Great Post, Eriposte, really a great roundup and thoughtfully framed. My g-d in heaven or hell but the most galling thing of all is the way this reminds you of that old bumpersticker "wouldn't it be a great thing if schools had all the money and the military had to hold a bake sale?" Because the fact of the matter is that there probably *is* enough money for guns and butter--but just not guns and butter and fucking golf.
aimai
Posted by aimai at June 10, 2008 06:34 AMJust more of the same. This reminds me of why I have stopped reading much of the current outrages. I can't be outraged anymore when nothing can or will be done.
Posted by Judith#1 at June 10, 2008 07:26 AMFuck, I wish I was an American. All I'd have to do to live a life of comfort is register as a Republican, create a program for teaching kids abstinence and the money would roll in. I'd never have to work again!
Perhaps I should apply for a patent on this business plan, although I think I might have a problem with "prior art".
Posted by blowback at June 10, 2008 08:38 AMBetter yet create a program to reconcile 4-years old kids by hitting them with "plastic plumbing supply line" and wrapping them in blankets so tightly that they suffocate. That would certainly prevent them from becoming teenage criminals.
Via Angry Arab, via Laleh.
Posted by blowback at June 10, 2008 08:52 AMGolf? Are they kidding? Golf clubs are weapons to gang members.
Posted by ann at June 10, 2008 10:01 AMBlowback, yeah people have gotten grants to study the sex life of the titsey fly. Whata Country, huh.
Posted by Judith#1 at June 10, 2008 12:25 PMGolf clubs are lousy weapons. The shafts bend too easily.
Thank you. Try the Veal!
Posted by idiosynchronic at June 10, 2008 12:35 PMTry stuffing the shaft with little blue pills.
Posted by TIKI AL at June 10, 2008 01:36 PMAnd you folks want to entrust the Federal Government with your healthcare......
Posted by Bagley at June 10, 2008 04:47 PM