Posts tagged political commentary

Could ‘hiking the Appalachian Trail’ become a new metaphor in politics?
Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo DEEP THOUGHT on South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s puzzling “disappearance”

When did Americans become the Something-For-Nothings? When did we get this lotto mentality, that our only chance for success was to be plucked from obscurity and dropped onto Bret Michaels’ Love Bus?

Well, maybe it was when the super wealthy — you know the ones, who “create jobs” when they get huge tax breaks… except they don’t… they buy antique commodes and lap dances. Maybe it was when those job creators stopped trickling the money down, leaving the working class with none of the gains and all of the cynicism that goes with thinking the game is fixed.

Maybe that’s what leads to GUITAR HERO culture: where everyone wants to be a rock star but nobody wants to learn the chords.

Bill Maher, on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, March 20, 2009