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 Sometimes I get ". . .mad as hell, and.
. .am not going to take
it any more," like that TV anchor person in the movie, Network.
I have been known to put pen to paper--or is that fingertips to word
processor--and dash off a polemic now and then about politics and
politicians, the pervasive influence of big business and the sometimes sorry state
of the nation and world.
Here are some results of those feelings that I'm right and
you're right, but I'm not so sure about you.
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I don't know about you, but I,
for one, don't wish to die to drive the bears from Wall Street!
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May your seeds be sterile and
other nonsense from the people who brought you Agent Orange.
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War! What is it good for? Absolute nothing. . .even for the so-called
good guys, as we find out in Pillar of Salt .
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Is it satire if it's reality? Michael Moore, one of my favorite
socio-political commentators and satirists, answers that question with a big
"Yes." Here is a review of his recent international bestseller.
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Juvenal said it back in the 2nd Century AD: It is hard not to write
satire!
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I am not sure why she said this on national television, and it is not out of
context.
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