Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The State of the Union

Thanks to Bookslut for the heads up on this. Gore Vidal has his own version of the State of the Union. Check it out for the full text. I feel the need to republish one paragraph, though.
I think demonstrations across the country could be very useful on this famous Tuesday. Just say no. We've had enough of you. Go home to Crawford. We'll help you raise the money for a library, and you won't even ever have to read a book. We're not cruel. We just want to get rid of you and let you be an ex-president with his own library, which you can fill up with friends of yours who can neither read nor write, but they'll be well served and well paid, we hope, by corporate America, which will love you forever.


And here's the quote that appears at the bottom of my page, just so I know everyone sees it today.

A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding government accountable.
~Paul Craig Roberts~

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