Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Please no more academic arguments...
...about anything. I'm beginning to think Washington has a glut of useless pundits (okay, not beginning to think), who not only are inadvertently paid to be useless but in fact, to make things worse. Does it really help us get any closer to figuring out whether "the surge" is a good idea (the fact that it is being called "the surge" hints that it is not) if Joe Klein goes ad hominem on Paul Krugman? Oh, wow, Joe Klein is so irreverent. He doesn't care that "illiberal leftists"(whaaa??) don't like him. Maybe if Joe Klein spent less time keeping track of how many liberal bloggers hate him and spent more time actually making detailed inquiry into whether it is a good idea or not to committ more money and troops to try and secure Baghdad--yes, secure Baghdad--he would be of some help. As it stands, does Joe Klein really help anything? Can he just go away? Can Time Magazine's abhorrent blog oh so cleverly called Swampland please vaporize into thin air? Please, go away Swampland, sink like quicksand into your swamp, into your morass of frivolity. Ana Marie Cox too. Get real jobs, all of y'all.
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Great post Elaine. I've stopped watching the cable news networks since mid-November (except when lawyers from my firm have been on). My life has improved immensely. Actually inquiring into something would require something a bit more than raw emotion or anger and that just takes to much effort in our "fast-paced world." Meanwhile, if you read anything about the Modern Language Association conference between Christmas and New Year's, you see that it was all politics and barely academics. This is symbiosis between politics and academics is awful on both sides.
This is symbiosis between politics and academics is awful on both sides.
Agreed! I too cannot bring myself to watch cable news and that's not just because I don't currently have cable. I think there must be a correlation between avid news watchers and high blood pressure.
Ok, I wasn't going to fix it, but you quoted it, so I feel the need...
"This is symbiosis between politics and academics is awful on both sides" ...should be...
This symbiosis between politics and academics is awful on both sides (that is, academics and politics not the parties).
I wrote the original comment before my morning coffee - I can't believe I've become one of *those* office minions.
I too have resorted to the excuse "haven't had my morning coffee yet" too, too often. I also sometimes find Dilbert funny. Office life is killing my soul.
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