The sleep of reason amid wild dogs and gin

[SteppingRazor]

As usual, Joe Bageant's got it all. One of the best leftist writers on the Net, and one of the most realistic.

"The hardest thing for garden variety American liberals to grasp is what a truly politicized and hateful place much of America has become---one long mean ditch ruled by feral dogs where the standards of civility no longer apply. The second hardest thing for liberals is to admit that they are comfortably insulated in the middle class and are not going to take any risks in the battle for America's soul ... not as long as they are still living on a good street, sending their kids to Montessori and getting their slice of the American quiche. Call it the politics of the comfort zone.


Ever on the lookout for free food and brand name booze, I slipped over into the comfort zone on New Year's Day, 2005 to a lovely literary party of urbanites who'd flown in from upper East Coast. They all seem to have country places down here in the Shenandoah Valley these days. So as I minced over fresh salmon with a chic liberal book editor, she said: "I am coming to understand how Karl Rove drove so many of the American people to vote for Bush during the election." (pronouncing "people" in that way of overeducated urban liberals everywhere, indicating that she did not consider herself one of them .) And I am thinking: "JESUS CHRIST LADY, IT'S NOT AS IF IT WERE A LONG DRIVE!"


brilliant stuff. See more at:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=19437

[ElectroPrincess]

1. Outstanding!

:kick:

[demnan]

2. That was great

thanks for posting it.

[patdem]

3. I have read him before and he is a MEMORABLE writer...

You can read an article of his without attribution and KNOW it was him! Brilliant, indeed!

Thanks for posting this. :hi:

[Steely_Dan]

4. This Is A Great Read...

This man expresses himself in ways that I can only dream of. Excellent article.

-Paige