Lileks on Moore

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-07-08 02:28pm

Here

Lileks is one of my favorite writers, even if I don't always agree with him. This column was just plain fun to read, although as you can guess, if you're a fan of Moore you probably won't like it. He doesn't deal with F911 but with a column Moore wrote for the LA Times.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-07-08 05:04pm

Lileks is a wonderful writer... WHEN HE'S NOT WRITING ON POLITICS. When he's writing on politics, its like his entire brain is swallowed up by President Bush and he makes my head hurt from the sheer massive illogic of it.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2004-07-08 09:06pm

Moore wrote:Are you proud that nearly 3 billion people on this planet do not have access to clean drinking water when we have the resources and technology to remedy this immediately?

Lileks wrote:Immediately! Right now! The entire purpose of the American economy must be turned to the task of building sanitary water systems in rural Peru, old Soviet industrial sites in the Urals, and the Chinese hinterlands! Immediately! We are not only obligated to step in and help poor Robert Mugabe upgrade the pipes of urban Zimbabwe, we must issue bonds to ensure that these systems work until the sun sputters out. Because that is the first obligation of the government, as set forth in the Constitution: ensure that someone in the Sudan can drink tap water without getting the squirts.

Ahaha... Sorry, but Moore got reamed in this article, and I've never even really heard of Lileks before.