Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Yes We Can
It’s important to be open to possibility in life, and certainly in politics. Moreover, two parties a democracy does not make. So I’m a registered Independent. This choice means that today, in New York, I can’t vote. Which is kind of bogus, but it’s the rule. And so I will sit patiently in my office,…
Read MoreBushwacking
All weekend long, my Blackberry was abuzz with Breaking News Alerts from President Bush’s Middle East Trip. Friday, January 11, 2008, 11:18 PM PST CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — (AP) President Bush says no decision yet on sending more troops home from Iraq, and reduced force levels will depend on conditions on the ground. Saturday, January…
Read More(The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Shoes
A colleague with whom I’ve been corresponding a fair amount of late has an oddly thought provoking email signature. Email signatures are odd little birds in their own right. In the age of digital aesthetic homogeny (I mean, let’s be honest: all we really have to distinguish ourselves within email is fontography), the signature is…
Read MoreFitter, Happier
Democracy should spread on its own accord, by choice. But I guess President Bush made it clear in the 2000 elections individual choice — votes — a democracy do not make. Sound familiar? I wrote that sentence exactly four years ago today, in the hours just subsequent to Rumsfeld’s beloved “shock and awe.” The post…
Read MoreSchlock & Awe
I said it on November 7, 2000, September 11, 2001, and on March 20, 2003, and I’ll say it again (and again and again). The Bush Administration is the most dangerously inept group of politicians in the history of this country. I’ve been clear from the outset that I don’t think the guy’s smart, or…
Read More