[A Colossal Wreck Quotes

“Someone sailing on a Gaza flotilla or staring down a line of sneering, rabid cops is not very likely to be referred to by our political/media elites as 'in harm's way”
― Alexander Cockburn, [A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture] [By: Cockburn, Alexander] [September, 2013]

“It's depressing to think that we'll have to endure Obamaspeak for months, if not years to come: a pulp of boosterism about the American dream, interspersed with homilies about putting factionalism and party divisions behind us and moving on. I used to think Senator Joe Lieberman was the man whose words I'd least like to be force fed at top volume if I was chained next to a loudspeaker in Camp Gitmo, but I think Obama is worse. I've never heard a politician so careful not to offend conventional elite opinion while pretending to be fearless and forthright.”
― Alexander Cockburn, [A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture] [By: Cockburn, Alexander] [September, 2013]

“Of course, many rituals in our society have a furtive homicidal intent”
― Alexander Cockburn, [A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture] [By: Cockburn, Alexander] [September, 2013]