surprise: johnny case is _not_ the only local muso w/a political conscience
This from the letters-to-the-editor section of yesterday's Star-Telegram. It's nice to occasionally read something in our local daily (besides the New York Times crossword) that doesn't make me wanna punch the wall:
Vicki Tidwell's Aug. 1 letter about public broadcasting ("National treasure or liberal mouthpiece") referred to "the agenda-driven left wing of the Democratic Party."
I've read of this "agenda" business in other letters sympathetic to the Bush administration. My question is: Does Bush & Co. not have an agenda? How can anyone operate without an agenda?
Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are as partisan and big-donor-friendly as politicos get. Their agenda is corporotocracy.
Every politician has an agenda, whether it's to serve the constituency or to serve campaign contributors.
It's not hatred of our commander in chief that provokes the "unpatriotic" attacks to which Tidwell referred. Many Americans simply don't like the way that this administration is running their country. There's more patriotism in peaceful dissent than in blind obedience.
Reginald Rueffer, Arlington
(You may know Reggie as the rockin' frontman of Spot or the Hochimen. Or you may have heard him play country fiddle with Charlie Pride or the Insiders. Either way, right on, Reg.)
Vicki Tidwell's Aug. 1 letter about public broadcasting ("National treasure or liberal mouthpiece") referred to "the agenda-driven left wing of the Democratic Party."
I've read of this "agenda" business in other letters sympathetic to the Bush administration. My question is: Does Bush & Co. not have an agenda? How can anyone operate without an agenda?
Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are as partisan and big-donor-friendly as politicos get. Their agenda is corporotocracy.
Every politician has an agenda, whether it's to serve the constituency or to serve campaign contributors.
It's not hatred of our commander in chief that provokes the "unpatriotic" attacks to which Tidwell referred. Many Americans simply don't like the way that this administration is running their country. There's more patriotism in peaceful dissent than in blind obedience.
Reginald Rueffer, Arlington
(You may know Reggie as the rockin' frontman of Spot or the Hochimen. Or you may have heard him play country fiddle with Charlie Pride or the Insiders. Either way, right on, Reg.)
posted by stashdauber at 11:46 PM
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