Sunday, October 26, 2008

Meet the Press: McCain on Socialism



You see? Cookies are a sometimes food. Socialism is a sometimes political philosophy. In a massive political crisis? Socialism! When things are ok? Fuck the poor.

5 comments:

_J_ said...

This is the anti-socialist argument:

REG: Yeah. All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?!
XERXES: The aqueduct?
REG: What?
XERXES: The aqueduct.
REG: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that's true. Yeah.
COMMANDO #3: And the sanitation.
LORETTA: Oh, yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like?
REG: Yeah. All right. I'll grant you the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done.
MATTHIAS: And the roads.
REG: Well, yeah. Obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they? But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads--
COMMANDO: Irrigation.
XERXES: Medicine.
COMMANDOS: Huh? Heh? Huh...
COMMANDO #2: Education.
COMMANDOS: Ohh...
REG: Yeah, yeah. All right. Fair enough.
COMMANDO #1: And the wine.
COMMANDOS: Oh, yes. Yeah...
FRANCIS: Yeah. Yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left. Huh.
COMMANDO: Public baths.
LORETTA: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg.
FRANCIS: Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order. Let's face it. They're the only ones who could in a place like this.
COMMANDOS: Hehh, heh. Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.
REG: All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
XERXES: Brought peace.
REG: Oh. Peace? Shut up!


What has Socialism ever done for us? Besides the postal system, education, roads, weather tracking, social security, police forces, fire departments?

NOTHING!

Caleb said...

He seems so certain yet so confused about what he is saying. I don't know whether he's being clever or decrepit. Does he?

_J_ said...

He's trying to reconcile the act of cramming at least three different people into one cancerous body.

Caleb said...

Isn't there a Buffy ep about that demon?

_J_ said...

You know, I think there was a Buffy episode about John McCain...