[urbanrealtor]

The irony is that Chris Hedges is one of those who is in power when it comes to mass communication.

I mean “The Hurt Locker” starts with one of his quotes.

His many inches long screed is just a longer version of that bumper sticker that says “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

As good as his prose is, his reasoning is horse shit.

The argument that what we all need to do is to get really angry and yell and take extra-political measures is what people gathered to joke about. Civil disobedience is useless and silly when it becomes a rebellion with out cause or good leader.

The phantom left that he refers to reminds us of a left that died but not because of the reasons he offers.

It died because the most clear and present examples of the left proved to be unsustainable. They were predicated on the idea that broad social needs can be met through group know-how without regard to entrepreneurial spirit.

It was shown over time that the political arena became the new bed for self-advancement (eg: purges) and the realm of production became fought over turf for the natterings of self-important tools (eg: quotas and steering committees).

I, for one, prefer the reverse.

I will take powerful companies over powerful politicians any day (nattering in congress and production fights left to giant, scary, multinationals).

This silly reduction that Hedges does repeatedly in this article make it laughable (but probably worth keeping for some cultural studies class).

This article is to political discourse what Geertz’s “Negara” was to social science. Its just pretty words and polished turds.

He really should be writing novels instead of doing political analysis.

Being a half-assed lefty Hunter Thompson is yesterday’s fad.

[urbanrealtor]

The irony is that Chris Hedges is one of those who is in power when it comes to mass communication.

I mean “The Hurt Locker” starts with one of his quotes.

His many inches long screed is just a longer version of that bumper sticker that says “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

As good as his prose is, his reasoning is horse shit.

The argument that what we all need to do is to get really angry and yell and take extra-political measures is what people gathered to joke about. Civil disobedience is useless and silly when it becomes a rebellion with out cause or good leader.

The phantom left that he refers to reminds us of a left that died but not because of the reasons he offers.

It died because the most clear and present examples of the left proved to be unsustainable. They were predicated on the idea that broad social needs can be met through group know-how without regard to entrepreneurial spirit.

It was shown over time that the political arena became the new bed for self-advancement (eg: purges) and the realm of production became fought over turf for the natterings of self-important tools (eg: quotas and steering committees).

I, for one, prefer the reverse.

I will take powerful companies over powerful politicians any day (nattering in congress and production fights left to giant, scary, multinationals).

This silly reduction that Hedges does repeatedly in this article make it laughable (but probably worth keeping for some cultural studies class).

This article is to political discourse what Geertz’s “Negara” was to social science. Its just pretty words and polished turds.

He really should be writing novels instead of doing political analysis.

Being a half-assed lefty Hunter Thompson is yesterday’s fad.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=permabear][quote=urbanrealtor]Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.[/quote]

So… Rob Halford frequents Subway??[/quote]

Seriously.
Go to the Subway at 4th and University in Hillcrest.

The older dude with a baseball cap and a predator tattoo on his leg is Rob Halford.

Very mellow.

I have seen him there like 10 times in the past few years and the staff know him by name.

And yes he is a homo.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=permabear][quote=urbanrealtor]Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.[/quote]

So… Rob Halford frequents Subway??[/quote]

Seriously.
Go to the Subway at 4th and University in Hillcrest.

The older dude with a baseball cap and a predator tattoo on his leg is Rob Halford.

Very mellow.

I have seen him there like 10 times in the past few years and the staff know him by name.

And yes he is a homo.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=permabear][quote=urbanrealtor]Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.[/quote]

So… Rob Halford frequents Subway??[/quote]

Seriously.
Go to the Subway at 4th and University in Hillcrest.

The older dude with a baseball cap and a predator tattoo on his leg is Rob Halford.

Very mellow.

I have seen him there like 10 times in the past few years and the staff know him by name.

And yes he is a homo.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=permabear][quote=urbanrealtor]Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.[/quote]

So… Rob Halford frequents Subway??[/quote]

Seriously.
Go to the Subway at 4th and University in Hillcrest.

The older dude with a baseball cap and a predator tattoo on his leg is Rob Halford.

Very mellow.

I have seen him there like 10 times in the past few years and the staff know him by name.

