We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the same goddamn time. You know the kind of person: You see them everywhere on television but nowhere in front of your face.
I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate.
I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.

