"Do you want me to fix your leaky toilet?Here we have the perfect example of the pseudo-intellectual Mr. Egan, ranting away at the potential good fortune of someone who actually has the temerity to work for a living. The fact the our plumber friend does not actually have to be licensed for domestic (non-commercial) work in the state of Ohio is something to be used against him because..... oh yeah - because Egan wants to. Let's license writers, perhaps, and see how far Egan gets.
I didn’t think so. And I don’t want you writing books. Not when too many good novelists remain unpublished. Not when too many extraordinary histories remain unread. Not when too many riveting memoirs are kicked back at authors after 10 years of toil. Not when voices in Iran, North Korea or China struggle to get past a censor’s gate.
Joe, a k a Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, was no good as a citizen, having failed to pay his full share of taxes, no good as a plumber, not being fully credentialed, and not even any good as a faux American icon. Who could forget poor John McCain at his most befuddled, calling out for his working-class surrogate on a day when Joe stiffed him."
Poor J. the P. owes back taxes - something else to demonize him for. But take a look at the rolls of those who are in the same position; and you will find hundreds of thousands working people who have come upon hard times, and , again, work for a living actually doing things and performing services that create (taxable) income. "Bad People", says Mr. Tim who don't sit on their asses all day putting pen to paper....
So lets have a Blue Ribbon Panel (call Chuck Schumer, he'd love to participate) to decide who gets published and who doesn't. Call it the Ministry of Information & Truth - just perfect for the Obama crazies who want The People to decide everything. The Fairness Doctrine awaits, folks. Beware......
Update: Thank God I wasn't the only one who took exception to Egan's stupidity......
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