Some interesting things to ponder on a holiday Monday.
I think that everyone knows that Andrew Sullivan was born and raised in the U.K. This is evident from his writings on his blog and in paper publications. What I think most people do not know is that Mr. Sullivan is, by his own admission, not a U.S. citizen.
That's right: He can't vote.
Most people probably presume that he is a naturalized citizen, due to his incredible interest in domestic politics and his frequent appearances as a Conservative thinker on television programs and the lecture circuit.
Not so.
The silliness of this predicament is beyond my ability to put into words, but ... Let's just say that one of the loudest and proudest voices of the American Conservative movement might be a Conservative ... but he is not an American.
Mr. Sullivan has lived in the U.S. for what could be described as Biblical millenia. I would like to take this opportunity to ask Mr. Sullivan to either a) become a U.S. citizen or b) shut the fuck up about our politics, our society and our culture.
Another interesting thing to ponder:
Glenn Reynolds, hero of the independent, self-sufficient, government-hating "Libertarian right" ... works for the government.
Prof. Reynolds has a sweet government job with all of the benefits -- insurance, pension and lifetime job security. Through the miracle of the "Socialism" he despises, he lives a life of such total comfort that he has little more to do with his time than write forty blog posts a day from his office and issue forth screeds and fatwahs directed at the working people of this nation.
A recommendation to Prof. Reynolds:
Quit your cushy government job now or, really, just shut the fuck up. If you were blogging from a minimum wage floor-sweeping position at Wal-Mart, I might find your self-sufficient Libertarian screeds honest, if not entirely credible. But don't lecture people like me who are struggling in the private sector to survive the system -- not when you enjoy all of the comfort, benefits and security that a government job provides.
I'll be checking back on Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Reynolds in a few months to see whether they have taken up my recommendations.