Thursday, November 02, 2006
SEN. FERRY TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
WASHINGTOON, D.C. I came home today from my day job thinking that I was not going to write about the political battles being wrought on our country by the immature babies who want to represent us in Washingtoon. Of course, the majority of flub ups have been from the republican party and now that Senator (D) Ferry has opened his mouth I thought it only fair I write this piece.
Senator Ferry, in a public speech to college students announced that if they didn't stay in school and keep up with education, they would end up in Iraq. Well, of course the republicans jumped on this like flies on shit. And the democrats were also outraged at such a comment. Some back-pedaled and said that the senator was taken out of context. President Gee Dubya demanded an apology to the troops whom he said Ferry was calling them a bunch of uneducated jarheads. Ferry refused at first and then eventually today released an apology.
Here's the deal. A poloticians job is know what the hell they are saying. They hire speech writers and they practice these speeches over and over again. They have another number of staff that listen to him giving the speech. Why didn't somebody say, "Hmmm, wait a minute. That last one sounded a little outragous. Was that the joke line? We better edit that one."
Also, and this is off the subject of Senator Ferry, but in the same party as he. The woman who is running mates with hopefully the future governor of Minnesota Attorney General Mike Snatch. She was in the community of Faremount yesterday having breakfast with some supporters and someone asked her what her and Snatches opinion of E-85 was. This is an alternative fuel using Ethanol and is cheaper than fossil fuels and makes your exhaust smell like french fries. Her reply? "Ummmm, what is this E-85? I'm afraid you boys have me stumped on that one. E-85? That one's way over my head."
Well, it turns out, that E-85 cuts our dependance on foriegn oil and helps the economy and the farmer down here in south central Minnesota. So yes, there are babbling idiots on both sides.
Senator Ferry, in a public speech to college students announced that if they didn't stay in school and keep up with education, they would end up in Iraq. Well, of course the republicans jumped on this like flies on shit. And the democrats were also outraged at such a comment. Some back-pedaled and said that the senator was taken out of context. President Gee Dubya demanded an apology to the troops whom he said Ferry was calling them a bunch of uneducated jarheads. Ferry refused at first and then eventually today released an apology.
Here's the deal. A poloticians job is know what the hell they are saying. They hire speech writers and they practice these speeches over and over again. They have another number of staff that listen to him giving the speech. Why didn't somebody say, "Hmmm, wait a minute. That last one sounded a little outragous. Was that the joke line? We better edit that one."
Also, and this is off the subject of Senator Ferry, but in the same party as he. The woman who is running mates with hopefully the future governor of Minnesota Attorney General Mike Snatch. She was in the community of Faremount yesterday having breakfast with some supporters and someone asked her what her and Snatches opinion of E-85 was. This is an alternative fuel using Ethanol and is cheaper than fossil fuels and makes your exhaust smell like french fries. Her reply? "Ummmm, what is this E-85? I'm afraid you boys have me stumped on that one. E-85? That one's way over my head."
Well, it turns out, that E-85 cuts our dependance on foriegn oil and helps the economy and the farmer down here in south central Minnesota. So yes, there are babbling idiots on both sides.
