Pat LaMarche writes in the Huffington Post, "I changed jobs this week. I went to work for one of my heroes. Perhaps you've heard of him, his name is Stephen King. Lots of folks like his books. He's more than an author though. He's a guy who gives a darn about his fellow man. A simple web search will tell you about the many soldiers, students, athletes and regular Joes he's helped over the years."
She then writes. . . "Too many Americans have accepted the rhetoric that innocents have to die so that we can clobber a bad guy or two that might be in our midst. That's the same logic used by Timothy McVeigh by the way." That is true. Americans also remember the Holocaust and a commitment we made to never again let large numbers of innocent people be slaughtered on our watch. Sometimes that means clobbering bad guys!
What is refreshing about LaMarche is that she truly seems to appreciate Stephen King. She appears to have a working knowledge of his books, politics and values. She doesn't appear to just be jumping into a job, but embracing something she is truly passionate about. She promises humor over rhetoric. I hope she can deliver on that!
She closes with this, "Here's the last word from Mr. King, when he spoke about the morning show at our press conference last week, "We'd like to burn some feet once in a while -- make some people a little bit angry." Because, King added, "There are some people who deserve to be taken to the woodshed from time to time."
huffingtonpost.com
No comments:
Post a Comment