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i was thinking about elphaba's last point--contrary to what the right likes to pretend is the case, what exactly constitutes "a liberal"? is there "a" liberal position? is there "a" liberal market?
most of the left folk that i know--and i know alot of them--do not define themselves around the conservative notion of what their opposite is. most use the word "liberal" with a degree of contempt. and none of them listen to air america--they know about it, but--i dont know,maybe it's the format. most listen to democracy now, bbc, to a lesser extent npr (which they complain about for its ineffectual coverage and blandness). most read though. you know, newspapers and books and other such. i dont know if talk radio functions in the same way for folk who take in lots of different kinds of information--the folk i know (fewer) who listened to limbaugh et al seemed to do it FOR the information first and the political gloss second... so i dont know.
gotta go
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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