Ten Laws of Politics

1. Pay no attention to what they say. Watch instead what they do.

2. If it is not broken, fix it until it is.

3. Nothing is official, until it has first been denied.

4. In politics, nothing happens by accident.

5. To find the real power follow the money trail.

6. Little is as fatal to a nation’s well being as party politics.

7. Life, liberty nor property is safe while a law making body is in
session.

8. In politics, personal freedoms are as permanent as today’s weather.

9. It is not politically advantageous to solve problems and/or issues that
attract and keep voters to/in the party.

10. Politicians are like diapers, they should be changed often and for the
same reason.

Josh Goddard

Nice job prognosticating. And using a quatrain format too.

Edgar Cayce didn’t need obscurantist diversionary poetry.

Harummph!

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Perhaps if you’re going to use the Irish name “Fitz, Fitz, Fitz”. Then you’re going to have to use the Gaelic word for “Putsch”.

Thus you would shout:

“Fitz, Fitz, Fitz. Fired ‘oGlake!”

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The explosion photo thread top-side is from the movie Brazil.

The film begins with an elaborate and complex visual sequence that introduces many of the film’s themes and sets the action in motion. A plain TV screen, framed by the camera, displays the logo for a Central Services advertisement above an animation of duct-work, with the following message announced by a sincere-sounding, middle-aged business salesman (John Flanagan) who stands next to pipes coming out of a room’s walls. [Ducts, grotesquely appearing throughout the film, represent the snaking, ubiquitous connections between the centralized bureaucracy and the lives of the oppressed people.]

(Chorus) Central Services – We do the work, you do the pleasure.
(Announcer) Hi there. I want to talk to you about ducts. Do your ducts seem old fashioned, out of date? Central Services’ new duct designs are now available in hundreds of different colors to suit your individual tastes….

The camera slowly pulls back, identifying the TV screen as one of many in another frame – a department store window display. As a Christmas shopper, with a cart filled with parcels passes by the window from right to left, a violent explosion from inside the store breaks the glass and destroys the man by its shattering glass, glowing sparks and fire. The film’s title, accompanied by dramatic musical tones, appears as a red and purple neon sign that tilts upward from a horizontal position. It pulses and glows brightly and then rushes toward the camera.

Although the rubble from the blast continues to burn, one of the TV screens that lies on its side is still visible. The camera slowly moves in and turns clockwise to watch and listen to the timely interview with the charming, white-haired Ministry of Information Deputy Minister, Eugene Helpmann (Peter Vaughan), about a rash of terrorist bombings:

Interviewer: What do you believe is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings?
Helpmann: Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people seems to have forgotten certain good old-fashioned virtues. They just can’t stand seeing the other fellow win. If these people would just play the game —-

I just love that movie!

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I really had a good laugh today when he said, “You know things are bad when Democrats start sounding good.”

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Try saying something controversial next time, will ya?

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I’ve noticed that many times you linger far into the EPU’d Zone (when everyone’s stage left exited to the next thread) making thoughtful replies to comments posted deeper in the thread. You sure work hard at making sure you’ve covered all your bases. I think that’s great.

So nice to hear from you. Don’t be a stranger!

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i’m not sure if he’ll go away even if we wear garlic around our necks and drive a stake through his shrivelled up teeny little ole heart!

F, F, and FDL!