The Biscuit Compendium of Pessimism, Compiled

What Is This?

We here at Biscuit are pessimists (or, if you will, members of the reality-based community, 'depressive realists', poopy-pants, naysayers, or just plain downers). The Biscuit Compendium of Pessimism will quote other pessimists, both famous and not, on a variety of depressing topics: the environment, civil liberties, economic meltdown, fascism, the draft, health care, etc.

Indulge at your own risk, and only when supervised by a licensed mental health specialist.

Entries

#1: Paul Krugman on impending economic doom "We've become a banana republic"
#2: Bill Moyers on Environmental Apocalypse "The delusional is no longer marginal"
#3: Digby on liberal disbelief "our government is seriously under threat from within"
#4: Military talking head on Iraq"civil war and total chaos" [added 12/23/2004]
#5: Adam Werbach on why economic populism and Republican over-reaching won't save us"The fact that despair is increasing – which it will – is not going to lead to the rebirth in liberalism." [added 12/26/2004]
#6: Unfogged on what's happening now "The difference between the U.S. now, and those repressive regimes is just one of degree..." [added 12/26/2004]
#7: Sarah Vowell on the Apocalypse that is Bush's Presidency "I feel like a fool. All those years of Sunday school, and still the apocalypse catches me off guard." [added 2/19/2006]


New entries to be added here as they come...