Damn, girl. I've missed your fire. Oh, and I'm utterly jealous of the way you can turn a phrase. The whole Protestant line made me laugh out loud and yell at my sister that I had to read to her pretty much half of this essay.
It's good to have you back. Not that you were gone exactly. Just... dunno. That's how it feels. :)
"callous Tory mismanagement" "that particular malicious incompetence which has defined the British ruling classes for centuries"
?? Do you really think incompetence and mismanagement has more to do with this than plain ideology and desire? It's always been about what the ruling class and their mouthpieces have wanted (buttressed by ideology); bringing the question of competency into the mix doesn't help. They rarely have the ability to play five-dimensional chess, but they don't need that level of skill, intelligence, or competency to get their way.
"Do they owe us a living? Of course they fucking do."
Please. It's like demanding your money back from a thief. You don't beg for it: you stop the thief from doing it ever again (after _taking_ your money back).
Damn, girl. I've missed your fire. Oh, and I'm utterly jealous of the way you can turn a phrase. The whole Protestant line made me laugh out loud and yell at my sister that I had to read to her pretty much half of this essay.
It's good to have you back. Not that you were gone exactly. Just... dunno. That's how it feels. :)
"callous Tory mismanagement" "that particular malicious incompetence which has defined the British ruling classes for centuries"
?? Do you really think incompetence and mismanagement has more to do with this than plain ideology and desire? It's always been about what the ruling class and their mouthpieces have wanted (buttressed by ideology); bringing the question of competency into the mix doesn't help. They rarely have the ability to play five-dimensional chess, but they don't need that level of skill, intelligence, or competency to get their way.
"Do they owe us a living? Of course they fucking do."
Please. It's like demanding your money back from a thief. You don't beg for it: you stop the thief from doing it ever again (after _taking_ your money back).