Every time I think my dinosaur brain has heard all possible government tripe, along comes more nonsense.
The Schenectady County Legislature last week created the position of poet laureate. Rome is burning and these guys ponder official prose.
Gas and heating oil prices are going off the page and street gunfire is the worst in history. Many roads are nearly rubble and some property tax bills are higher than the mortgage.
You can bet your last buck the company poet will spin tales of glee. Guaranteed there won't be verses about reality when it involves bad news.
The job of spreading bad news -- albeit the truth -- is done by reporters, whom politicians and star gazers categorize as negative writers.
Democrats, in lop-sided control of the Legislature, sponsored the poet bill. Republicans went along, although insisting the job not cost a dime for salary/expense.
It will be interesting to see whose cousin winds up with the appointment. In the meantime, here's some interim negative poetry:
"Roses are red, violets are blue; High Schenectady taxes are nothing new."
C'mon why is everyone so surprised, don't you think this is a fantastic idea? I for one am absolutely certain this will lessen MY tax burden and make me feel OH SO MUCH BETTER while they are doing it. Maybe the appointee will play the harp and weave tales of wonder at the legislature meetings. OK Joann get your editors pen out.........Silly Asses!!!! I mean donkeys.......really. By the way nice job on this article Mr. Cermak!
PS Goodnight all, I am off to bed with visions of the new Poet Laureate making life stupendous in Schenectady County. I think we will do the same at our meeting next month, NOT
Rome is burning and the s@#$ is still falling out of their mouths......I just wonder if proper English is used or Eubonics or some other crap......and then----we called it art.....does anyone remember Christopher Lowel????---I think his friends are in charge here-----SERIOUSLY, I'm not kidding here......
The panache of Shenectady is taking shape.....
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Main Entry: pa·nache Pronunciation: \pə-ˈnash, -ˈnäsh\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle French pennache, from Old Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnaculum small wing — more at pinnacle Date: 1553 1 : an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet 2 : dash or flamboyance in style and action : verve [panache illustration]
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
I watched the meeting on channel 16 over this and Joe S got in some good points and so did Mr. Farley who I have immense respect for, then the demos went about smashing into them for having the gotz to discuss the matter beforhand which I found rude indeed. So anyway I was watching the meeting and as the night went on they were about to talk about some taxes and such, Mr Farley started to talk some more and GUESS WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED NEXT???????????
you wont belive it people, the TAPE GOT CUT OFF and it ended
What is GOING ON OVER THERE, yes I know when you capitalize things in typing it is the same as yelling and yes people I am starting to yell now over this stuff here. This happend last year did it not? The tape getting cut down???
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