One could be a long time follower of the deceptive crafts, a long time lover of the of parochial crafts of the political operative. One can be a long time follower of all of the stars of all of the games, all of the felons of all of the games. The ribald, the antiquated, those with the endearing mouths full of fun and fancy, gibberish and noise …these make me proud. The grand and the intense, the frolicsome and the tedious, the major harmonies and bittersweet songs of the eminently sincere….these make me weep. The lure of a molten train wreck……the stuff of legend and the lifeblood of the passing scene.
Statistics, Damned statistics, damned lies. The godly rational saints give us all gusto and purpose.
Two examples of the world as it is lived.
Lynnell Hancock Columbia Journalism Review
http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/tested.php
From The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18483411
It takes a lot to be sure of a lot.
Lust Games / Void Games / Politics 
Cold warm water
Posted in Commentary, News, Politics, Uncategorized, writing with tags Commentary, economics, Health, Lies damned lies and statistics, political education, political fiction, political intrigue, politics, Public interest, social criticism, Stress, writing on April 28, 2011 by B SchiffSick questions are here to stay. Sick questions are here today, tomorrow, forever and a day. The weepers, the shouters, the deadly droll. Paper our hearts with flimsy tears. Paper our pockets with dew. The streets of mulch turn fallow and dry. The seeds of doubt are ever planted.
The worry. The grumble. The game of the lame The worry. The predicament. In sickness and in health . Beyond reproach the dead bargain away our time. The dear seal our longings with the kiss. The true kiss our longings with a seal. Futures to go. To have and to have not. To will and to will not.
Simple colds and dead stress. Cold warm water. To live and die too damned well.
New Yorker…Bitter Pill
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2011/05/02/110502ta_talk_surowiecki
Fortune Magazine Allan Sloan
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/15/paul-ryan-medicare-reform-hocus-pocus/
The dumb …… the honored creed. The rancid bastards …… the true.
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