"Free trade is essential for human rights"

The end of that sentence is "we hope because nothing else has worked." I there was a thought thought that came while riding the 'ol Brys-, er, bicycle. It's not really profound and it's probably incredibly obvious. But articulation and the the concept of being able to present an idea with style and wit is really like the verbal equivalent to an attractive woman. The girl could be a total ice-queen bitchfest horror whore of a person but if she's hot and that's all you get then you don't really care. The idea could be full of holes or be sinister in its root nature but if spoken in the right way it doesn't really matter. For instance, Kushner's AiA is a really hot girl. Some of the ideas in it are really very much covered in crap but it doesn't really matter because the way in which it's spoken makes it entertaining. There are some things on The West Wing that sound like the most noble and idealistic thing you've ever heard when it may in fact be the most socialist, communist, and about four other negative "ists" political agenda you've ever heard. A little sugar coating goes further than most people would think. Now I'm not trying to be this right-wing reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, "Leave it to Beaver" trip back to the 50s and I don't think I am. But it's fair to say that an argument's far easier to when you can sling a sticky web of words as a defense. There are better things than elegance triumphing over truth. Or maybe not. I really don't know what I'm talking about. Jersey isn't as bad a hellhole as Tony Soprano would have you believe. I've yet to see anyone whack a guy or dump a bag full of puppies in the river or anything. You can't turn right and nobody's white but you but that's okay because being able to say that you lived a week in New Jersey without curling up in a ball and crying like a molested Catholic schoolgirl is a bigger accomplishment than you might think.