NP - This Week in Fake American History -- UPDATE II

[Madeleine Maudlin]

Brooks got tapped, what can you say.  Nobody would refuse the job who could
be tapped.  Brooks writes what the Times wants him so write; he's not human
in the sense of free will, free mind.  He's a deeply indoctrinated human
who fit the bill at the right time.

He's the Sociologist of the Group of 'Em.  He's about as free as the
Foreign Policy Expert, who you'll recall, thought invading Iraq was
Necessary and Good, and who now believes that We just *didn't do it right.*
*
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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:24 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or as Driftglass puts it:
>
> -each concoction deliver would would be career terminating kill-shots
> if holding journalists accountable for purveying horseshit as history
> was something we still did in this country.
>
> But those days are long gone.
>
> Instead, Mr. Brooks will go right on making a living spooning this
> weak, watery poo into the pages of "The New York Times".
>
> He will continue doing it twice a week, 800 words at a time.
>
> And for this minimal effort Mr. Brooks will continue to reap truly
> regal rewards.
>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> > On 5/30/2012 11:34 AM, David Morris wrote:>>
> >> David Brooks continues to concoct new ways to excuse this behavior,
> >> and he's probably going to burn in hell for it.
> >>
> >
> > I never read David Brooks.  Well, actually I glance at his columns over
> > breakfast. Then I go upstairs to the computer and look at the reader's
> > comments. Poor David Brooks.  It all sounds so good and reasonable while
> > he's writing it--only to be instantly and easily shot all to pieces. The
> > same thing happens to the books he writes. But he has the patience and
> > forbearance of Job. He soldiers on. He can't help himself. He reminds me
> of
> > Dr. Strangelove, trying to act so sane and normal, then slipping into his
> > Nazi salute. I know I'm being unfair in this last, but I can't help
> myself
> > either.
> >
> > P
> >
> >
> >
> > P
> >
>
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