If you read Jim Kunstler’s Web site, you’ll probably find his comment on Harry Shearer as humorous as I do:
So Shearer was on the radio and I’m not crazy about his show because he puts across a self-congratulatory air of moral superiority that, after a while, gets on my nerves.
August 15, 2005 at 10:08 am
In some ways, Kuntsler calling anyone “self-congratulatory” is like the pot calling the kettle black. I say this as someone who reads his column week after week.
As for Harry Shearer, I cannot listen to le Show without imagining the whole thing delivered by Principal Skinner.
August 15, 2005 at 10:20 am
Oh man. JHK ran me off years ago. Even his first book on planning reads a little shrill to me now.
August 15, 2005 at 12:03 pm
He is utterly and completely shrill and yet I love him for it. Whenever I read his articles on the impending collapse of American society, I always correct for the fact that this is his desired outcome. I think we need voices in the wilderness like his to sort of frame the parameters of debate. He makes the rest of us seem downright reasonable.
August 15, 2005 at 11:16 pm
I enjoyed the Bruce Sterling annotated Kunstler that Patrick posted [http://www.viridiandesign.org/2005/07/viridian-note-00449-mad-max-scenario.html].
Kunstler appears to hate WalMart and SUVs. I don’t care for those either, but I’m not cheering on the collapse of Western Civilization to be rid of them.