Senate procedure: it’s not a three-ring circus, it’s full-tilt clown war
source: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/12/12/its-not-a-three-ring-circus-its-full-tilt-clown-...
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With that kind of complexity, is it any wonder our government is seen as a three-ring circus? I humbly submit that it’s so much worse than that. To follow the metaphor of the three-ring circus, the typical voter would have to at least be somewhat fluent in the basics of the three rings. Study after study shows that they are not. The American public has been dumbed down to embarrassing levels. As a result, rather than having a largely intelligent, informed and politically active electorate that at least relies on trustworthy sources to thoroughly and reliably do this kind of legwork for them and offer up a reasoned analysis for somewhat easier consumption, we have a largely under-educated, mis- and dis-informed, apathetic electorate content to let ill-considered sources let them know how to interpret what they see. And what do they see? A full circus? Not anymore. That would be too complicated.
Now all they get is a single Klown Kar with two clowns, a red one and a blue one. Blue Klown piles out of the left side from the back and wields a huge inflated mallet. Red Klown piles out of the right and wields a huge, floppy pair of rubber scissors. And we hoot and holler while Blue Klown tries to bop Red Klown and Red Klown tries to clip Blue Klown’s mallet. Think Tom and Jerry, but less smrt. As for the car, you might notice that nobody is driving. For that matter, nobody even really understands the engine anymore. Now the engineers just place bets in the back alley as to whether the Klown Kar should even run at all.
Now all they get is a single Klown Kar with two clowns, a red one and a blue one. Blue Klown piles out of the left side from the back and wields a huge inflated mallet. Red Klown piles out of the right and wields a huge, floppy pair of rubber scissors. And we hoot and holler while Blue Klown tries to bop Red Klown and Red Klown tries to clip Blue Klown’s mallet. Think Tom and Jerry, but less smrt. As for the car, you might notice that nobody is driving. For that matter, nobody even really understands the engine anymore. Now the engineers just place bets in the back alley as to whether the Klown Kar should even run at all.
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