May 18, 2004

National Mistake

*** Advance Warning: This post is not political ***

I got my most recent issue of The Nation in the mail today. It's cover is "EXIT: How to get out of Iraq" and this feature piece is composed of open letters from leftist luminaries explaining this and that. I'll spoil it for you: Bush is a liar, Iraq is Vietnam. I supposed having Noam Chonsky listed as one of the participants should have given me plenty of advance warning on what to expect.

At any rate, I flipped through the rest of it while waiting for coffee at the local cafe, sporting my new Ronald Reagan / Che Guevara T-shirt, and skimmed through the Eric Alterman piece and some other stuff. While going through the ads in the back, I thought about what a terrible mistake I'd made in subscribing to this 'magazine'. The content has been one-note (guess what note) every issue I've gotten to date. Isn't there some point where the converted get sick of preaching? Oh wait... maybe not.

The worst thing about my subscription to The Nation is that they sold my address to countless leftist organizations, grass-roots I'm sure, who pack my mailbox with everything from Communist party applications to DNC donation surveys. Even if I was a leftist, I would be pissed that my mailbox had been whored out to some evil, capitalist, highest-bidder. I look at all this junk mail and think - what happened to worrying about the trees? I suppose that's why I don't get anything from the Green party.

Good for them. Maybe I'll send them a donation.

Posted by Matt at May 18, 2004 01:58 PM
Comments

what did you expect to find in the Nation? its a LEFTY magazine. that's like saying you subscribed to Playboy, but were surprised by so many naked women. btw, my magazine is hiring a news editor. look on mediabistro.

Posted by: becca at May 19, 2004 08:32 AM

There was some lag, and some impatience, that caused the multiple posts. The shirt is rad, although sporting my new jelly belly in a size S... is problematic. Tho, on the other hand, maybe it fits.

Posted by: Matt at May 19, 2004 08:25 AM

I like this post, one of the better ones. Did I mention I HATE junk mail in any shape or form? There should be laws to allow severe beating for even sending a pizza menu.

Posted by: Paul at May 19, 2004 05:15 AM

Do unto others??? You got your mailbox crammed full of shit so you spammed your blog with the same post over and over?

Rad shirt.

Posted by: scratchymonkey at May 18, 2004 10:02 PM