I’m watching Ninotchka, the wonderful movie with Melvyn Douglas and Gretta Garbo. There are so many wicked little lines, it is a great flick.
He takes her to the top of the Eiffel Tower. He points out the beauty of all the lights at night and she notes them as a waste of electricity. I was thinking that those on the progressive side of the arguments have been painted with those colors. Progressives need to take the lights and the people they represent back from the reactionary right.
Ninotchka: Why do you want to carry my bags?
Porter: That is my business.
Ninotchka: That’s no business. That’s social injustice.
Porter: That depends on the tip.