tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post7063132855913680451..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: Fear-Mongering and War-Mongering Go Hand-In-HandVigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-78212446513147494772006-05-19T07:04:00.000-07:002006-05-19T07:04:00.000-07:00Thanks for the read!Thanks for the read!Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-8268606067008620082006-05-18T23:02:00.000-07:002006-05-18T23:02:00.000-07:00You've posted a thought provoking and thoughtf...You've posted a thought provoking and thoughtful re-enterpretation of Burnett's essay.<br><br>Your words end up making much more sense than Burnett's own suggestions. You give him much more credit than he deserves.<br><br>And thank you for reading and commenting on my blog which tangentally addressed the same Burnett essay.the WIZARD, fkaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-41644104333646780882006-05-08T09:29:00.000-07:002006-05-08T09:29:00.000-07:00I think it is important to emphasize that Burnett ...I think it is important to emphasize that Burnett is not alluding to Georges Sorel's use of the myth of the general strike as some kind of path to the destruction of the current capitalist order, leading to socialism or some other notion of utopia. Burnett's meaning, as I read him, is a last-minute, stop-gap measure to deter Bushies from promulgating a stampede of the electorate by bombing Iran and becoming a war-time president, thrice-over. <br><br>As Vigil says, just to get us to November.Malfrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011433504243655172noreply@blogger.com