Joe Bageant

In reaction to John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, I started a blog to sort out my thoughts about the political situation in this country. As time went on, I became more and more radicalized. Early on, I found the blog that Joe Bageant wrote and read quite a few of his rants. I got depressed and quit reading him. Then, I'd go back and read him again. He made more and more sense and I started to come to an understanding of how people could find anything to like about Sarah Palin. I've never read his books, Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches From America's Class Wars or Rainbow Pie, but I think I should. In February, I learned that Joe Bageant had developed a very aggressive form of cancer. He died this past March 26th and I don't think many NPA members would disagree with anything that he wrote - visit to his website and find out for yourself. If you don't know of Joe, you'll be amazed when you read his powerful writings. He isn't called a "Redneck Revolutionary" for nothing (he was born in Winchester, Virginia) - he was an amazingly talented and brilliant writer whose life was cut way too short. Go to his blog and read what others have written about Joe since he died - he had a world-wide audience. Fittingly enough, his books were first published overseas, not in this country. That, in itself, says volumes about Joe.