« It works for France! | Main | Moral Authority »
July 17, 2006
Unfortunate Consequences
I think there are ideas that have unfortunate consequences, but for the most part they’re held by people who believe they will have fortunate outcomes.
. . .
I’d like to think I’m a pragmatist; I’m resigned to dying in a country much different than the one into which I was born. Resigned, and grateful; disappointed, and relieved. Some of those changes will be for the better, some for the worst. Both will the result of people with whom I agreed on some things and disagreed on others. Duh. In the end I’m an optimist about America, but maybe I just hang around too many Democracy-Whiskey-Sexy right wingers instead of the glum egg-suckers who believe we’re lost until we return to our revolutionary 18th century roots and privatize NASA. At the end of the day the average Democrat isn't going to sign on with International ANSWER anymore than average Republicans will wear pointy white hats to their national convention, and most of the overheated demonization of the Dummycrats or Rethuglicans only shouts to the choir. There are countries where the divisions are truly deep and truly fatal. This isn't one of them. If it is, then there are no words left to describe Iraq.
"Friday night," James Lileks, The Bleat, July 17, 2006
Posted at July 17, 2006 07:47 AM | Categories: Humor
· Comments (0)Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://twoseasmedia.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/800
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)