quote unquote: J.D. Salinger
“I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door." -- J.D. Salinger
A rose is a rose is a rose
Finding Ben Carson acceptable and Donald Trump abominable is a lesson in shallow political thinking.
It values style over substance.
It's like loving squirrels and hating rats.
They're both rodents.
But one is "cute."
As Columbus Day approaches,
...it's worth giving a thought to following the example of Nicaragua by replacing celebration of European exploitation of the Americas with Indigenous Resistance Day, a national holiday commemorating the battle waged by indigenous peoples against European colonialism.
In a democracy, it's no one's "turn." In politics, nothing is "inevitable."
Hillary Clinton was the inevitable candidate in 2008.
But the more progressive elements of the Democratic Party united on Super Tuesday to stop her; nearly accidentally -- nobody really knew who Barack Obama was, we ended up with a better candidate and arguably a better chief executive. There's no reason this can't happen again, and, this time, because of Bernie Sanders' consistent thirty-year record of service, we know that we'd get not only a better candidate but also an immeasurably better president.
We are told we must support Clinton because it is "her turn," and because she will inevitably win (of course, the same promise was made for John Kerry and Mike Dukakis). But, since she is a militarist and a prime defender of her class' interests, how is that even a good thing?
You don't just get to break things
Since the Middle East refugee crisis is a consequence of America's militarized foreign policy, doesn't it follow that we have a moral responsibility to lend a hand to its victims?
Germany, with a population of about 80 million, is admitting between 200,000 and 300,000 displaced persons; since we are about four times bigger (and have a lot more room), in fairness, shouldn't we invite 800,000 and 1,200,000 souls to relocate here?
Alternatively, or additionally, shouldn't we mount a Marshall Plan-style program targeted on Greece, which not only is suffering the most from the influx of refugees but is also the victim of the predator banks that we unleashed?
The Long War is almost exclusively a U.S. project. Don't we have an obligation to take responsibility for what we've wrought?
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