Oh Dan, you make my knees wobble.
Best, Kerry
At 12:17 PM 02/05/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> Dear Jacques,
>
> You like to like to live dangerously don't
you?
>
> Dan Fortune, if he were still living in the U.S.,
thinks the present
>"situation" is the most anti-democratic, anti-working
man, anti-thinking
>man, anti-individual, anti-freedom, right-wing,
empire-building era since
>the time of the robber barons, child labor, the
sixteen hour work day, and
>the railroads in the late 1800s. And our era doesn't
even have the colorful
>freebooters of those days, but armies of faceless
censors, accountants, and
>corporate executives.
>
> On the other hand, Dan points out that it may also
be the first time in
>American history that the military option takes
center stage in our national
>affairs.
>
> He thinks we are a nation afraid: hence the
military, the fundamentalists,
>and John Ashcroft.
>
> He thinks his entire life has been watching the Mark
Hannas, the Andrew
>Mellons, slowly tear down all the hated social and
human gains brought about
>by the Great Depression and Franklin Roosevelt. Until
today it is as if
>that high point in American history never
happened.
>
> You asked for it, so there it is. I hope Dan hasn't
offended half the
>list.
>
> And if you want to know where Dan Fortune is now,
you'll have to wait
>while I write that book.
>
> Dennis-Michael, etc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacques Debierue" <
matrxtech@yahoo.com>
> To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:40 AM
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Welcome to Mr.
Lynds
>
>
> > I would like to join in welcoming maestro
Lynds, a writer whose work I
>have enjoyed for
> > decades.
> >
> > My question: What does Dan Fortune think of,
er, the current situation?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > MrT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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