This just in: Pessimism has US in 'python-like' grip
Looks like somebody finally woke up and smelled the toast. And noticed that it's burnt.
According to this NBC/WSJ poll conducted last week of 1,010 US adults, over half think that a major war in the Middle East is likely. Almost two-thirds do not feel confident that life for our children's generation will be better than it has been for us. Well over half (60%) think the nation is headed "off on the wrong track," whatever that means. And most of those folks apparently think it's a longer-term decline, rather than a short-term blip. Still, 39% do say that they approve of the job that whatsisname is doing as preznit. The pollsters who conducted the survey say that these numbers represent bad news for the adminstration and the Republican Party as we move into the November election cycle.
"I feel like Republicans are in a barrel and headed toward Niagara Falls," said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart.
They've got that going for 'em anyway.
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should I be ashamed that the headline prompted me to think of these guys?
not at all -- I'm flattered.
I almost put a really really bummer of post here, but I've erased it.
Instead, I'm going to imagine that the US really is in a Monty Python-like grip.
Terry Gilliam for President!
TS
Yeah, I'm with Julie and Toasted Suzy. It's hard to know what to say that isn't likely just to make us all feel worse.
So yes, I'd rather think of Monty Python, too, at least today.
King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
(from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, of course, courtesy of IMDb)
A 'farcical aquatic ceremony' might have gotten us better results.
It's true! We would be much better off if some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at our nation's leader!
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