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The Village Brains: Unoccupied territory
This Washington Post article is vomit inducing. Is it possible that Washington DC is that fatuous? Looks like. The reporters, perhaps, don’t even realize how utterly insulting their article is. Or maybe they do. I can’t really tell. The Washington insiders probably have no clue, either. They just know they have a problem: They NEED to dig up some black friends for the new social season. Holy moly.
Unbelieveable. Abosolutely.
I think I will wait to read that one. Muscles relaxers and wine kicking in and I am feeling to fine to go there lol. I will just take you word for it!
my word is catnip, I could use some of that too!
Be careful about mixing your meds. But, yes, you should be swinging from the chandeliers soon. I hope those little metal rods and bolts are up to all this shoveling.
LOL. One glass just makes them kick in faster! Going to go curl up with a book in a few. Will feel even better then!
Lest we forget David Broder on Clinton:
"He came in here and he trashed the place,” says Washington Post columnist David Broder, “and it’s not his place.”
Of course, that was Sally Quinn, self-appointed Queen of the Village herself.
I was too young to realize what it was like when I went all through high school ten miles outside the city, but DC is a company town and the company is government. It’s insular.
There’s some hope, I think (I like Roxanne Roberts, one of the co-authors; she appears on “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me", and I expect Peter Sagal will tease her about this thing next time she’s on); the phrase “palace courtiers” appears at the bottom of Page One, which implies at least a bit of laughter at the foolishness of it.
The thing that gave me pause was the somewhat Swiftian phrase “Overnight, black politicians, lawyers and journalists are hot properties” which I don’t think anyone with a gram of self-awareness (or any other kind for that matter) could say unless it was with tongue firmly lodged in cheek.
Would bet that Sally Quinn is among those frantically searching for a suitable black politician, lawyer, or journalist for her infamous guest lists. Would love to be a fly on some of the walls in that “Southern” city because I’ll bet it’s in quite a state right now.
Ok, now I just have to go read this lol. But not until after I shovel another 6-8 inches, maybe more?, of snow. I can’t freaking believe this! My muscles hurt, my bones hurt. Enough!
my word is Anubis. Um, I hope that is not a sign or something! But, this snow could very well be the death of me lol.
Vernon Jordan, who’s been a DC “fixer” for years and years, will never again have to buy his own dinner and drinks.
As usual, Stephen Colbert was way ahead of the curve. He began his search for a New Black Friend nearly three years ago.
Vernon Jordan seems a little ambivalent about the sticking power of this new trend in DC, while his wife seems much more optimistic. But we’re talking about the Villagers here and they don’t seem to think much beyond the next dinner party. They remind me of little schools of fish who change directions on a dime because it’s what the head fish is doing and they don’t really know or care why.
Dontcha love Stephen Colbert?