Here's a little respite from the yesterday's heartbreak, as I turn my focus back to Washington:
Why is Congress, indeed, our entire political system broken? Two words: Epistemic Closure. But since that polysyllabic pair does not scan well, allow me this indulgence, with apologies to Meghan Traynor:
Because you know
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base
Yeah, it's pretty clear, we're party number two
But we can shake it, shake it
What else we gonna do?
We hype that "boom boom" fear so you'll carry that mace
We spew all the right junk with all the white faces
We have the graphics that
we know we have to crop
'Cause, yes that sh!t ain't real
But we know it's hard to top
Got some real beauties in Congress, just voted 'em up
And every inch of it is rotten
From the bottom to the top
Yeah, all the pollsters, they tell me don't worry about the lies
They say, "The base likes a little more bull$hit, so bold, at night."
They all are handled by six figure Silicon Valley dolls
They all have focus groups so they can get ahead and move along
Because you know
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base
Hey!
We get that booty back
Go ahead and fill my skinny britches fat
Yes, you're just paying, I just joined this frat
But I'm here to tell ya
Every inch of it is rotten from the bottom to the top
Yeah, all the pollsters, they tell me don't worry about the lies
They say, "The base likes a little more bull$hit, so bold, at night."
They all are handled by six figure Silicon Valley dolls
They all have focus groups so they can get ahead and move along
Because you know
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
Because you know
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base
'Bout the base, more trouble
It's all about the base....
[Shampoo. Rinse. Repeat.]
David Block
(c) 2014