Ig Nobels

[alice wellintown]

You boyz need to check in for a reality check up. Why anyone with half
your brains would talk such utter nonsense about American Politics can
only be explained by extreme delusions of grandeur, extreme naive
idealism turned bitter cynicism. Both need to be checked  by anyone
who hopes to say something intelligent about the current state of
America. The President was awarded a Nobel. A smart move by the Nobel
folks. Will certainly make a difference. That is, of course, what
anyone with half a brain wants to see: change. To make change the
President must sell his ideas. He's a good salesman. He wraps up his
ideas in hope and inspires people, especially the young and those of
any age, citizens of any nation, who have not surrendered to cynicism.
Not too bad. Much better than what we've suffered since JFK if not
since FDR. That one would expect the President to dismantle the
American Military Industrial Complex in his first term or in his
second should he be fortunate enough to win one, is rediculous.
Certainly, we should expect that the President answer his critics who
have noticed that he has failed to deliver on several key campaign
promises and has clearly shifted to the Right of the Right of Center
position he ran on. This is not a shock. Anyone who knows even a
little about politics in America expected this would happen. Pop the
tires on the Presidential band wagon and what will you get? A
Republican. Sure would be the best of all possible worlds if we didn't
have a one party system that only serves up one meal seasoned for
slightly different tastes, but that's what's on the table. The Nobel
folks are lot smarter than the P-List gives them credit for. They've
done something clever here.