It Was A Dark and Stormy Night…
“The pen is mightier than the sword.”
“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)
I had never heard of Edward Bulwer-Lytton before today. I had heard some of his quotes but to say that I would have recognized his name is a police line-up would be a bald faced lie. For some reason, I have had that pen quote running through my head. Maybe it is because in our representative democracy, we have our law making body using their pen to more greatly affect our lives than the current sword. It is like we have a group of coddled rock stars who are all jockeying to be #1 with a bullet on the sound bite of the night programs (evening news.) Everyone wants to have their 15 seconds of face time to get the absurd mutterings out to as many people that care to listen. I find that I am flipping the bird to the TV and the radio when I am forced to listen to the ridiculous preponderances of our “elected” officials. I must look really silly driving down the road with my middle finger waving in front of the radio. Oh well, at least I feel better.
We continue to elect these wannabe celebrities to office even though they continue to do things we despise. They waste time and money with these witch hunts for Supreme Court and judicial appointments. They block any legislation that allows up to drill for oil on our native soil. Let’s continue to support the terrorists and buy their oil at the ever rising price. They waste all kind of time posturing to expose each other for the idiots they are. They do not pay any social security and have their own independent retirement program. We pay for their retirement even as they cause more havoc in our lives by ignoring what their constituents want. We continue to think that things are good and life is wonderful, while the Congress flatters us with table scraps even a goat would refuse. Throw the bastards out. There is no other way to make them accountable.
But let’s get back to Edward Bulwer-Lytton. He was an author is Great Britain in the 19th century, who has been credited as the "Father" of bad writing. There is a contest named after him that is sponsored every year. It involves writing the worst first line for a book. The contest is based on the first line of his novel, Paul Clifford , which starts, “It was a dark and stormy night…” That is a true legacy. For an author to be remembered for his bad literature is like the members of our legislative branch. The more productive they are, the more bad literature we are forced to endure.
Icool
Cobb
“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)
I had never heard of Edward Bulwer-Lytton before today. I had heard some of his quotes but to say that I would have recognized his name is a police line-up would be a bald faced lie. For some reason, I have had that pen quote running through my head. Maybe it is because in our representative democracy, we have our law making body using their pen to more greatly affect our lives than the current sword. It is like we have a group of coddled rock stars who are all jockeying to be #1 with a bullet on the sound bite of the night programs (evening news.) Everyone wants to have their 15 seconds of face time to get the absurd mutterings out to as many people that care to listen. I find that I am flipping the bird to the TV and the radio when I am forced to listen to the ridiculous preponderances of our “elected” officials. I must look really silly driving down the road with my middle finger waving in front of the radio. Oh well, at least I feel better.
We continue to elect these wannabe celebrities to office even though they continue to do things we despise. They waste time and money with these witch hunts for Supreme Court and judicial appointments. They block any legislation that allows up to drill for oil on our native soil. Let’s continue to support the terrorists and buy their oil at the ever rising price. They waste all kind of time posturing to expose each other for the idiots they are. They do not pay any social security and have their own independent retirement program. We pay for their retirement even as they cause more havoc in our lives by ignoring what their constituents want. We continue to think that things are good and life is wonderful, while the Congress flatters us with table scraps even a goat would refuse. Throw the bastards out. There is no other way to make them accountable.
But let’s get back to Edward Bulwer-Lytton. He was an author is Great Britain in the 19th century, who has been credited as the "Father" of bad writing. There is a contest named after him that is sponsored every year. It involves writing the worst first line for a book. The contest is based on the first line of his novel, Paul Clifford , which starts, “It was a dark and stormy night…” That is a true legacy. For an author to be remembered for his bad literature is like the members of our legislative branch. The more productive they are, the more bad literature we are forced to endure.
Icool
Cobb
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