So, the bailout. ZOMG, the House rejected it soundly–before they didn’t. A lot was made of that brief blip, calls that at last the government was being held accountable by the American people, etc., but of course it wasn’t to last, of course all they had to do was make a few superficial changes, wait [...]
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The American people briefly realize their power, or why I don’t vote
Posted in Politic on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The tragedy of verisimilitude”
Posted in Analyses, Politic, Television, Theory, tagged Battlestar Galactica, Bush, Generation Kill, The Wire on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This post is something of a sequel to this one.
I’m halfway through season two of The Wire (just finished “All Prologue”) and I’ve got some more thoughts on it and David Simon’s other HBO production, Generation Kill (thoughts which of course apply to television and to some extent narratives in general as well).
What strikes me [...]
Where are our Weathermen?
Posted in Politic, tagged Bush, Obama, Weathermen on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a strange post.
First, a disclaimer: I don’t like grand statements about “our times”, how they’re different or more important than what came before. I think history mostly repeats itself, with minor variations, because despite all our percieved advances humanity hasn’t actually changed much since history first became history. Please keep this in mind, [...]
