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"I’m not bothering with any arguments that are based on the assumption that whatever we do is wrong because we’re the ones doing it."
I disagree conditionally. Everything 'we' do should be scrutinized because of who 'we' are. As MLK not-so-famously pointed out, the U.S. is "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today," bar none. Violence, in its myriad forms, is our leading export. Whatever we touch has a way of turning to blood, sh-t, and suffering. Until we're ready to acknowledge this, and honestly examine why we consistently work this magic-- whether the executive branch is headed by a 'liberal' or 'conservative' champion-- there's little point in discussing solutions. (For those liberal imperialists and American exceptionalists not inclined to indulge in such generalized, namby-pamby introspection, such an examination could easily and fruitfully be restricted to the current old-lady-who-swallowed-the-fly situation.)
In that vein, of course, expecting a chief contributor to the formation of today's problem to help solve that problem-- without so much as an honest assessment of his contribution-- seems rather dim, and disastrously so. But this is who and what we are, innit?
Smarter than the President? Not me. I’m too smart not to know how dumb I am.
I’ve said it before, it was a lot easier to be smarter than the President when the President was George W. Bush. A major change in the tone, tenor, direction, and focus of this blog occurred sometime in the late summer of 2011 when it dawned on me that this President is smarter than me. Way smar...
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