There are times politics all starts to make this Simpsons Halloween special appear a little too accurate. And it’s times like those that the words and actions of Ralph Nader and Ron Paul start to sound like a refreshing splash of realism to wash the shit stains of cynicism and subsequent indifference off my A-Team pajamas. And I imagine any person capable of thinking deeper than the frighteningly common instances of tribal good vs. evil, A vs. not-A, sports mentality politics so commonly nourished by the punditocracy of the major media has succumbed to this type of apathy…myself included.
A brief history, if I must: (more…)
