Apparently people come to this site looking for irony. That’s not ironic. The Guardian has a great article about other things that irony is, or isn’t.
Also not ironic is the fact that Africa is all messed up.. Meanwhile, arguably imortant peopple actually defend nepotism. The defended features of “positive nepotism” are really mere brakes on an otherwise corrosive practice. Note that the word comes from the Latin for “nephew,” and described the favored sons (disguised as nephews) of priests and especially popes during one of the more celebrated periods of corruption in the rennaisance Church.
Requisite Political Crap following Independence Day: I have decided that I disagree with Dean on everything but war and sodomy.
- I am in favor of expanded trade (and migration/immigration); he wants NAFTA repealed. I fail to see how cutting trade with our neighbors will improve our economy.
- He more prone to taking a hawkish side in the Palestine/Israel thing, which is better than nothing, but still not the unbiased stance I’d like.
- He’s anti-drug. I favor deregulation.
This leaves me with Kucinich, who’s even less electable, and the undifferentiated mass of moderates. What annoys me is that my only influence on the process is primary-picking, since MA is going to go for the Dems no matter what. Well, I guess that says “Kerry,” really, although Edwards would be probably have a wider appeal if he had the cash to pull it off.
Slogans:
- Howard Dean, the McGovern of 2004.
- Lieberman: Conservative enough for a Republican; pH Balanced for a Democrat.
Secretly Ironic 