http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/11/25/the-day-they-laughed-at-the-poor/ Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/11/25/the-day-they-laughed-at-the-poor/#comment-2779 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:07:19 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=630#comment-2779 [...] What happened to the grand American tradition of at least being a little ashamed and even secretive about your selfishness? Now, apparently, you can boldly and even proudly trumpet your belief that your good fortune should not be extended to others. [...]

]]> http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/11/25/the-day-they-laughed-at-the-poor/#comment-428 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:10:32 +0000 http://sgorelick.wordpress.com/?p=630#comment-428 I was stunned when Giuliani, of all people,, started parroting the anti-organizer lines. Not that I imagined he was bulletproof (far from it), but does he not know how vital social work is to the city he was the mayor of? Beyond the hate, the racism, and the fear-mongering of Giuliani’s career, the one element that sticks out to me is the bizarre brain-wiping of his time in New York, the new big-city bias emerging as if he was an android refitted with new memories. Through my family, I knew Giuliani and we were on a first name basis, but I haven’t seen him in the last four years, and if I were to see him again, I would hope he didn’t feed me bullshit face to face.

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