I apologize for my absence of late. If you knew the reasons why I was preoccupied, you would forgive me . . . but these are things I wouldn't want to burden you with. Obviously there is a big hole here without the great Uncle $cam. My question to you is: what direction would you like to see American Samizdat go in? Any and all input would be appreciated. This site will not die. It will go on . . . I and Philip Shropshire at least will put new energy into it. But your suggestions would definitely be appreciated, thank you. :)
[Btw, me and Philip previously worked together on Warblogger Watch, which used to be mined with a one minute redirect, but this was taken off recently. I am very proud of our work here.]
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
"Mass-market nostalgia gets you hopped up for a past that never existed. Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gestures as moments of great moral weight. Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight."
--James Ellroy, American Tabloid
Ensure a Free and Fair Election (Ban Paperless Voting Machines
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."