Doesn’t happen often.  Somebody writes way better or what’s written so surprises ‘Fork he’s stomped flat in admiration.  This week, it’s one of each.  Oh sure, there are better written and more surprising snippets of stuff every day . . . but not whole essays.  Not often.

Somebody writes way better

Bo-Bo’s Burden*

Please, read this and weep for your America, then steel yourself to carve out better tomorrows.  The URL’s yours to bear witness to the whole essay.

“Obama and the Burden of Exceptionalism:  Post-'60s liberals, with the president as their standard bearer, seek to make a virtue of decline” By Shelby Steele, The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2011 (’Fork apologizes for lateness in this reference; and he’s sure whatever your disquietude with ’Fork’s not staying between his usual, weekly timelines that, once you’re read this masterpiece, you’ll get over it.)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576532623176115558.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

*‘Bo-Bo’ or, alternatively, ‘Bo’ is a/k/a for Barack Hussein Obama II and may be pronounced either ‘boe’ or ‘boo’ depending on which seems more respectful.

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What’s written so surprises ‘Fork he’s stomped flat in admiration

Not only was this a surprise to the geezer, it also surprised the writer of this essay.

“NY Times: Sarah Palin’s ideas cross the political divide” Posted by The Right Scoop on September 9, 2011 in Politics at http://www.therightscoop.com/ny-times-sarah-palins-ideas-cross-the-political-divide/  [Ed.: original author Anand Giridharadas.]

“So here is something I never thought I would write: a column about Sarah Palin’s ideas.

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“She made three interlocking points. First, that the United States is now governed by a ‘permanent political class,’ drawn from both parties, that is increasingly cut off from the concerns of regular people. Second, that these Republicans and Democrats have allied with big business to mutual advantage to create what she called ‘corporate crony capitalism.’ Third, that the real political divide in the United States may no longer be between friends and foes of Big Government, but between friends and foes of vast, remote, unaccountable institutions (both public and private).”

Read for fuller presentation at the URL just above.

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