I like this Bright Eyes kid. [View All]

http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/011305/cover_music.html


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M: After the election, there was endless analysis of the so-called red-state/blue-state divide. You seem ideally placed to weigh in on that.

CO: Well, it's not that people here are stupid. They're somewhat traditional and they're somewhat slow to change and they fall for the pseudo-nationalism/patriotism that's being thrust upon them, but they're also very practical. Once Middle America realizes that the Bush administration is only serving the smallest sliver of the population - big business, the wealthiest of Americans and the extreme Christian right - and once they realize that all the jobs that have been lost aren't coming back and three more neighbourhood kids have gone off and died for no reason, public opinion is gonna shift. My fear isn't that people aren't gonna catch on to Bush's bullshit, it's the damage that he can do in the next four years.

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This kid has his head on straight. He was talking about Omaha. I have lived in Nebraska and I have in-laws living there now. He hit the nail on the head. This is why I think it is a smart move when people like Franken and Maher seek to remove any barriers caused by polarity. It is just a smart move. It is true compassion, and it is smart compassion.