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A passing observation that came up at lunch with some colleagues: Green Eggs and Ham is a thematically odd book for Cruz to read during a filibuster aimed a propagating a rigid ideological goal. After all, the book is about a fellow who goes on and on and on about how much he detests something, only to allow empirical evidence to change his mind.
This is pretty much the opposite of a filibuster, yes?
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@Michael Slobodchikoff: Maybe Cruz thinks of himself as Sam-I-Am? 😉
Headline of the day:
Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’
(I like expertise more than most but this one reaches beyond the grave …)
If I recall correctly, Alex Keaton in Family Ties gave his young brother a childrens’ book “What’s mine is mine.” Hilarity ensued.
Some good reading:
Why We Should Choose Science over Beliefs
By Michael Shermer who let data overturn his libertarianism, on specific topics.
He’s the Canadian Sam-I-Am. The debates will soon start as to whether or not he is eligible to run for president.
Don’t the reactionaries realize they should not read books to their children on C-SPAN2, unless the books provide appropriate political instruction? A better choice would have been “Never Miss a Chance to Indoctrinate Your Children”
Or perhaps something more delusional, like, “Why the Civil War had nothing to do with Slavery,” or “Vince Foster and the Muslim Brotherhood: How they Founded ACORN”
@Steven L. Taylor:
That doesn’t fit with his usage, but I guess that doesn’t preclude him thinking that.
@John Peabody: Isn’t Cruz reading from Atlas Shrugged pretty much a “dog bites man” kind of situation?
@Grewgills: I suspect you are quite correct.
