Thursday, August 12, 2004
So long, suckers!
Headed off to Florida for a wedding (not mine). See you next week.
In the meanwhile, check out this interview with Thomas Frank, editor of The Baffler and author of the new book "What's the Matter with Kansas?"
An excerpt:
The reason I say there’s something “the matter” with all this is that, in becoming more and more conservative, Kansas is voting against its own economic interests. Large parts of the state are in deep economic crisis—in many cases a crisis either brought on or worsened by the free-market policies of the Republican party—and yet the state’s voters insist on re-electing the very people who are screwing them, running up colossal majorities for George Bush, lowering taxes and privatizing and deregulating, even when these things are manifestly unhealthy for the state.
For those interested, Comrade Max weighs in on this subject in these posts (start at the bottom, and work your way up).
