civilized ku # 2919 (kitchen life # 73) ~ a slippery slope to idiocy

kitchen window light ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

During this AM's internet media sweep, I came across 2 articles which, to my way of thinking, seem to be related.

The first, a somewhat satirical piece in the New Yorker mentioned that a new poll by the University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute states that .... Many Americans are tired of explaining things to idiots, particularly when the things in question are so painfully obvious .... According to the poll, while millions have been vexed for some time by their failure to explain incredibly basic information to dolts, that frustration has now reached a breaking point.

While I won't mention any dolts by name or by group, those of you who live in a fact-free world (should, but probably don't) know who you are.

The second article, again in the New Yorker and again somewhat satirical, states .... 1. “The Supreme Court has decided, apparently, that every American should have access to quality health care,” said Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “What if it decided to say the same thing about education? I don’t mean to be an alarmist but, after today, I believe that anything is possible.” and, 2. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) also blasted the Court, telling reporters that “a government that protects health care is one small, dangerous step away from protecting the environment .... The nightmare that I have long feared is now suddenly upon us,” Paul said. “Mark my words, we are on a slippery slope toward clean air and water.”, and 3. On the campaign trail in Iowa, the former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee raised another doomsday scenario, telling his audience, “If the Court thinks people should be allowed to see a doctor when they want, they probably also think that people should be able to marry anyone they want. My friends, that is not what God intended when He created America.”

Satire aside, if one takes the time to discover what these 3 dolts "candidates" for POTUS stand for, the one thing they have in common is to reduce government to the size where it can be dragged into the bathroom and drowned in the bathtub (Grover Norquist) ....

.... after which we - the great un-educated masses - can all drown in polluted water while gasping for polluted air. And remember, if by some chance we are pulled from the water just in the nick of time, there'll be no hospital for you. (think Soup Nazi)

Comments

[Markushi]

My sincerest condolences, Mark. No country in the world deserves such high class $%£*&?s. But the funny thing is, they get elected, at least as candidates, so there must be one or two people out there who believe that bulls??t. One reason more to get a good mouthful of that Au Sable stuff...

[Jim Roelofs]

Well said, Mark!

Those same dolts, if elected, would probably declare Australia an enemy of the state for returning me to a world of sound with the FREE installation of 2 Cochlear implants. I fear to disclose the cost to our tax-payers as it might make one of these dolts launch Australia's destruction.