Masters of War

Posted on December 28, 2006
Filed Under Politics |

Former president Gerald Ford is dead, they say. He was a nice guy, they say. Me, I’m waiting to see the last of Rumsfeld, Kissinger, & Cheney, all of whom the nice guy helped launch into American politics. In the memorable words of Bob Dylan, “I’ll stand over your graves ’til I’m sure that you’re dead.” No better than Pinochet, who they also say is dead. In this obituary mood, let’s ask ourselves, Who did more good for America, Gerald Ford or James Brown? Both will be lying in state at the same time, one in the Capitol rotunda, one in the Apollo Theater in Harlem — which man spoke most directly & passionately to the tradition of American freedom?