By Michael J. Smith on Monday June 4, 2007 10:11 PM
Eric Alterman, notoriously, is now a criminal:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070618/connell
It's funny, really, but I can just see it. Mr I'm-Entitled, Chip-On-The-Shoulder Alterman falls foul of a chip-on-the-shoulder security guard -- a gatekeeper in the physical sense, unlike Eric, who is only a metaphorical gatekeeper. Or would like to be.
Still, I have to say, this story has made me like Eric a great deal better than anything he's ever written could have done.Talking back to a doorshaker, and ending up in the slam -- why, Eric and I could practically be cellmates.
Of course, if we had to share a cell, only one of us would ever leave it alive. Is he a big guy? Does he work out?
Comments (4)
Alterman's physical stature falls far short of his grandiose self-image--you'd have nothing to worry about in a prison brawl. If you see the documentary about Nader, An Unreasonable Man, you can see for yourself (although he's seated as he spits nails about Ralph).
Posted by Bill Kaufman | June 5, 2007 12:47 AM
Posted on June 5, 2007 00:47
Alterman wound up in the hoosegow? Amazing! Did he sober up?
Posted by AlanSmithee | June 5, 2007 9:38 AM
Posted on June 5, 2007 09:38
In a standard could-have-fooled-me moment, La Nation reports that Alterman is "Amiable."
Yeah, and Paris Hilton is heavily into sobriety as a lifestyle, Katrina. Whatthefuckever. :/
Posted by ms_xeno | June 6, 2007 7:26 PM
Posted on June 6, 2007 19:26
In the Nation Q&A, Amiable Eric says it was all a mistake. He went meekly, just not far or fast enough.
With such daring men at our disposal, how soon until Washington is ours?
Posted by Reechard | June 9, 2007 2:23 AM
Posted on June 9, 2007 02:23