18
Jul
strawmen and sundogs
AlterNet: Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren’t Listening
From time to time, National Review - the bible of American conservatism - organises a cruise for its readers. I paid $1,200 to join them. The rules I imposed on myself were simple: If any of the conservative cruisers asked who I was, I answered honestly, telling them I was a journalist. Mostly, I just tried to blend in - and find out what American conservatives say when they think the rest of us aren’t listening.
These are the winners, the smooth talkers, the sundogs; certain the losers deserve to lose, and they themselves deserve to win. They believe in the wall, in the way things have always been, in examples and lessons. But a time is coming, and they are afraid of it, when the wall will be used for reasons other than those they built it for. When that time comes, it will come heavily.
This has nothing to do with your posting, but I saw this guy’s artwork yesterday and thought you might enjoy it:earthpattern.com. Annie
August 6th, 2007 at 9:40 amYou know, his work is really appealing. Especially since, having just moved (all the way to Biloxi), we have this enormous bare wall in the living room that’s crying out for…something. I have to think about this. Thanks for the link.
September 15th, 2007 at 7:26 pm