I've been very sick for the last few days, making watching the SOTU address last night even more depressing without booze. President Barack Obama tilting at The Windmills of Chucklehead is difficult to swallow. I watched the post-game Charlie Rose show, and even a depressed David Brooks was talking suicidal, the frustration of systemic national Stupidity and the increasing realization that it's hopeless for rational governance are sinking in. This actually made me laugh.
A quote that seems to get magically attributed to anyone who may have repeated it, or has been wishfully attached to achieve extra juice, comes to mind. I'll run with the Yale Book of Quotations citation despite the fact that alumnus Dubya may have permanently spoiled the University's credibility for intellectual analysis. From YBQ: Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) from Lettres et Opuscules Inédits, vol. 1, no. 53 (1851) (Letter of 15 August, 1811):
"Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite." (Every country has the government it deserves.)
Or my version, "A nation of idiots, by idiots and for idiots." Copyright pending...
I'm embarrassed to admit now that I imagined Barack Obama could make a difference and that smart guys in charge would renew my delusional faith in the power of reason. There are just too many morons. There simply is no reasoning with evangelicals of any ilk -religious, Teadouchebag or greedhead along with (as a friend alluded)their retarded offspring college students who only want to know what's on the test. Why bother with all this harmony-We're-All-Americans bullshit. We are not all equal. I'm equal with this cesspool of jackasses roaming our fucking country? I don't think so. The President was blithering about this 2nd best nonsense. Second? Fucking please. We're not even in the Top Ten. What might renew my faith? President Obama's 2011 SOTU opening,
"America, I'll put this simply and slowly so you'll understand me. The vast majority of you are idiots. A nation of idiots, by idiots and for idiots. Unfortunately, the Founding Fathers didn't count on your ability to fuck your way into a country populated by self-centered, greedy, easily-manipulated irrational churchified imbeciles who joyfully work against their own interests. You just suck too much, you fucking simpletons. I quit."
No one would notice if American Idol or Jersey Shore was showing opposite the Address, but it would sure make me feel better. Who the Hell can deal with this sober?
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