Great post on America

Tom Sullivan has been blogging over at digby's place for the past couple of weeks, and he is something else. He's perceptive and has a magical way of saying things. I'm totally impressed.

Now, blogger rules say that I should paste a telling paragraph or two here, to lure you in. But you know what? His post is short and I want you to read it in full. This way you'll feel the magic.

And then, of course, you'll feel sad about this failed country of ours. But hey, you read a good writer! I hope Sullivan sticks around. He's a gem.

Digby on conservatives and satire

An echo from digby this morning about the topic I raised a few posts down, i.e., conservatives don't get satire:

This "study" is called "The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report."

Except, you know, the liberals are not "seeing what they want to see." It is satire! That is not an opinion. The liberals are factually correct and the conservatives are blithering idiots.