Rules:
- Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
- Turn to page 56.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post that sentence along with these instructions in a note to your wall.
- Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
I'm at Caribou right now, so the only book anywhere near me is the book I brought with me to read if I got bored, The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama. So, here we go... page 56... 5th sentence... Here it is:
When this happens—when liberty is cited in defense of a company's decision to dump toxins in our rivers, or when our collective interest in building an upscale new mall is used to justify destroying someone's home—we depend on the strength of countervailing values to temper our judgment and hold such excesses in check
Why Mr. President. You silver-tongued policy wonk, you. My but you do go on.
