Re: An Open Letter To Open-Minded Progressives

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:05:54 -0700 (PDT), "*Anarcissie*"
<anarcissie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Apr 20, 9:04 am, Pat Kiewicz <kiew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> raven1 said:
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>> >On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:51:11 -0700 (PDT), Sound of Trumpet
>> ><soundoftrum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> >>For example, Mamet endorses the conservative writer Thomas Sowell,
>> >>who he claims is "our greatest contem****ary philosopher."
>>
>> >BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Come on, this *has* to be satire.
>>
>> Dunno what SoT was blathering, but...
>>
>> Mamet really does seem to have taken a right turn.
>>
>> http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-
>> dead-liberal,374064,1.htmlhttp://tinyurl.com/2jrqra
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>> IIRC, I  heard about this via either Eric Alterman's Altercation blog,
or at
>> talkingpointsmemo.com --
>>
>> http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/david-mamets-
>> rambling-incohere.php
>>  http://tinyurl.com/2w5m8z
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>Mamet seems to have thought of some things most
>people interested in politics encounter in their high-
>school years.  He's sort of like those fellows who become
>"atheists" when they're teen-agers and then suddenly
>get religion in late middle age.  If you look at his essay
>you'll see it's pretty confused.   Since this is such a
>common, even banal sequence of development, I
>am surprised it has occasioned so much comment.

Well, he's definitely swimming against the tide.  A lot of right
wingers have abandoned their positions in light of the Putsch
catastrophe, and a lot of actual conservatives have realized that no
matter what they call themselves, fascists are not conservatives.

He's about the only one moving in the direction of that massive
failure.
--

What do you call a Republican with a conscience?

An ex-Republican.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=8827
(From Yang, AthD (h.c)

"Prosperity and peace are in the balance," -- Putsch, not admitting that
he's against both

Putsch: leading America to asymetric warfare since 2001       

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