Sunday, January 01, 2012

A little something to ponder

Good morning and a Happy New Year to everybody!

I want to recommend a brief essay by Garrison Keillor that was offered this morning by a group called Seniors for a Democratic Society:

We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore

Here's an excerpt:

"The Union is what needs defending this year. Government of Enron and by Halliburton and for the Southern Baptists is not the same as what Lincoln spoke of. This gang of Pithecanthropus Republicanii has humbugged us to death on terrorism and tax cuts for the comfy and school prayer and flag burning and claimed the right to know what books we read and to dump their sewage upstream from the town and clear-cut the forests and gut the IRS and mark up the constitution on behalf of intolerance and promote the corporate takeover of the public airwaves and to hell with anybody who opposes them.


"This is a great country, and it wasn’t made so by angry people. We have a sacred duty to bequeath it to our grandchildren in better shape than however we found it. We have a long way to go and we’re not getting any younger."

Good stuff, people. Good stuff.
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3 comments:

  1. I didn't realize Garrison Keilor was quite this outspoken. I mean I know he's not shy about being a liberal and making fun of the Republicans but taking on Southern Baptists? Wow!

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  2. Yes, he's actually quite outspoken. Refreshing, isn't it?

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