At one point in time, nearly everyone has pissed me off. So far the only people in the entire world who've never pissed me off are Cheech Marin and Albert W. Richards of Danvers, Massachusetts. And I've got my eye on that Richards guy.
The person most pissing me off at this exact moment is John Boehner, who (not unusually) is engaging in the worst kind of politics.
Speaking of Democrats, Boehner told reporters, "I wonder if they're more interested in protecting the terrorists than protecting the American people." [San Francisco Chronicle]
What a fucking dick. I'm so sick of this shit. Why haven't we yet reached a point where we chastise any politician who tries to trick us with empty, slanderous sound bites? The logic that's always behind statements like this is "If my opponent does not agree with everything I say, then he surely must be in favor of clubbing your grandmother with a baby seal." This is like saying "If A = 8 and A is not equal to B, then B must equal Ricardo Montalban."
To be fair, Republicans aren't the only ones doing this. Democrats are just as guilty as anyone. I even caught my golden boy using this trick in one of his 2004 debates.
Why aren't more people crying foul on these jackasses when they make ludicrous statements like this one? Redirecting the focus of any argument is a disservice to everyone. America deserves a fair, reasoned discussion on important issues like terrorism. Asshats like Boehner need a smackdown.
Now that I think about it, I think I've got a solution for this. We need to hire some more people. There are 535 people in Congress, right? Figure about 65 people in the executive that need coverage and we'll need to hire about 600 more people. This particular job will be simple and enough fun that we won't need to pay these 600 people very much. Each these 600 people will be assigned one elected official. Whenever the elected official says anything like Boehner did, these reality check helpers will yell "BULLSHIT!" just to make sure no one is suckered by the foolishness.
I imagine there'd be an adjustment period where it seems like the reality check helpers are shouting themselves hoarse, but eventually things would normalize. After that, we might never again hear another politician speak.
