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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
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Warning: Do not read what follows, it may cause irreparable damage to your ego.
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“I didn't know that!” is not argument but an admission of ignorance. Which raises a number of questions: Why is it that we are more eager to contradict than to learn? Why is it that some central facts about our power structures and establishment figures have been kept from us? Who profits by our ignorance?
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To solve our problems? Nothing could be further from my thoughts. If we have consistently ignored, sometimes even rejected, all solutions, including those that have come down to us from heaven, what are the chances that we will even bother to consider the solutions provided by a marginal scribbler who may well be an enemy of the people?
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Who is an enemy of the people? Anyone who refuses to kiss the fat ass of a megalomaniacal nonentity with political ambitions.
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It is not always easy to tell which part of a yes is prompted by subservience or inability to think for oneself and which by consent.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Some of the most venomous e-mails I receive are from Armenians who tell me I should be more positive.
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All subservient people harbor deep inside somewhere an imperialist ego.
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The two most important ideas of all politically ambitious charlatans may be summarized as (one) You are either with me; (two) or against me.
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What is the difference between a fascist head of state who silences intellectuals and a sanctimonious prick who ignores them?
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A useful no can be more fruitful than a useless yes.
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I write one-liners because I don't particularly care for the sound of my own voice.
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The misunderstood, neglected, and impecunious writer is a cliché and I have such a horror of clichés that I prefer to identify myself as an unemployed and unemployable misfit.
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*****************************************
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
************************************************
Warning: Do not read what follows, it may cause irreparable damage to your ego.
*
“I didn't know that!” is not argument but an admission of ignorance. Which raises a number of questions: Why is it that we are more eager to contradict than to learn? Why is it that some central facts about our power structures and establishment figures have been kept from us? Who profits by our ignorance?
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To solve our problems? Nothing could be further from my thoughts. If we have consistently ignored, sometimes even rejected, all solutions, including those that have come down to us from heaven, what are the chances that we will even bother to consider the solutions provided by a marginal scribbler who may well be an enemy of the people?
*
Who is an enemy of the people? Anyone who refuses to kiss the fat ass of a megalomaniacal nonentity with political ambitions.
*
It is not always easy to tell which part of a yes is prompted by subservience or inability to think for oneself and which by consent.
#
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Some of the most venomous e-mails I receive are from Armenians who tell me I should be more positive.
*
All subservient people harbor deep inside somewhere an imperialist ego.
*
The two most important ideas of all politically ambitious charlatans may be summarized as (one) You are either with me; (two) or against me.
*
What is the difference between a fascist head of state who silences intellectuals and a sanctimonious prick who ignores them?
*
A useful no can be more fruitful than a useless yes.
*
I write one-liners because I don't particularly care for the sound of my own voice.
*
The misunderstood, neglected, and impecunious writer is a cliché and I have such a horror of clichés that I prefer to identify myself as an unemployed and unemployable misfit.
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