No need here, brother. I perform all manner of blue-collar work to supplement my writing income. As for the Yoshies and Dougs who prefer a dandified, salon socialism, so be it. I'm not into the Khmer Rouge/Maoist concept of forcing intellectuals to shovel pig shit at gunpoint (though the image of people like Jonathan Alter, Eric Alterman, Joe Conason, Cokie Roberts, Chris Matthews, the entire FOX News prime time line-up, et al., stooped over steaming piles of swine dung does bring a smile to my lips). They'll never know the dignity of inspired labor, of a physical job well-done, of the sweet soreness one feels the day after some heavy lifting, hammering, digging. What matters it?
DP