It's
Not Pretty
When Political Lies Catch Up To You
Listening to soulless Canadian Prime Minister
Stephen Harper diss “the arts” put me in a
pretty foul mood yesterday.
But a couple of things have me back in reasonably good
form today:
2) Watching David Letterman tear a strip
off John McCain for canceling his appearance on The
Late Show, pointing out that McCain lied about his reasons
for ditching the show as Dave discovers that at the
very moment McCain should be in the Late Show studio
he's being interviewed by Katie Couric, just three blocks
away at the CBS News center.
And I'll end on some of Margaret's words
of wisdom:
Mr. Harper's idea of an ordinary person
is that of an envious hater without a scrap of artistic
talent or creativity or curiosity, and no appreciation
for anything that's attractive or beautiful. My idea
of an ordinary person is quite different...I suggest
that considering the huge amount of energy we spend
on creative activity, to be creative is “ordinary.”
It is an age-long and normal human characteristic:
All children are born creative. It's the lack of any
appreciation of these activities that is not ordinary.
Mr. Harper has demonstrated that he has no knowledge
of, or respect for, the capacities and interests of
“ordinary people.” He's the “niche
interest.” Not us.
It's
Not Pretty
