Thursday, April 15, 2010
Oddly appropriate fashion accessory
Seeing Dick Armey dressed up like a cowboy today, I was reminded that very briefly, almost thirty years ago, I actually liked George Will:
Admittedly, George Will wrote that column twenty-nine years ago; much has changed since then.
Compared to some cowboys -- symbols of rugged individualism: hairy chested, leathery skinned, crow's feet around the eyes -- who use heavily subsidized water, graze their cattle on public land for a pittance, and have their market protected by beef import quotas -- compared to such Marlboro men, the average inner-city welfare mother is the soul of self-reliance.
Admittedly, George Will wrote that column twenty-nine years ago; much has changed since then.
