Dreamlike

[poliphilo]

There is something dreamlike about the defeat of Rupert Murdoch. A fortnight ago his tanks were on our lawn. Now they're gone. And it took so little to shift them.  

Once again we've seen what an illusory thing power is- how much it depends upon bluff. 

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

A very apt thought for Bastille Day.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is rather dreamlike: first the "Arab Spring" and now this.

Events are moving rapidly here in the States, too. In case you haven't heard, the Republicans are threatening to deliberately crash the US economy, probably taking the world economy with it. Worse, it has emerged that Republican leadership is so weak, and their Teabilly caucus so divorced from reality, that they may not be able to avert the coming catastrophe, even if hostage negotiations result in a deal.

Ironically, and not too surprisingly, it was the supposed genius of Rupert Murdoch that brought us to this astounding state of affairs.