The Emperor's Tailor
Most of us have heard the fairy tale of the Emperor's New Clothes. As a quick recap, the emperor wants to be the most dashing, dapper, hip (whatever they are saying lately to mean cool) fellow around. He commissions for a new set of clothes to be made that will maximize the glam. So these shysters scam the emperor and actually send him out naked into the crowd. The emperor thinks he is sporting the latest in finery and his subject see him in the most undignified fashion (from a Victorian point of view, don't you know.) It is a very good tale of perception and how we can become so wrapped up in how we are perceived.
That is the tale I though of today when I read that Rosie O'Donnell was leaving the day time talk show, The View. Now I can't say that I am a Rosie fan. I think she is a narrow minded conservaphobe. Her views are akin to someone who thinks they can save the world as long as the world conforms to all of the phobias manifested in her psyche. I remember watching Rosie when she was the host of a Comedy Central show that featured new and upcoming talent. I thought she was very funny. I even managed to continue to like her until she attacked Tom Selleck for being a member of the NRA. That little tirad is what demonstrated to the world that she has issues and therapy ain't helping.
It is nice that she has removed the vestiges of trying to be liked by everyone and speaks her mind. What she doesn't understand is that she is creating the image of a crackpot. Her antics do little more than expose what she is afraid of and she is using her star power to try to outlaw her own fears. By taking incidents like what happened last week in Virginia and using her platform to excite fear into the masses, she does more harm that good. It is the continuous chipping away of our Constitutional rights through the law of fear rather than reason and logic that has gotten our nation into this path toward anything goes and if it feels good do it.
I prefer taking a moral approach when it comes to choosing right and wrong. I have 10 basic laws that were handed down from my creator. I have an eleventh law that takes the first ten and says that goes for everyone, even those on the naughty list. For those who have not spent a Sunday evening around Easter with Charleton Heston, the first ten are the commandments and the other is Jesus's "Love one another as I have loved you." I also have Ceasar (Uncle Sam) to contend with and the rules our Founding Father set up. They haven't changed since they were written although they have been added to. Just because we have the internet or socialist Europe, does not alter how our foundation should be interpreted.
Wow am I off topic. Speaking of Ceasar, I wonder if the Emperor would have been more comfortable in a toga or at least a nice pair of sandals.
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Cobb
That is the tale I though of today when I read that Rosie O'Donnell was leaving the day time talk show, The View. Now I can't say that I am a Rosie fan. I think she is a narrow minded conservaphobe. Her views are akin to someone who thinks they can save the world as long as the world conforms to all of the phobias manifested in her psyche. I remember watching Rosie when she was the host of a Comedy Central show that featured new and upcoming talent. I thought she was very funny. I even managed to continue to like her until she attacked Tom Selleck for being a member of the NRA. That little tirad is what demonstrated to the world that she has issues and therapy ain't helping.
It is nice that she has removed the vestiges of trying to be liked by everyone and speaks her mind. What she doesn't understand is that she is creating the image of a crackpot. Her antics do little more than expose what she is afraid of and she is using her star power to try to outlaw her own fears. By taking incidents like what happened last week in Virginia and using her platform to excite fear into the masses, she does more harm that good. It is the continuous chipping away of our Constitutional rights through the law of fear rather than reason and logic that has gotten our nation into this path toward anything goes and if it feels good do it.
I prefer taking a moral approach when it comes to choosing right and wrong. I have 10 basic laws that were handed down from my creator. I have an eleventh law that takes the first ten and says that goes for everyone, even those on the naughty list. For those who have not spent a Sunday evening around Easter with Charleton Heston, the first ten are the commandments and the other is Jesus's "Love one another as I have loved you." I also have Ceasar (Uncle Sam) to contend with and the rules our Founding Father set up. They haven't changed since they were written although they have been added to. Just because we have the internet or socialist Europe, does not alter how our foundation should be interpreted.
Wow am I off topic. Speaking of Ceasar, I wonder if the Emperor would have been more comfortable in a toga or at least a nice pair of sandals.
Icool
Cobb
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