The Liberal Avenger: Hunter S. Thompson Democrats?

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"At times, conservatives have even trod into arguing in favor of a war ethos (see, for instance the popular bumper sticker: "War Has Never Solved Anything, Except for Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism"); at other times -- as in all the talk about "shock and awe" in the Iraq invasion -- they have even suggested there is a kind of beauty to violence, especially in the service of the imposition of American will. "

"Let's do the sign of the cross. It'll make us feel real boss."

- Skafish

"Look, can we all at least agree on one thing -- if the 'I didn't do it' administration is re-coronated, that come November 3, EVERYTHING IS THEIR FUCKING FAULT."

"Arbolist... Look up the word. I don't now, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees."

- George W. Bush, USA Today, 08/21/2001

"There are no mirrors in Bush's church."

- Tim Appelo, Seattle Weekly, 12/08/2004

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends."

- Maya Angelou

"To those who consider the war a mistake but still fear the consequences of military withdrawal, we ask these questions: when will enough be enough? If not now, when?"

- An Appeal to Global Conscience (via j a c k *)

"How much productivity has been wasted, not reducing our dependence on oil, but to entice us to buy more that is made with, and which consumes for its continuance - oil. It would be as if a man who had been poisoned, rather than reaching for the emetic, reaches for another dose of the poison."

- Stirling Newberry, So We Want a Revolution, 03/18/2005


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Saturday, April 23, 2005

Hunter S. Thompson Democrats?

Democratic Underground :: The Turning Tide

For a Democratic Underground editorial, this one is top shelf. I haven't been hanging around DU much these last few months, but I don't recall finding this kind of quality writing to be the norm. Give it a good read. Here's a little taste:

Like the hippies in Thompson's account of the countercultural revolution of the late 1960's, conservatives are rejoicing over these dubious triumphs less because of any tangible advantage that might plausibly result and more because they have developed a crazed emotionalist sense that "whatever we are doing is right," that they are winning as a matter of divine providence. Reality cannot touch them. It's the feeling that prevails at the peak of a particularly intense bender, and anyone who has experience with such phenomena knows what's next: The Crash is on the way, followed by the unthinkable task of picking up the shattered pieces of a defunct reality and moving along with life.

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