Humour VII

If you're happy where you are, you aren't lost.

It's the genial hatred that I find most engaging.

A department manager is called into the Director of Patient Service's office at an elite East Coast cancer center. The Director holds a graduate degree from an Ivy League school; he is an otherwise apparently intelligent man.Director of Patient Services: Serious accusations have been lodged against you.Department Manager (me): What are the accusations?DPS: I can't tell you that.DM: Who made these accusations?DPS: I can't tell you that.DM: Were you offered any evidence to support these accusations?DPS: Your accusers suggest that the total lack of evidence is proof of your evil genius. (He really said "evil genius"--I soon had a handmade T shirt so adorned...).DM: Giggles.DPS: This is no laughing matter. The accusations are serious ones.DM: Exits, laughing.It turned out that several erstwhile employees in my department had observed me wire-tapping their computers with new network cables.Ever since, I have endeavored to leave trace evidence of wrongdoing in order to protect myself.

I have it on the good (if badly dated) authority of the State that diverse organic compounds have rendered my DNA unintelligible.This would explain my children.NB: After an FBI background check, the Army granted me a fairly high level security clearance. My faith in J. Edgar was badly shaken.

Everything is a little funny.It's that kind of universe.Plus, we all die, so even the worst crap can't go on forever.Ha ha.

"As you requested, Mr. Christ, Ted Cruz here will be your body double for that scene on the hill."Edited by Omnivorous, : He also pimped your Harley.

"Canids of the World, Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!"Edited by Omnivorous, : Woof!

The funny thing is, the condom's not a bad symbol of government, given government's many prophylactic functions. In the jungle we used them to protect the barrels of our guns.One of the funniest things about this "cartoon" is that elsewhere your social conservative allies falsely claim that condoms prevent neither disease nor pregnancy. That canard nicely parallels the lies conservatives tell about government.This cartoon does two disservices: it continues the right's corrosive attack on the legitimacy of government--the us-ness of U.S.--and in the process attacks vitally important contraception and public health programs.The condom is a low cost, highly effective tool for public health and family planning (e.g., fewer teen pregnancies, fewer AIDS transmissions, & a billion fewer hungry mouths on an overloaded planet). Here, falsely, the condom is associated with abortifacients and generational genocide. A bit of latex, with the potential to save thousands of lives, about which the right has told so many lies, used to propagandize public (which is what government is) impotence: now, that's funny.In reality , Medicare delivers health care with an administrative overhead a fraction of private insurances, one of a thousand public goods and services preserved and performed by government employees efficiently and cost-effectively. But we can't have Medicare for everyone because the right passionately opposes healthcare for everyone; and Medicare and Medicaid can't get the prices Canadian consumers get because the right blocked Medicare/Medicaid price negotiations.So I guess what I'm saying is that most folks know who the dicks are, even after all the funny business with rubbers.