of enumeration and the forms of enumeration

[Alan Sondheim]

of enumeration and the forms of enumeration

 	1 Notes on the election
-2 0. The Republican win was predicted and predictable. Now infinity3
of analysis begins, an that has already missed point.4 1. There
is nothing Democrats might have done 'better.' country5 voted its
conscience.6 2. Its conscience founded a morality-based worldview,
which 7 rural in origin, relatively rigid.8 3. 9/ll played critical
role, not only revealing extreme9 vulnerability country, but also
production Islamic-10 fundamentalist alterity could be dismissed.11
4. With religious right, fundamental ontology replaces episteme.12
5. Bush appeared, alive life-like at World Trade Center ruins13
almost immediately after, conjoining his image with intensity
14 destruction.15 6. left continuously focused negative aspects
16 party, over-determining, least print, violence 17 world-view
odds rest planet.18 7. Absolute morality concerned whatsoever
opinion.19 8. right been organizing, US, for century 20 half; this
last preparation decades.21 9. In 60s, many us appears to history
left,22 quietly embraced both technology structural compromises23
increased solidified power base, impoverished24 areas country.25
10. A flaw assumption so-called minority votes26 are liberal leftist;
fact, opposite increasingly case.27 11. 'American dream' part class
distinctions, 28 force their elimination. Don't underrate influence;
no matter29 how hard we try, there revolutionary class, power,30
desire, economic status, diffused oppression.31 12. Corporate
America far more diverse problematic than 32 assumes; it presents
very real world infinite choice33 identifications. collusions
corruptions our 34 corruptions, absolutely do God God's35 State.36
13. Cultural capital US important 37 capital, boundaries cut across
latter terms class.  We38 all white trash intellectuals theorists.39
14. Far too judgements made 'for' back-40 water areas, never heard
themselves. information41 discourse networks institutions majority
American42 voters concretely effaced by abstraction. baptism 43
H2O.44 15. Morality fear interwoven; abject stereotyped45 gays
fucking corrode 'clean pure' body46 politic. Your marriage wrecks my
marriage. It failure 47 deal this; dismissing violent imaginary out
hand48 ensures within political arena.49 16. conservative America,
negation dialectical,50 return rapturous positivity.51 17. If
one's religion insists abortion, example, murder,52 then any means,
including murder as literal self-preservation, may 53 used defensive
pre-emptive action. ever 54 question one side listening another; war
55 degree.56 18. church disenfranchised communal 57 cohesive force,
few capable lived-community58 defense against world. But this, 59 locus
community activity identity. To dismiss60 it, even intolerant sometimes
evangelical varieties, 61 miss point existence. For individual,
62 salvation, explaining preserving morality, forgiving 63 abetting
temptations sin.64 19. overdetermines world; other-65 wise isolated
communities surprisingly low degree 66 flux. provides stability
late-late-capitalist 67 postmodernity, where selves, ideologies,
languages contested.68 Within testament testimony, contestation;
church,69 other words, 'puts hedge around Torah' (Pirke Avot).70
20. opinion, Kerry hunting (and killing) 71 hypocritical distasteful,
premature sign defeat.72 However, had affect per se, 73 determined, way
back late 60s early 70s, when Billy Graham74 created first automated
post-office 75 embrace forecast future Perhaps76 'created' i.e. hacking
manifesto 77 utilized, entrenched, constructed primary individual78
instrumental reason guaranteed supple application 79 needed. here
why took so80 long.81 21. hampered split ideologies critique; 82
permits critique, worked constantly umbrella83 ideologies.84 22. What
exposed contested often business 85 usual witnessing movement from86
republic empire, primacy voting, 87 dominant interests.88 23. On
personal level I lived West Virginia, Pennsylvania,89 Bushlands
Texas Florida. happened surprise.90 yesterday, felt sense relief
minor91 _punctum_ experienced. doubt would win, 92 voice primarily
therapeutic. Instead despair 93 night/this morning, I've work,
opposition,94 just begun begin. 95 recognize, above all, will
majority;96 overlook excuse theorize wonder 'what97 went wrong,'
weakened. positive 98 enemy, if clear, longer99 can dismissed
aberration.100	     24. 'cultural war' war.  101     25. Terror
instrument 102	     26. Religion sublimates terror.  103     27. live,
you die. Vote or die holds truck faithful.  104     28. Language Belief
language.  105	   29. explication fact Michael Moore replaced 106
internalization sin Mel Gibson. Old Testament, New 107	   Testament.
108	always closure.  109	 31. Stop making sense.


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