Blowhard, Esq. writes:
This is a modified version of the December 2013 cover of Wired that I pulled from the magazine’s website:
Do these guys still sell magazines? Are people clamoring to hear what they have to say? Hey, I’m glad Gates is using the billions he made selling crappy software and Clinton is using his blowjob notoriety to help people in the Third World. I really am. But enough with the BuzzFeed-induced 90s nostalgia. Enough with these Cathedral gargoyles, their falsely-modest smirks, and plans to Save The World.
Blowhard, Esq.
Callowman
Sherbrooke
Eddie Pensier
Enzo Nakamura
Epaminondas
Fabrizio del Wrongo
Fenster
Brundle Guy
Glynn Marshes
Paleo Retiree
Atypical Neurotic
Question Lady
Sax von Stroheim
Sir Barken Hyena
The Mistaken
Uncouth Reflections 
I’d like to see them in re-education camps somewhere in a tropical setting.
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Is there any way we can prevent them from saving the world?
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Maybe if we put them on enough magazine covers they’ll get distracted and leave everyone alone.
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I’d be very interested in either Bill Clinton’s or Bill Gates’ candid comments on the world, but there’s no way you’d get that from either of them in a magazine. They are of the Cathedral and thus cannot say things that are interesting.
As a rule, people employed by the government won’t say anything of interest. Oddly enough, people in roles that require Senate confirmation won’t say anything of interest while they’re in office, but sometimes they’ll say interesting things once they’re out. They aren’t necessarily priests of the Cathedral in the same way as ordinary government drones or high Brahmins like Clinton or Gates.
I was thinking of this very issue this afternoon as I walked past the US ambassador’s residence on the way to a meeting: who can speak? The ambassador here is Brzezinski’s son. Brzezinski himself is worth listening to; I don’t agree with him about quite a lot, but he’s smart and speaks freely.
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lotsa people looking for grants care deeply
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