Posted on 06/08/2011 11:30:07 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
At the risk of biting the hand that feeds him, acclaimed playwright David Mamet has written a new book likely to enflame the liberal audience that has embraced him since his rise to fame with 1984's "Glengarry Glen Ross."
On the cover of "The Secret Knowledge On the Dismantling of American Culture," Mamet proclaims: "The struggle of the Left to rationalize its positions is an intolerable Sisyphean burden. I speak as a reformed Liberal."
Mamet, 63, who grew up the son of liberal Jewish immigrants in Chicago, came to his conversion late in life -- he says he spoke to his first conservatives at age 60 -- and got his schooling from folks like Shelby Steele and Glenn Beck.
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In one of the reviews of The Secret Knowledge there's a story about a homeless guy asking a toff for a handout. He responded, "'Neither a borrower nor a lender be.' William Shakespeare." The bum replied, "'$#^& you.' David Mamet."
I’m half way through the book.
[Holds up prize]
Blake: Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.
Have seen it more than once, great acting
Blake: You see this watch? You see this watch?
Dave Moss: Yeah.
Blake: That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a s***. Good father? F*** you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here - close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you c********r? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don't like it, leave.
One of the ties that bind Liberals and Islam. Their view of apostates.
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