tagged w/ Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
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A low-level clerk within the State Department was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He went to the doctor, who ran his tests, and eventually determined that they needed surgery in order to determine the extent of the disease’s spread, and how best to treat it.
When he awoke after the surgery, the clerk saw his wife and the surgeon standing next to the bed. Beside him was a very bureaucratic looking man in a blue suit, a bright red tie, and a horrible comb-over.
The clerk kissed his wife, and then asked the surgeon: “Well, Doctor?”
The Doctor smiled, then said, “Well, we found the cancer, and removed both your testicles immediately.”
The clerk was shocked. “You cut off my balls? Why not try radiation or Chemo therapy first?”
The Doctor shook his head sympathetically, and the bureaucrat stepped forward. “As decreed by the Obama Health Plan of 2009, we divided the cost of those procedures by your age and multiplied by the appropriate factor indicated on page 307, paragraph A, subsection C. The result of that calculation indicated a cost-benefit result that was less than zero. Total removal of your testicles, however, resulted in a perfect score, with additional positive benefits.”
The clerk sat in stunned silence. “I can’t believe you could reduce my life to a pathetic mathematical formula. This is horrible, and certainly not the change I’d hoped for.”
The bureaucrat wrinkled his brow in confusion. “To the contrary, your career is about to take off!”
The clerk, in spite of his pain and anger, was curious. “How is getting castrated going to help my career?”
The bureaucrat smiled effusively. “Well, it makes you perfectly qualified to join President Obama’s diplomatic corps! Congratulations, you’ve been assigned to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict!”A low-level clerk within the State Department was diagnosed with testicular cancer.... more
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