Yesterday's blog entry by the great man included only one head scratching reference:
In fact, there is much more transparency, accountability, and free speech in the present U.S. government than under the UN as run by Mr. Annan. Had one of the Bush children, Annan-style, shipped in a Mercedes using government exemptions to avoid fees and charges, or had Bush himself turned over his government-subsidized apartment to a wealthy sibling, the outrage would have been immediate.
When we do see prosecutorial abuse and judicial overreach--such as the supposed rape case at Duke or the Kafkan pursuit of Scooter Libby (when Mr. Armitage, at no apparent liability, has confessed to the leaks concerning Ms. Plame)--Mr. Annan and others are conveniently quiet.
Rudimentary Internet research doesn't reveal any direct references to this concept. For fear of it becoming an almost Sisyphusian endeavor, I'm stopping. But in context, I think he must be referring to Franz Kafka and using an uncommon, but probably more grammatically correct, synonym for Kafkaesque:
The adjective refers to anything suggestive of Kafka, especially his nightmarish type of narration, in which characters lack a clear course of action, the ability to see beyond immediate events, and the possibility of escape. The term's meaning has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.
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