Reading Ehrenreich Is Good For The Soul.

The Trouble With Blaming Powerless People Is That Although It's Not Nearly As Scary As Blaming The Powerful, It Does Miss The Point. Poor People Do Not Shut Down Factories... Poor People Didn't Decide To Use 'contract Employees' Because They Cost Less And Don't Get Any Benefits.

Humanism Is Not Alive And Well In Texas. Different Colors And Types Of Texans Do Not Like One Another, Nor Do They Pretend To.

There Are Two Kinds Of Humor. One Kind That Makes Us Chuckle About Our Foibles And Our Shared Humanity -- Like What Garrison Keillor Does. The Other Kind Holds People Up To Public Contempt And Ridicule -- That's What I Do. Satire Is Traditionally The Weapon Of The Powerless Against The Powerful. I Only Aim At The Powerful. When Satire Is Aimed At The Powerless, It Is Not Only Cruel -- It's Vulgar.

As They Say Around The Texas Legislature, If You Can't Drink Their Whiskey, Screw Their Women, Take Their Money, And Vote Against 'em Anyway, You Don't Belong In Office.

The Advantage Of Being Able To Identify Sin Is That You Can Go Out And Do It, And Enjoy It.