Evil Politicians! Film at 11!

[Diana York Blaine]

Mr. Steelhead informs us that Hillary Clinton isn't entirely sincere--you
could knock me over with a feather! Acknowledging American politics to
be a Big Lie and "outing" the Clintons as conservatives ain't exactly
news.  But I doubt sincerely this is the problem the official "Right" has
with the motto Hillary co-opted from Africa.  Why the hell should they
care if she is a calculating politician, or "ice princess" (now
there's a new epithet to hurl at women. Warm up, Hil! What'r'ya?
Frigid?)  Their fear stems from the fact that this proverb is far more
than "pleasant," it's "profound"--and profoundly un-American.  If we
continue to fetishize individuality and competition we continue to reap
what we've sewn, vast wealth for a tiny few, paranoia, fear and hate for
the rest of us. Whoopee.  As for the glib dismissal of species (nice work
if you can get it) and the idea that we are the environment--have you
checked out the sky lately? I'm naive enough to believe that the crap
we're breathing came from somewhere and goes everywhere.  Does this really
need saying?  Forgive me, I'm teaching Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of
Time this week--a utopia in which food is good, air is clean, people are
decent, minds aren't closed, sigh.  The only thing missing is money! Diana