Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
That godless heathen small-tee tim, who I named, came up with a great observation at Rick’s place. The occasion is Barack Obama’s speech about financial “reform,” and it’s about that R-word.
Ah yes, “reform”. Just like they did with ‘housing’ and ‘healthcare’. Next will be ‘Cap & Tax’, then Illegal Immigration’ and ‘Gun Control‘…“reform”.
Howzabout ya’ll just stop already with the “reform” nonsense ‘cause that word doesn’t mean what you think it means. Screwing us doesn’t hurt less because you name it something else…Barry Sotero.
Semantic double speak may work on the minions who bought into the Hope/Change, unicorns and rainbows for everyone, let’s be part of something historic, never mind the dude has never held a job that generated revenue to cover his own paycheck much less the billions that the companies he now wants to “reform”, but it doesn’t mean squat to the rest of us O (sh*t) man.
Though there is one “reform” I’m looking forward to – NOVEMBER.
And it got me to thinking.
You know, we have a pretty dismal track record with seeing through that word and you cannot really blame our politicians for using it. It works, what? A hundred percent of the time or something close to that? Quick, what’s the last thing that was called “reform” that didn’t pass. I think it is a hundred percent. I think if I had a car that started as often as “reform” gets signed into law, I’d keep it forever. So would you.
But you know what? That doesn’t mean that everything called “reform” has to be a bad idea. Once in awhile, we can put together legislation that makes sense, that would help the country, and put that salesman’s word on it. Just to shake things up a bit.
So I came up with a little list.
1. ILLEGAL Immigration reform. As in ILLEGAL. Did I say ILLEGAL?
2. Putting-up-with-communist-assholes reform.
3. Domestic drilling reform. Drill-baby-drill.
4. Portraying-the-military-in-movies reform.
5. Aggressive interrogation reform. Which means start doing it.
6. This-Is-Sparta reform. If our soldiers rough up terrorists we don’t throw them in the brig, we give ’em medals.
7. Deficit spending reform. Budget deficits simply aren’t allowed anymore. Learn to deal, Congress.
8. Birth certificate reform. Just pull the thing out, President-Elect, like I have to do when I apply for a passport.
9. ACORN/Census reform. Anyone who put you guys in charge of this, is banned from public service for life.
10. You-go-first reform. Congress makes laws that affect the rest of us, Congress lives under those laws first.
Now, I don’t care if you’re a conservative or a liberal. Those are good ideas, right? Well…maybe our bedwetter liberals would balk at the waterboarding. But is it really a liberal position that terrorists get to saw off the heads of American journalists while they’re still alive, desperately gurgling through their severed windpipes — but that our bravest, finest young men and women should spend twenty years in Leavenworth if they so much as slap the guy? That’s really a liberal position?
If that’s the case, then who in the hell is worried about November? Make that a central issue, take over the House and Senate, and bang you’re done. President Soetoro calls up to say “I’d like a bill sent to my desk to help spread the wealth around” and you tell Him no.
But back to the original point.
It’s like saving the planet. Things that bring harm to the planet, you’ll notice, are never inconvenient things. Toilet paper that scratches your ass is not bad for the environment; assholes who drive around in convertibles with their tops down, and their speakers going boom-chicka-boom, are not bad for the planet. Comfortable, cushy toilet paper is bad for the planet, and that truck you like to drive that comes in handy, is bad for the planet. It’s the same case with that word “reform.”
Joe McCarthy once said of Gen. George C. Marshall, “If Marshall were merely stupid, the laws of probability would dictate that part of his decisions would serve this country’s interest.” That is supposed to be a notorious quote; I don’t see why. To me, exactly the same principle apples to that word “reform.”
If the word were simply random and arbitrary, rather than a passcode for destroying this country from within, the laws of probability dictate that some of the laws festooned with this label would serve the interests of the country, and the people living within it.
That isn’t what I’m seeing. I cannot currently recall any exceptions to the trend: That which is attached to the name “reform” is antithetical to common sense.
In fact, I just thought of an eleventh: Reform reform. If the bill is brought to the floor of either house, and it has that odious word in the title, it is summarily dismissed. Seriously, why not?
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[…] Freeberg has some great ideas. 1. ILLEGAL Immigration reform. As in ILLEGAL. Did I say ILLEGAL? 2. Putting-up-with-communist-assholes reform. 3. Domestic drilling reform. Drill-baby-drill. 4. Portraying-the-military-in-movies reform. 5. Aggressive interrogation reform. Which means start doing it. 6. This-Is-Sparta reform. If our soldiers rough up terrorists we don’t throw them in the brig, we give ‘em medals. 7. Deficit spending reform. Budget deficits simply aren’t allowed anymore. Learn to deal, Congress. 8. Birth certificate reform. Just pull the thing out, President-Elect, like I have to do when I apply for a passport. 9. ACORN/Census reform. Anyone who put you guys in charge of this, is banned from public service for life. 10. You-go-first reform. Congress makes laws that affect the rest of us, Congress lives under those laws first. […]
- DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » Ten Reform Ideas | 04/23/2010 @ 03:32Thanks for the shout out, Morgan. Love the list, especially #6. SPARTA!!!
I somehow missed this last Thursday. I’ve actually been rather bust at work, trying to make enough money to invest in Wallstreet…that Pres. Obama wants to “reform”.
And it comes full circle.
- tim | 04/26/2010 @ 11:29