I’ve been living on the wrong side of the country! Shit!
JYA May 13, 2007
This Guardian article is so typical, I had to share. Reading it, you can’t believe that a Vanity Fair editor would have the gall to write it, much less allow it to be printed.
One of the posted comments captured my reaction precisely: “Jessica, the ‘Americans are stupid’ thing is painfully, painfully, Junior Year Abroad. Stop it. Immediately.”
The Huffington Post placed the link to Coen’s piece next to Mitt Romney’s response to the question “What do you dislike most about America?”
For those of us who weren’t watching, here’s his response:
Romney: Gosh. I love America. I’m afraid I’m going to be at a loss for words because America for me is not just our rolling mountains and hills and streams and great cities. It’s the American people.
And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people.
It’s that optimism we thank Ronald Reagan for. Thank you, Mrs. Reagan, for opening up this place in his memory for us. It is that optimism about this great people that makes this the greatest nation on earth.
/quotation [from the transcript at MSNBC]
Jon Stewart did a segment on the debate, and this was one of the moments he mentioned.
Just one last thing to say about the Coen piece- and why I considered titling this post “You are who you work for”: it was October 2005, I think.
Are my Suburban roots showing? April 24, 2007
In other news, can May 1st get here already? I’m anxiously awaiting Feist’s new album, and would rather pay for it in dollars (instead of pounds).
Purdah and the Veil March 20, 2007
This verdict really upsets me. I’m going to figure out why after I finish this paper… check back later.
Seeking a Challenge March 18, 2007
This NY Times article makes me want to teach. Or at least apply for TFA.
Fingers Crossed March 10, 2007
When I saw the headline, all I could think was “Please not Georgia, please not Georgia!”
State Might Make Pluto a Planet
The article has a pleasant spin to it, but I’m still relieved it’s not out of the Peach State. I’ve got enough to defend (or simply be ashamed of) over here already, thank you.
Easier March 6, 2007
Putting a permalink here means that I won’t have to go searching LexisNexis when I actually have time to read this article. Neither will you!
Another Repeat. February 27, 2007
I heard a piece about this development via my NPR podcast a few days ago. I didn’t think that the classical music world was large enough for this kind of fraud to be pulled off. For her to steal the recordings, they must have already been publicly available. How did no one catch this before?
Joyce Hatto? Probably not. The article is here.
