[lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn is funny

Max Sawicky sawicky at verizon.net
Fri Jul 29 08:04:53 PDT 2011


The more colorful and witty the insult, the greater the homage.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Jul 29, 2011, at 8:03 AM, James Heartfield wrote:
>
> > “Who says these days that in the last analysis, the only way to change
> the status quo and challenge the Money Power of Wall St is to overthrow the
> government by force? That isn’t some old Trotskyist lag like Louis Proyect,
> dozing on the dungheap of history like Odysseus’ lice-ridden old hound
> Argos, woofing with alarm as the shadow of a new idea darkens the threshold.
>
> >
> > And what’s not to like about that?
>
> Well, I like Louis Proyect, despite the colorful phrasing.
>
> Doug
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