Neo Con Game: The Bookie of Virtue

[arisbe]

William J. Bennett has made millions lecturing people on morality--and blown it on gambling, according to The Washington Monthly Online.

Those who supported Mr. Morality for the NEH job two decades ago were still attacking the memory of Mel Bradford, the man he beat out for it, as the split between Neocons and Paleos came into the public debate over the opening campaign of the Neocons' World War Four.

Ideas do have consequences, don't they?

Comments

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

that shocks me about bennett. it's easy to be blind to our own pet sins, isn't it? (i say that knowing i'm blind to some of my own.)

Gambling

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Is about as close to a victimless crime as you can get, if you are rich.

There may be some inner compulsion to throw away wealth you suspect you didn't quite earn.

Re: Gambling

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I tend to forgive people for that sort of thing, but I'll make an exception in his case. That's one of the meanings of "Judge not that ye be not judged."

Re: Gambling

[bete-noire.livejournal.com]

There may be some inner compulsion to throw away wealth you suspect you didn't quite earn.

Fraudian Self-analysis on his part.
:}

You flatter me --

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

I don't have it to throw away.

Yet.

And I may find some more interesting way of doing it! Any ideas?