And yes he is a homo.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=permabear][quote=urbanrealtor]Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.[/quote]

So… Rob Halford frequents Subway??[/quote]

Seriously.
Go to the Subway at 4th and University in Hillcrest.

The older dude with a baseball cap and a predator tattoo on his leg is Rob Halford.

Very mellow.

I have seen him there like 10 times in the past few years and the staff know him by name.

And yes he is a homo.

[urbanrealtor]

So this is weird.
We were walking out of the East Market (which is an open air farmer’s market type affair) and were walking down the street and I saw I giant inflatable purple spider.

Thats not the weird part.

I turned the stroller around so my son could get a better look.
My wife said, “hon, you’re blocking people”.
I turned and stood to get out of the way.
As I apologized, I realized that the folks I was blocking were Anna and Ben Bernanke.

Damn if the secret service doesn’t look the same in windbreakers and polo shirts.

While I am sure some ass-bag will now tell me I did a service by blocking him, I really just thought it was funny.

Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.

[urbanrealtor]

So this is weird.
We were walking out of the East Market (which is an open air farmer’s market type affair) and were walking down the street and I saw I giant inflatable purple spider.

Thats not the weird part.

I turned the stroller around so my son could get a better look.
My wife said, “hon, you’re blocking people”.
I turned and stood to get out of the way.
As I apologized, I realized that the folks I was blocking were Anna and Ben Bernanke.

Damn if the secret service doesn’t look the same in windbreakers and polo shirts.

While I am sure some ass-bag will now tell me I did a service by blocking him, I really just thought it was funny.

Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.

[urbanrealtor]

So this is weird.
We were walking out of the East Market (which is an open air farmer’s market type affair) and were walking down the street and I saw I giant inflatable purple spider.

Thats not the weird part.

I turned the stroller around so my son could get a better look.
My wife said, “hon, you’re blocking people”.
I turned and stood to get out of the way.
As I apologized, I realized that the folks I was blocking were Anna and Ben Bernanke.

Damn if the secret service doesn’t look the same in windbreakers and polo shirts.

While I am sure some ass-bag will now tell me I did a service by blocking him, I really just thought it was funny.

Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.

[urbanrealtor]

So this is weird.
We were walking out of the East Market (which is an open air farmer’s market type affair) and were walking down the street and I saw I giant inflatable purple spider.

Thats not the weird part.

I turned the stroller around so my son could get a better look.
My wife said, “hon, you’re blocking people”.
I turned and stood to get out of the way.
As I apologized, I realized that the folks I was blocking were Anna and Ben Bernanke.

Damn if the secret service doesn’t look the same in windbreakers and polo shirts.

While I am sure some ass-bag will now tell me I did a service by blocking him, I really just thought it was funny.

Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.

[urbanrealtor]

So this is weird.
We were walking out of the East Market (which is an open air farmer’s market type affair) and were walking down the street and I saw I giant inflatable purple spider.

Thats not the weird part.

I turned the stroller around so my son could get a better look.
My wife said, “hon, you’re blocking people”.
I turned and stood to get out of the way.
As I apologized, I realized that the folks I was blocking were Anna and Ben Bernanke.

Damn if the secret service doesn’t look the same in windbreakers and polo shirts.

While I am sure some ass-bag will now tell me I did a service by blocking him, I really just thought it was funny.

Kind of like the first time I saw Rob Halford at Subway or when I asked Jewel to move so I could make a pool shot at the Casbah.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=afx114]

Jealous you were there![/quote]

I second that. has been following it peripherally all day.

so does the 250k attendance figure put out by the media sound about right?

sure beats the 87k from Glenn Beck.[/quote]

Somewhere between 200 and 250 I figure.

It was great.

And crowded as hell.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=afx114]

Jealous you were there![/quote]

I second that. has been following it peripherally all day.

so does the 250k attendance figure put out by the media sound about right?

sure beats the 87k from Glenn Beck.[/quote]

Somewhere between 200 and 250 I figure.

It was great.

And crowded as hell.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=afx114]

Jealous you were there![/quote]

I second that. has been following it peripherally all day.

so does the 250k attendance figure put out by the media sound about right?

sure beats the 87k from Glenn Beck.[/quote]

Somewhere between 200 and 250 I figure.

It was great.

And crowded as hell.

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