Reporter's Notebook: Charles Faris

Charles Faris's Latest Comments

  • gone fishin'
    Hunter Thompson (1937-2005) and the Art of Listening
    February 22, 2005 - 11:37am
  • alliances light and dark
    Gary Webb: Do What He Did
    December 16, 2004 - 6:10pm
  • tank blockers
    Magnetic fake yellow ribbons, credit cards, and U.S. soldiers
    December 10, 2004 - 2:21pm
  • civil society
    Brazil's Lula to Sign Drug Decriminalization Decree on Nov. 24
    November 24, 2004 - 3:07pm
  • it looks good on paper...
    Brazil's Lula to Sign Drug Decriminalization Decree on Nov. 24
    November 23, 2004 - 12:56am

Authentic Politics

so the lumbering giant is starting up presidential politics again and we all know what that means to the rest of the world. i had a few misgivings last time around about al's support for the guy that lost, but i liked his running mate, he seemed like a straight shooter with an open mind. now it looks like he is making a move to change the entire political field...a politician talking aobut conditioning and authenticity?

"we're so conditioned. we're conditioned to say the same things, we're conditioned to say what's safe, we're conditioned to be political, and it's hard to shed all that. i can be in the middle of being what feels real and authentic to me and i'll get into a little reel in my head; i can see it happening and i have to pull myself back out."

jeez...a politician talking about the genuine human condition?

http://oneamericacommittee.com/media/jre-tv/webiso

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please note this is not an endorsement or anything like that...i'm just interested and moved by some of this talk...i'd like to see more of it. not just by politicians, but by writers, policemen, husbands, wives, parents, children...

let 'em eat bush: an immodest proposal

yep. the dream of a liberal america is over. i'm waving my white flag high. it's time for the coasts and the cities to focus on taking care of their own. and if the heartland is so in love with republican values, well, let's let them live with them for a while. let 'em live with low minimum wage, no unions, lousy health care...all that shit the coasts and the cities have tried to legislate and even pay for...it's easy to see now why the liberals have been taking such a beating for the past twenty years...

how much are we willing to pay at the pump?

this abu ghraib/guantanamo bay/haiti situation is such a load of bullshit. and if the democrats really gave a shit about the situation "overseas" even a tenth as much as they care about the situation in their own back yard then this story would have broken six months ago or never even happened at all. if they gave a shit and so paid attention. assholes. lying sacks of shit.

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