I came across a couple of funny collections over the past
week I wanted to share—because laughter is one of the reactions we can choose
under difficult circumstances.
Last Wednesday, June 19, Guy Benson and Mary Katharine Ham
were filling in on radio for host Hugh Hewitt. This was a piece of their
conversation:
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| NYT Crossword June 19 |
Guy Benson: Someone
tweeted me during the break—this is funny, someone tweeted, New York Times
Crossword Puzzle today [June 19, 2013]. It was the clue 65 down, three letters:
“organization in 2013 scandal,” and I tweeted back all the possibilities for
correct answers in the crossword puzzle: DOJ, NSA, DHS, IRS, EPA…. People are
chiming in on twitter: ATF, FBI, CIA, HHS.
Mary Katharine Ham:
It’s a very hard question.
Guy Benson:
Apparently the correct answer was IRS. But it could have been any of those.
A day or two later (and several times since) on Facebook I
came across this fictional conversation (I copied from Mitt Romney Central’s
page, but I’d seen it elsewhere and can’t identify the original author):
Multiple
Scandals
Bob:
"Did you hear about the Obama administration scandal?"
Jim:
"You mean the Mexican gun running?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean SEAL Team 6 Extortion 17?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the State Dept. lying about Benghazi?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the voter fraud?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the military not getting their votes counted?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the president demoralizing and breaking down the military?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the Boston Bombing?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the president wanting to kill Americans with drones in our own
country without the benefit of the law?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"You mean the president arming the Muslim Brotherhood?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The IRS targeting conservatives?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The DOJ spying on the press?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"Sebelius shaking down health insurance executives?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The NSA monitoring our phone calls, e-mails and everything else?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The president's ordering the release of nearly 10,000 illegal immigrants
from jails and prisons and falsely blaming the sequester?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The president's threat to impose gun control by Executive Order in order
to bypass Congress?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The president's repeated violation of the law requiring him to submit a
budget no later than the first Monday in February?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The president's unconstitutional recess appointments in an attempt to
circumvent the Senate's advise-and-consent role?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"The State Department interfering with an Inspector General investigation
on departmental sexual misconduct?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"HHS employees being given insider information on Medicare
Advantage?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"Clinton, the IRS, Clapper and Holder all lying to Congress?"
Bob:
"No, the other one."
Jim:
"I give up! ... Oh wait, I think I got it! You mean that 65 million
low-information voters stuck us again with the most corrupt administration in
American history?"
Bob:
"THAT'S THE ONE!"
So far,
here’s the difference between what’s happening here and third-world
dictatorships or historical tyrannies: we are able to hear about these things
and still speak openly about them (although not necessarily without reprisals).
We may not be able to trust that there will be government solutions to
disinfect, although congressional hearing abound. And mainstream media is
mostly silent (except about the sweeping and specific spying on news
reporters). But we nevertheless know about much of the violations of law by our
government, and so far we can still talk about them in various alternative
media outlets—including this one.
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