When liberals lie down with wolves (Alterman and Wolfowitz)

[Cocoa]

in response to this cringe-inducing piece by Eric Alterman.


http://blogcritics.org/straightup/2005/03/09/103704.php

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The ironic subtext is that Alterman is very proud of himself for being invited to such an elite party. As Chomsky has noted, a principal function of elite universities is socialization in elitism itself. The status to get to these parties is what people like Alterman live for. All the talk of Harvard, Yale and the University of Chicago combined with such a deluded political atmosphere gives a sense of Washington's phony grandeur. There is something about Wolfowitz that is so tacky it would put off people even in my little hometown in New Mexico. Our country is slowly assuming the odd character of a nouveau-riche Raj in the early stages of a hokey empire. Alterman and the politicos pose with cocktails, so enamored of themselves, and yet the backdrop is so odd: a city with unbelievably massive ghettos, no decent mass transit system, depredation and poverty everywhere outside its grand monuments to power. The list of domestic short comings goes on and on, but never mind, we have our cloddish social Darwinist neo-cons and Doonesbury liberals delighted at being invited to the posh parties of the powerful. Conquering countries is so much more fun than building subways or creating decent high schools. One could sit in a corner at the party and see that history never changes. The march of folly will eventually collapse, rotted within.

[dbeach]

1. Cancel my subscrition to the Nation..

I have read that Nation,Progressive and MoJo are just fronts...
I thought that was just talk until I noticed how the elections of occupant bush in 00 and 04 were simply not even addressed by these lefties.. and in fact David Corn called anyone who disagreed with 04 fiasco.. a bunch of conspriracy theorist,ect .. which is the usual repuke response but this was coming from a so called leftie named corn


"cancel my subscription to the resurrection..send my credentials to house of detention.I got some friends inside." Doors

[Chomskyite]

2. I guess the blogger wouldve yelled "F U!!!!" and stomped off

There's nothing in the Alterman piece that has Alterman endorsing the doings of Wolfowitz. And Alterman is probably disdained roundly by the elites Chomsky is referring to. The Nation is the elite?

Last I heard, none of their writers are being consulted by the Bush administration.