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Current Wisdom

Current Wisdom

By Assorted Jackasses from the March 2009 issue

ew Yorker

The suave New Yorker catches Congressman John Lewis in another spasm of trite soap opera:

Obama's promise to shut down Guantánamo, to outlaw torture and begin reversing immediately some of the most egregious policies of the Bush era, gave Lewis hope that "the movement" had finally come to the White House. "People have been afraid to hope again, to believe again," he said. "We have lost great leaders: John F. Kennedy, Martin, Robert Kennedy. And so people might have questioned whether or not to place their full faith in a symbol and a leader. The danger of disappointment is immense, the problems are so big. None of them can be solved in a day or a year. And that's the way it was with the civil-rights movement. This is the struggle of a lifetime. We play our part and fulfill our role."
(February 2, 2009)

Washington Post

Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, passes the cup for The Arts Community, where cow manure is the new tempera and urine can be the medium for religious bliss, and a bull whip affirmatively placed in an….enough, enough! Mr. Kaiser is an idiot. The Arts Community is an asylum:

We are losing the entertainment and inspiration we need more than ever during this terribly scary time. As we try to rebuild America's image abroad, we are losing our most potent goodwill ambassadors. As we reshape our economy, we are losing the organizations that teach our children to think creatively. And as we celebrate the diversity of our nation, we are losing the voices that have traditionally helped change society's thinking….As we print billions of dollars in bailout money, isn't it time to ensure that we are saving our soul as well as our economy?
(December 29, 2008)

The Nation

Despair in Kooksville, after the Prophet Obama is caught flagrante using the hated "s-word":

For women who care about women's equality, the jury is still out on Obama. They voted for him, but they don't trust him to do the right thing for women. Left feminists aren't impressed that he's nominating Hillary Clinton for secretary of state. Mainstream feminists like Salon's Rebecca Traister are disquieted by the "momification" of Michelle. No one has forgotten that Barack called a reporter "sweetie" months ago at a press conference."
(December 3, 2008)

The Progressive

After all the Porta Potties have been removed from the National Mall and the heaps of refuse are on their way to the recycling center, comes the wake-up call from a Citizen of Conscience immured in Amerika:

The election of Barack Obama has poked the racist beehive, and we can expect a lot of buzzing around in the months ahead. Rightists, ranging from neo-Nazis to mainstream conservatives, are eager to reframe issues in ways that invoke racialized fears among some white voters: affirmative action, poverty, education, language, terrorism, and national security all have potential.
(January 2009)

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