> Chuck Grimes
Ah, now this is the Chuck Grimes I love. And I completely understand the above sentiments. I spent much of my youth among well-to-do white suburbanites, and know well the archetype Chuck blasts. I couldn't stand any of them either, their pretension, their greed, their racism, their faux entitlement, their fucking golf bags and checked pants. I spent more time with the working class kids in the nearby trailer park whose fathers worked in factories or in construction. This wasn't a conscious political choice -- I just felt at home there, for some reason. It felt freer and more relaxed than the Zombie World my mother preferred. So, yes, when I see Bush or any of those rogues around him, I get the same pain in my head & gut.
Perhaps it's age or the fact that I have kids, but I do see hope and promise in between the piles of bodies and the mountains of lies. I suppose that's why I reacted to Chuck's nihilistic rant the way I did (and as nihilistic rants go, Chuck's was poetically written). As Chomsky says, if you believe there's no hope, you guarantee there's no hope. Why let these criminals run rampant? We need all the intelligent and principled resistance we can get. And I want to live in a world where a first-rate mind like Chuck's can ease back and focus on creative and positive endeavors. We need you, Chuck!
DP