And then I'll boil it down just a smidge.
NEWS ANCHOR COMPLETELY LOSES IT FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE REASON
Posted by Giggle Palooza on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Nice to see a little purposeful passion, for a change.
As opposed, of course, to your everyday, garden variety, run of the mill pandering passion.
And Rattigan is obviously locked on to the root cause of the primary problem in our contemporary political system.
He's on the money, as it were.
Because it's about the money.
For what they're worth, though, here's my two cents.
This conversation (really more of a monologue, actually, but, hey, you go, guy) also comes with a special bonus.
Intended, or otherwise, it's a perfect illustration of the impotency of one of those phrases that gets thrown around like it was some kind politic panacea.
"Take our country back."
I hear that a lot when doing a radio show and I'm programmed to immediately react by responding with two very wacky words.
"From who?"
Well, actually, on those days when the fearful, but lovingly intended conditioning I got from my 7th grand English teacher, Mrs. Baker, kicks in, it's more like....
"From whom?..."
The answer from the listener/caller side of the shows unfailingly comes in some variation of the same old, tried and true.
"Those (fill in the blank with any particular, derisive, profane adjective preferred) politicians who (fill in the blank with any particular, incompetent, treasonous activity or performance preferred)..."
Here's the part of that whole knee jerk back and forth that simply doesn't jive.
The taking back of the country thing is all very well and good....and God bless America and all that.
It's that "from whom" thing that gets all tangled up in red, white and blue.
And Rattigan spells it out nicely.
If a little wordily.
That's not meant as a shot, by the way, because I am fully aware and admittin' that I could rightly be accused of libeling Mr. Rattigan as a black kettle.
But, this little literary loony bin where I chit and chat is entitled "Politics In Plain English" for a reason.
So let me offer up a little plain English here.
The problem is not the politicians.
The problem is those who own them.
When that changes, things will change.
Until that changes, nothing will change,
If the neighbor's dog shits in your yard, you're, obviously and instinctively, going to be annoyed with the damn dog.
But after just a few seconds of rage morphs into a more lengthy period of reason, you know exactly where to place the blame.
On the damn dog's owner.
The dog is (big DUHH here) merely doing what the owner allows and.or encourages the dog to do.
Especially when the dog knows it will get, and has come to expect, treats from that owner.
So, all you zany "take our country back" patriots out there in freedom land, listen up.
The biggest threat to our republic in this year of our Lord, 2016 A.D. is not.....
Terrorism.
Taxes.
Even terms that we say we'd like to see limited.
The threat....
...is treats.
Chew on that.
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