I was going to write a long, chatty, cheerful post today about what a great time Gerald and I had last night at the concert Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett (of Little Feat) gave at Milestones.
And then I read this post by Brad deLong (by way of Crooked Timber), and the concert just didn’t seem all that important anymore.
I have read a good bit of criticism of Howard Dean during the primary campaign, focusing on how “angry” he seems.
Well, I’m glad somebody’s angry. There’s an awful lot to be angry about.
Me, I’m angry that the federal deficit is increasing at the rate of over two billion dollars a day. I’m angry that our government lied to us about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in order to justify military invasion of another country (hey, the ends always justify the means, right?). I’m angry about the lack of support for education and for the environment. And those are just a few of the things I’m angry about.
And it’s going to get worse, not better, if this fall’s elections don’t bring real change.
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