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	<title>Understanding Government &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>The Anti-Cassandra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[via Daring Fireball
Short, but extremely insightful. Here&#8217;s a snippet:
 Reading some of today’s news, it suddenly struck me: we’re living in the age of the anti-Cassandra.
Cassandra had the gift of prophecy — she saw, correctly, what was coming — but was under a curse: nobody would believe her.

Today, our public discourse is dominated by people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>via <a href="http://www.daringfireball.com" title="Daring Fireball" target="_blank">Daring Fireball</a></p>
<p>Short, but extremely insightful. Here&#8217;s a snippet:</p>
<blockquote><p> Reading some of today’s news, it suddenly struck me: we’re living in the age of the anti-Cassandra.</p>
<p>Cassandra had the gift of prophecy — she saw, correctly, what was coming — but was under a curse: nobody would believe her.</p>
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<p>Today, our public discourse is dominated by people who have been wrong about everything — but are still, mysteriously, treated as men of wisdom, whose judgments should be believed. Those who were actually right about the major issues of the day can’t get a word in edgewise.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/the-age-of-the-anti-cassandra/" title="The Anti-Cassandra" target="_blank">Read the rest of the article&#8230;</a></p>
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