

[fleabert]

2. thanks, point well taken.

I need to get better at making my posts more effective on first glance. Muchas gracias!