[lbo-talk] voices from the real America

[Robert Wrubel]

He sounds like a financial-type.  They're always
"can-do", upbeat, overl-loud, temperamentally averse
to ambiguity or going against the grain.  Of course
they're the most cowardly, insecure people in the
world.

BobW
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> My office neighbor develops "cell phone content,"
> whatever that means  
> exactly. He also has a booming voice. I'm listening
> to him arguing  
> with a friend on the phone right now about Iraq, and
> I'm hearing  
> every word quite clearly. Some highlights of his
> argument: "The surge  
> is working...people are invested in
> failure...counterinsurgency takes  
> 10 years...Anbar Province is showing progress...our
> oil is wrapped up  
> in this...it's working." It's pretty amazing how you
> can graft a  
> bogus argument into an ordinary citizen's mind.
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