So let me get this straight. The Harrieterati want us to sneer at Bradley Cooper playing Lucifer but applaud the casting of con man Kenny Goldsmith as Julian Assange because Goldsmith routinely violates copyright laws at UbuWeb. Now, I’m sure Cooper will never match my favorite film Satan, David Warner; but I’m equally sure that Goldsmith bears as much resemblance to Assange as Dan Quayle did to John F. Kennedy.*
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* For those who don’t recall, vice presidential candidate Quayle famously miscorrected a student’s correct spelling of “potato” by telling him to add an “e” to the end of the word. Hey—it’s still funny to watch!
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
Back during the election when Quayle was running for VP, there was a bumper sticker, POTATO(E) FARMERS FOR DAN QUAYLE.
HEY<br /><br />the guy who runs Ubu Web I forget his name<br /><br />a cpl of years ago banned me for life from putting anything of mine<br /> on his Ubu sited..<br /><br />as I recall he said "over my dead body"<br /><br />and ME<br /><br />the "father" of American Concrete Poetry !<br /><br />now that I got me OS X LION 10.7 who needs<br /><