I must admit I did not think the article amusing. I found it peevish and simple minded. This style of satire might have been considered daring in 1729 when Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" but in 2012 it just seems lame. The fact that he's ridiculing the desire for "fairness" between the increasing divide between rich and poor (about which Obama was referring) certainly does little to win me over.
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I must admit I did not think the article amusing. I found it peevish and simple minded. This style of satire might have been considered daring in 1729 when Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" but in 2012 it just seems lame. The fact that he's ridiculing the desire for "fairness" between the increasing divide between rich and poor (about which Obama was referring) certainly does little to win me over.
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