tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post4157282230176245685..comments2024-03-17T17:09:51.505-05:00Comments on driftglass: David Brooks and The Misremembrance of Things Past: A Never-Ending Seriesdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82017947157401586922016-06-03T13:08:22.255-05:002016-06-03T13:08:22.255-05:00WAAAH! It's Trump's fault! He wrecked ever... WAAAH! It's Trump's fault! He wrecked everything! I was just minding my own business... And your business is what, exactly, Mr. Brooks? Let's have a look at your resume...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-81139288970741511682016-06-03T12:28:21.657-05:002016-06-03T12:28:21.657-05:00"In this election we’ve been ignoring the par...<i>"In this election we’ve been ignoring the parts of America that are working well and wallowing in the parts that are fading. This has led to a campaign season driven by fear, resentment and pessimism."</i> <br /><br />Leaving aside for the moment all of the havoc wreaked by Nixon/Lee Atwater's Southern Strategy, Fox, Rush, the Tea Party, etc.... <br /><br />THIS is what all those upscale WHITE MEN from all of those downscale places are voicing. They're mad as hell because the parts of America that work so veddy veddy well for the likes of suck ups like FuckCakes simply ain't working so well for the hoi polloi. Why would they focus on what's working well? It ain't working well for them.<br /><br />But of course, FuckCakes really and truly not only doesn't give a tinker's damn about anyone else but himself, but he also isn't interested and/or curious enough to learn how the rabble lives. Period. The end. <br /><br />So DFB's back to fantasies and fairy tales about how things really are super-duper for all concerned. I guess in this edition of DFB's radially wrong about everything scrawlings, he is foisting the blame onto the Donald, rather than onto Obama. So refreshing.<br /><br />Much as I find Trump ever more disgustingly horrid, Trump simply embodies what the deadenders in the GOP are feeling. They've been royally screwed over for decades, and now they seek vengeance. No surprises there except for Fuckcakes. Sad to say, though, that Trump is really only a ruder, cruder, stupider version of Lord Muckity Mittens of the RMoney. <br /><br />Should Trump win, I'm not sure how his fandom will respond when Trump begins to cut and gut "their" Social Security and Medicare. And should Trump actually try to build that idiotic wall? Well his fans might be surprised at the taxes THEY have to pay to get 'er done.<br /><br />Of course, pointing out such salient facts is beyond the pale for such hoity toity ones as Fuckcakes.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90621392891880404522016-06-03T12:22:17.401-05:002016-06-03T12:22:17.401-05:00Who is the true audience? It's not the multi f...Who is the true audience? It's not the multi fuckillionaires. It's the ones who are climbing and his vision is clear. "You can make it here, just like anywhere." This is not about catering to the snobs, it is about catering to the snob-to-happens.Ebon Krieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468504989018436039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-2956978346018326232016-06-03T12:11:57.542-05:002016-06-03T12:11:57.542-05:00Uh, excuse me Driftglass, but DFB most certainly h...Uh, excuse me Driftglass, but DFB most certainly has left his East Coast bubble. He went to - and wrote about - his friends Lynda and Stewart Resnick on the West Coast. To get a taste of what "real Americans" are facing in their day to day struggles. <br /><br />If a 79 year old multi-billionaire living in Beverly Hills doesn't exemplify the typical left-behind American, then who does? Who indeed.Habitat Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745175381261470890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-5682925412960184802016-06-03T11:44:55.392-05:002016-06-03T11:44:55.392-05:00Good afternoon, Mr. Glass.
As far as his "ti...Good afternoon, Mr. Glass.<br /><br />As far as his "time amongst the mortals" goes, Mr. Brooks' "There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale" needs more "there" and less "back again."<br /><br />Yeah, I'm just trying to sound clever. :(<br /><br />Be seeing you.Kevin Holsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568539831959033188noreply@blogger.com