TygrBright
TygrBright's JournalI hereby propose we rename these things.
Because obviously "currency" and all the vocabulary attached thereunto is no longer fully descriptive.
Therefore, I propose we rename the dollar, the "word."
As in, "I went to the store today... yanno, a bag of groceries that used to cost me twenty-five words is close to fifty these days?"
Now, we do have some other references that need to be revamped, too.
For instance, I used to call one of those pieces of paper that had Abe Lincoln on it a "fin." Nowadays I guess it's a "remark."
"If you don't loan me a remark for gas, we're not gonna make it home."
And what used to be known as a "sawbuck" should probably be called a "comment."
It has Andy Jackson on it: Must be a "statement."
"I gotta statement. Let's go get a pizza and a 6-pack for dinner tonight!"
We used to call it a "Benjamin," but I think nowadays it's more like a "discourse."
Put up a thousand words and you gotta "harangue."
Anyway, just makes more sense to me.
But then, I guess I'm finally part of the Silent Majority.
wryly,
Bright
For Mercy's Sake, Get 'em a Coffee...
...or a Red Bull. Or a beer. Or... whatever.
It hurts just to LOOK at them!
They've tried EVERYTHING.
They tried voting against it (I've lost count of how many times...)
They refused to cooperate, in droves-- refusing Medicaid expansion, declining to set up state-based exchanges, anything-- ANYTHING they could do to monkey-wrench the mechanisms, regardless of how many of their own voters they denied security, freedom, peace of mind, health, even LIFE, in the process.
They spent vast sums (Again, I've lost count) on propaganda to convince everyone How Awful It Is.
They've spun, shaded, and outright LIED until they're blue in the face and sweating buckets with the effort.
They've willingly made asses of themselves, on every form of public stage, with frantic antics to stop it.
My god, it's been painful to watch.
And for all that-- all the effort, all the money, all the lies...
"Obamacare" still met its projected enrollment goals.
Can you imagine how many people would be enrolled right now, entitled to health care regardless of pre-existing conditions, with no lifetime maximums, and no risk of being dropped if something awful happens to their health, and even subsidies to help them afford it-- without all that painful effort from the GOP?
If EVERYTHING they've thrown at it over the past couple of years has STILL not sufficed to keep it from meeting enrollment goals-- (seriously, it's made me tired just watching the poor barstids) what would things be like now had they simply shrugged and said, "hey, let's see how it works?"
Oh, yeah... and the beauty part now?
The cherry on the Sundae?
I love this part: The only thing they can do now is point out the parts that don't work very well. Which means they themselves will be ginning up the momentum for fixing the bits that don't work very well. Which means they'll have only themselves to thank, when those bits get tweaked, and it works even better.
So... geeez, give 'em a coffee. Or a hot chocolate. Or a glass of red wine, or SOMETHING.
For mercy's sake...
humanely,
Bright
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