Wednesday, September 29, 2010
"The Pied Piper of America"
This is about as clear and well written as it could be.
I'm thinking it should be on most "required reading" lists...
I'm thinking it should be on most "required reading" lists...
David Solway writes about it at PajamasMedia.com, and says "It's time to stop the music":
"...there are curious analogies with the career of the current president of the United States. A man of pied heritage and sonorous aptitudes, he appears practically out of nowhere, proceeds to charm the multitudes with his dulcet airs, and promises to heal a country suffering a cultural and political infestation of metaphorical rats: doubt, cynicism, dissatisfaction, weariness, and dissension. Indeed, he vows a 'fundamental transformation' of the current state of affairs, and a vast audience, dazzled by his virtuoso flair for deception, cannot resist his appeal. He raises his pipe to his lips (although, be it said, reading the music off a teleprompter) and before one knows it succeeds in enchanting an entire people who follow him like little children to the wondrous destination he has prepared for them.QUOTED TEXT"
