A very funny sounding book that I just might pick up for a chuckle or two. Written by Dana Milbank it is an "Anthropological" study of the two "tribes" in the political USA.
Here's a couple lines from the book:
Anthropologists often discover that tribal structures aren't always what they seem. Potomac Land is no different.
"When you step back and look at people who live in Washington, they steal from other tribes, like Jack Abramoff," Milbank says. "They hide their treasures in ice boxes like Congressman [William] Jefferson. And, if you follow the Scooter Libby case, they even engage in human sacrifice."
A couple phrases from Homo Politicus, and their English translation:
"You're doing a heckuva job."
You will be fired in ten days.
"Frankly..."
The following statement is false.
"You are either with us or against us."
You are against us.
"The senator will deliver a major policy address."
The senator is desperate to get on television.
"I will continue to do the people's business."
I expect to be indicted.
***Resolution Challenge 2008 Update***
We have our first victim:
Jason:
Well here I am sitting at my computer at 9:00 at night finally finishing up work (I thought management was supposed to be easy) and I realized that I am not even in school yet. With school starting in 5 days and the unfortunate fact that I have 6 months of exciting case studies left, plus at least one more multiple-week trip to India in the books I am not sure what I was thinking. I will be the first to invoke Tow's rule, this is just not the year for me (at least not the first 6 months).
Pfft - trying to advance at a international company, getting your mba and shopping for a new home. That's it? Fine. Jason's out. Now to see if Tow invokes "tows" rule - and its just me versus Doug.
In my opinion, I think Jason's wife needs to step in and take his place in this challenege. =)
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Just a thought on Dana Milbank "Anthropological" with regard to english translations. Would it not be amusing to enable their subtitles to all c-span and political addresses on tv, plus on-line speeches at will.
(Hee hee)
High ranking state and federal Republican officials in Alabama are above the law; Bush has instructed his new Attorney General appointee not to investigate corruption in Alabama.
The GOP is deeply involved in the Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon scandal. Lobbyist Jack Abramoff who was a major GOP campaign fund raiser has almost 400 recorded visits to the White House. The documented prison confessions by these two along with these White House records have recently been declared secret by Bush and is being withheld by the White House. Abramoff and Lobbyist Scanlon con over sixty million dollars from the six Indian tribes that ran gambling Casinos. Abramoff also arranged secret meetings for foreign businesses and governments with the White House where Bush granted government and military favors in exchange for major campaign contributions to Bush supporters.
Now the GOP in Alabama has to depend on T. Roth and W. Canary to deal with the Choctaw Indians directly. The Choctaws aren’t the only ones that they are using scare tactics on. The GOP depends on contributions from large businesses in return for political favors. They also depend on kickbacks from military/government contractors. Some contractors in Alabama are charging tax payers as much as 80% over costs.
“THE ALABAMA GOP MISSION STATEMENT”
-We will support our present U.S. Republican senators, our U.S. Republican congressmen and our Republican governor.
-We will support our high ranking Republican judges, our Republican attorney generals and our three republican newspapers owned by Newhouse/Advance Publications, Inc. that persecutes and prosecutes those darn Democrats that keeps getting in the way.
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