Today's warm fuzzy thought
From time to time I run across things that allow me to be totally comitted to my liberalism. This bumper sticker was a bit of a catalyst for the rant that follows.
Ok.....this was obviously brought on by something.
I'm reminded of sections of the most recent Potter book (I am at least admitting my addiction, the first step toward recovery) as I watch the devastation in the Southeast US and the recent price gouging upon the remainder of the country. Chaos reigns supreme.
I'm afraid that years of negligence from our government (all of it quite conservative, even the so-called "liberals") has led to both problems. Although I can probably place as much blame on liberals as conservatives, I just can believe that America can be so obtuse. Although conservative logic/homespun wisdom might follow with the right answers, only the liberals seem to be concerned with asking the questions in the first place.
Q. Why shouldn't I be allowed to build my house here?
A. Well, the fact that this is marshland makes it more than a little unstable. Oh, and the fact that you want to drain this marshland for your ritzy coastal estate will inevitable cause flooding in inner city areas where folks won't have the resources to get out of town in the event of a "biblically sized" disaster. Build your estate and damn the consequences
Q. Why do you want to outlaw my Chevy Suburban?
A. Because you're a miserable selfish bastard, abusing our precious fuel reserves, driving up the price for the rest of us. Oh, and you drive like an asshole (this applies to Soccer Moms and folks over 50 as a general rule).
So I'm finding myself watching our president's remarks tonight. I have no doubt that Republicans and Democrats alike will bond together providing for the short term relief of these devestated areas of our country and our economy. But don't you think that perhaps its time that we actually bothered to head some of these problems off? Why can't we tell stupid people to built their house somewhere else? Why not require GM and FORD and CHRYSLER to immediately begin production of cars with reasonable fuel economy, and require these jerks in their fuel-hogging SUV's to pay a huge extra tax and require them to have a Commercial Drivers Liscence?
By the way, The petroleum industry reported record profits again this quarter. One report mentioned that Conoco was up 80% over last year. I'm seriously considering trying to get a group together to drive our cars to the local gas station, park them, and leave them there. 40 or 50 people could wreak havoc on an entire town. Isn't it time that the Petroleum Industry be treated to the same type of economic terrorism that they've been subjecting us to since the Carter era?
Ok.....this was obviously brought on by something.
I'm reminded of sections of the most recent Potter book (I am at least admitting my addiction, the first step toward recovery) as I watch the devastation in the Southeast US and the recent price gouging upon the remainder of the country. Chaos reigns supreme.
I'm afraid that years of negligence from our government (all of it quite conservative, even the so-called "liberals") has led to both problems. Although I can probably place as much blame on liberals as conservatives, I just can believe that America can be so obtuse. Although conservative logic/homespun wisdom might follow with the right answers, only the liberals seem to be concerned with asking the questions in the first place.
Q. Why shouldn't I be allowed to build my house here?
A. Well, the fact that this is marshland makes it more than a little unstable. Oh, and the fact that you want to drain this marshland for your ritzy coastal estate will inevitable cause flooding in inner city areas where folks won't have the resources to get out of town in the event of a "biblically sized" disaster. Build your estate and damn the consequences
Q. Why do you want to outlaw my Chevy Suburban?
A. Because you're a miserable selfish bastard, abusing our precious fuel reserves, driving up the price for the rest of us. Oh, and you drive like an asshole (this applies to Soccer Moms and folks over 50 as a general rule).
So I'm finding myself watching our president's remarks tonight. I have no doubt that Republicans and Democrats alike will bond together providing for the short term relief of these devestated areas of our country and our economy. But don't you think that perhaps its time that we actually bothered to head some of these problems off? Why can't we tell stupid people to built their house somewhere else? Why not require GM and FORD and CHRYSLER to immediately begin production of cars with reasonable fuel economy, and require these jerks in their fuel-hogging SUV's to pay a huge extra tax and require them to have a Commercial Drivers Liscence?
By the way, The petroleum industry reported record profits again this quarter. One report mentioned that Conoco was up 80% over last year. I'm seriously considering trying to get a group together to drive our cars to the local gas station, park them, and leave them there. 40 or 50 people could wreak havoc on an entire town. Isn't it time that the Petroleum Industry be treated to the same type of economic terrorism that they've been subjecting us to since the Carter era?
posted by Jaques Cartier at 10:09 PM
4 Comments:
I actually think that portions of the Exodus book were mistranslated. Evidence from the Dead Sea scrolls seems to indicate that Sport Utility Chariots, consuming massive resources in horses and horse food (not to mention waste production), were more-or-less directly responsible for the plagues that devistated Egypt. Moses just took advantage of the situation and moved his folks to another city's sports complex.
You know Fr. You may just have a point here....
It is probably good that the Colleseum wasn't around at that point though. Moses might've decided to shoot for Rome, with inevitable disastrous results.
BTW, we miss the both of you....glad you're both blogging
Fr Ben's hypothesis could also explain the Hebrews in Babylon. Solomon was a pretty decadent guy, afterall. Maybe he had developed his own superchariot like a "C2" and had polluted Jerusalem with his "toxic horsepower waste" that they were forced to evacuate. Maybe they were guests of Nebuchadnezzar's. Perhaps we've maligned the Babylonians long enough. We'll never know since history is written by the winners.
Were they still Hebrews in the 7th BC? Or had they made the transition to being Jews by then? How did that happen anyway? Did they have a meeting of landowners? Or was it just the Levites and the Judeans that were allowed to vote on a name change?
I've thought about this too much already.
This seems to me to be a bit like the Peoples Front of Judea versus the Judean Peoples front.
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