When it came to skewering mean, vapid and greedy politicos, there was no one like Ivins. You could always count on her to knock the high and mighty down a few pegs, and make you laugh and feel outraged at the same time. It was a hellava combination.
The Chronicle carried a wonderful tribute to her, written by her long-time friend and editor Anthony Zurcher, as well as an obituary.
Do yourself a favor and read her last column, Stand Against the Surge. As Ivins put it,
We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge.... We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, "Stop it, now!"Then do our country a favor and take her advice.
1 comment:
Hi Cynthia,
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind Kyle and myself coming a few minutes before your class tonight to try and get some more people interested in the club?
My cell phone is (916)715-3706; I can also be reached at andrew.venegas@gmail.com . If not that's fine as well. I don't want to disrupt anything.
P.S. Your class blog is looking good!
Post a Comment