On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:15 PM, MICHAEL YATES wrote:
> I have to agree with doug vis coments by James Heartfield. I have
> criss crossed
> the country more times than I can count for many years, talked to
> lots of people,been in small towns
> everywhere, read many local papers, seen many local TV shows,
> listened to talk
> shows everywhere, etc., etc. The level of discourse, the knowledge
> of the average person,
> the intellectual climate, etc., etc. are extraordinarily low.
> Racism is very
> much alive and well. Housing segregtion is extreme. Best you can
> hope for
> is a pretty weak populism. Militarism, chauvinism, hatred of the
> "other" are stronger than
> you might think. There are some hopeful signs and many right
> thinking people too, but don't delude yourself.
Michael, you referring mostly to, um, the sticks, or are metro areas like this too?
Doug