We're in power because we like it. We're in power because we enjoy punishing people. We're in power because we enjoy owning people. We enjoy telling them what they can do.
Somehow it made me think on the current scandals - IRS, investigating journalists, Fast & Furious - and wonder what Hitch would have to say.
Actually, I don't much wonder.
This performance is a delight to watch - Hitchens talks for 90 minutes with no notes. His death was a huge loss.
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That it was, and I'll watch the whole thing later tonight. Thanks!
He'd be screaming about the Obama administration hounding journalists, I'd think. I'm glad I got to exchange emails with him a few times before he left us.
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