hey look, that positive spin language appeared verbatim in the other place where johnson was quoted, too. the unitary truth of the bush administration, now and forever, “doin’ the job.” (“what’s ‘the job’?” “i’ve already answered that. next question.”)

besides, with good people at the wheel, sleeves rolled to proper length, and paper trail burned or buried, how can progress not be right around the corner?

i was thinking this morning about hillary clinton and other mid-road democrats. nothing wrong with calling them neoliberals, catching two meanings with the net, instead of “new democrats” or “new labour.” social marketists. what struck me is that the arsonists on the right have done a remarkable thing, trapping the republican republicans between anti-socialism and meaningful negotiation. if you support private enterprise, you must  support fascism, because there is no greater threat to private property than public discourse – as good as it is for society, “finders keepers” is an acquired principle, not to be left to fend for itself in the marketplace of ideas.

still, it seems there’s a parallel of climate change in federal gummint affairs. the arsonists have successfully painted the debate between private-based and public-based firefighters as a debate on whether fire exists, in almost every area. the press agrees that fire is controversial. frankly i think we need perot’s party back, if the gummint is to somehow reflect what people are really thinking. 

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