Another shameless "I heart Matt Taibbi" post.

I know, I know, you're probably a bit tired of hearing me bang on about how much I love Matt Taibbi.

But I do.*

Do consider reading his latest at Rolling Stone, Hurricane Sandy and the Myth of the Big-Government-vs.-Small-Government Debate. And if you don't have time to read it, just read one of my favorite quotes from it:

"In the abstract, most Americans want a smaller and less intrusive government. In reality, what Americans really want is a government that spends less money on other people."

Amen, brother. That's one of those quotes I wish I could just print out on a notecard, and silently hand to people when they want to engage me in any sort of political discussion.

*And I hope he and his are safe--sounds like he lives in Jersey City, which was hard hit by Sandy.

Comments

[Care]

I hurts so much to watch the slow recovery to the devastation; especially the frustrations and the expressions of frustration of not being helped fast enoug. Oh, and the whole 'should we Marathon or not?' stuff. So sad.

[Citizen Reader]

Care,
I know it's different when I'm the one without power, but frankly, I can't believe how quickly NY is managing to get going again. Must be a mess to fix all that electric, cables, flooding etc.--I certainly wouldn't know how to do it. It's actually a scary reminder how entwined we all are with electricity--not only heat and light, of course, but cell phones, electric door locks, etc.
For a good personal perspective this week, read author Stacy Horn's blog: http://www.echonyc.com/~horn/stacy/ She's not able to post much as she must still be without power, but she's a lifelong New Yorker and always offers a fair perspective.

[lesbrarian]

Do you think Matt Taibbi would be interested in having a librarian harem?

[Citizen Reader]

Lesbrarian,
I don't know about Matt Taibbi but I am INTO it. :) I've always said what all women (even married women, perhaps particularly married women) really need is a good wife.

Or, if we were really thinking, what we would do is set up a harem for ourselves, starting with Taibbi and The Oatmeal.

[Sarah]

I've started to troll the online site so that I can find his latest . . . . this did not disappoint. You are totally right about the "money quote", as it were.