Late At Night
I call them yes-men. They are the people who surround you and say yes to whatever you want, no matter how impossible or ridiculous. I want a reality tv show all about my love for my new white-trash boyfriend. Okay, Britney. I want a chimp named Bubbles! Okay, Michael.
This is very dangerous, as we saw with Michael Jackson. Too many people, always saying yes, is not healthy. Somebody needs to say there'll be no pudding until your meat has been eaten. Somebody needs to explain that little boys can not be used as toys.
It's my belief that this is how little boys wind up being used as toys and how maids in hotels wind up with bruises on their heads in the shape of telephones. Nothing is off limits, and the one time someone says no, a shit-fit (or telephone) is pitched.
I never see anyone else suggesting this is unhealthy. But whatever, I'll be the trail-blazer. I think famous, rich, powerful people need to be told no. I think people need to not accept lies. I think people need to demand more of themselves, for themselves. Listen to what you say as you say it. Think about if it makes sense. Stop talking if it doesn't. Listen more, talk less.
I wonder if late at night, after Sarah Palin has finished baking cookies and praying and reviewing the index cards McCain's people have written up for her, she surfs the web, reads any of the unfavorable articles written about her, and cries. Because come on, it's gotta hurt. Never mind the truth hurts shit, it must drive her nuts too.
She's surrounded by people who are her yes-men, and to not be able to regulate what people write, to not be able to shut down unfavorable opinions, must kill her.
Or do her yes-men only direct Sarah to articles that promote her ability to be a heartbeat away from POTUS? Late at night, that's what I'm wondering.
This is very dangerous, as we saw with Michael Jackson. Too many people, always saying yes, is not healthy. Somebody needs to say there'll be no pudding until your meat has been eaten. Somebody needs to explain that little boys can not be used as toys.
It's my belief that this is how little boys wind up being used as toys and how maids in hotels wind up with bruises on their heads in the shape of telephones. Nothing is off limits, and the one time someone says no, a shit-fit (or telephone) is pitched.
I never see anyone else suggesting this is unhealthy. But whatever, I'll be the trail-blazer. I think famous, rich, powerful people need to be told no. I think people need to not accept lies. I think people need to demand more of themselves, for themselves. Listen to what you say as you say it. Think about if it makes sense. Stop talking if it doesn't. Listen more, talk less.
I wonder if late at night, after Sarah Palin has finished baking cookies and praying and reviewing the index cards McCain's people have written up for her, she surfs the web, reads any of the unfavorable articles written about her, and cries. Because come on, it's gotta hurt. Never mind the truth hurts shit, it must drive her nuts too.
She's surrounded by people who are her yes-men, and to not be able to regulate what people write, to not be able to shut down unfavorable opinions, must kill her.
Or do her yes-men only direct Sarah to articles that promote her ability to be a heartbeat away from POTUS? Late at night, that's what I'm wondering.
Labels: Overthinking, Shock and Awe
posted by Green at 9/21/2008 11:46:00 PM
2 Comments:
When I become famous and rich and I can surround myself with yes-men and yes-women, YOU are totally fired. Until then, I'll just have to love you the way you are.
What is your thing about S. Palin?? Do you actually want to compare her or any politician for that matter to a spoiled brat like Britney? Do you think that you can become governor without opposition, without people saying no to you over and over and even stabbing you into the back?
I agree with you in one point: It must be terrible reading negative things about you in the press, especially if they are unjust. It's gotta hurt, yes. But I don't believe for one minute that it hurts her because she is not used to it, because she had been packed in wool so far and had always been surrounded by yes-men only. No one in politics has been.
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