Today, Nicholas Kristof suggests we indulge in a feel-good fantasy when we describe who we are. He starts with a quiz – identify the country:
It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country . . . Government is limited, so that burdensome regulations never kill jobs.
This society embraces traditional religious values and a conservative sensibility. Nobody minds school prayer, same-sex marriage isn’t even imaginable, and criminals are never coddled.
The budget priority is a strong military, the nation’s most respected institution. . . .citizens are deeply patriotic, and nobody burns flags.
So what is this Republican Eden, this Utopia? Why, it’s Pakistan. . .
This sounds like where today’s Republican Party want to take us.
. . . as America has become more unequal, as we cut off government lifelines to the neediest Americans, as half of states plan to cut spending on higher education this year, let’s be clear about our direction . . .
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
Whatever Works 
Can you say: fascism? That’s where we’re headed, and its not that far down the road.
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Religious fundamentalism + market fundamentalism = ?
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It equals a giant leap backward.
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Backward or forward, into a bold new police state future?
What will this look like centuries from now? I’ll bet that our “two” political parties will look identical to future historians. A two-headed monster.
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Monsters indeed – beholden to their paymasters and that’s not us. Dems talk the talk, but I guess they left their walkin’ shoes home.
Welcome kitchenmudge – good stuff at your place; why do you post so infrequently?
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How’s this for arrogance:
Quality over quantitiy?
How about lazy?
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Works for me – the quality is there.
I”m into quantity cuz I’m a blog whore.
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