not the actual Che image
The Reliable Source reports kind of a duh moment between a GOP consultant and the proprietor of Busboys & Poets over the B&P display of some images of famous communists. It’s pretty unsurprising stuff on both sides, with the exception of this one bit: “Blakeman, who says he didn’t know the restaurant’s leanings, e-mailed Shallal to express disgust over the poster of communist revolutionaries”
How is it possible to walk into a B&P and not be slapped in the face by their leanings? The last time I walked by the Shirlington location – the site of this tempest in a socialist teapot – the windows were festooned with flyers that made you wonder if it was okay to come in without a hemp shirt.
I think Blakeman is focusing on the wrong aspect. Personally I love the irony of buying overpriced coffee in a place that lionizes communist figures. Irony is tastier than nutrasweet.
Well I used to say something in my profile about not quite being a “tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy” but Tom stole that for our about us page, so I guess I’ll have to find another way to express that I am a man of many interests.
Hmm, guess I just did.
My tastes run the gamut from sophomoric to Shakespeare and in my “professional” life I’ve sold things, served beer, written software, and carried heavy objects… sometimes at the same place. It’s that range of loves and activities that makes it so easy for me to love DC – we’ve got it all.
I’m positive it was Che Guevara’s dream for his mass-printed visage to watch over yuppies as they buy overpriced coffee and check in with the office on their laptops.
I love DC so much.
Forwarding a private email to a news paper, while technically legal, is a monstrously tool thing to do. Even if the other guy is a pundit.
This was a ridiculous story. It looks like Blakeman issued a statement early this afternoon at http://www.americaspeakon.org/blog/read/676. Check it out.