{"id":97,"date":"2005-07-25T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2005-07-25T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/archives\/2005\/07\/25\/six-feet-under-2\/"},"modified":"2005-07-25T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2005-07-25T15:04:02","slug":"six-feet-under-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/25\/six-feet-under-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Feet Under"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conniving bastards rape and pillage and decide to give something back.<\/p>\n<p>They call these people politicians.<\/p>\n<p>The layman can never understand why these officials do such heinous things.\u00c2\u00a0 <br \/>Why Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes restrictions on dietary supplements and then <br \/>signs an eight million dollar deal with a magazine promoting them .\u00c2\u00a0 You see, <br \/>that&#8217;s how he always did it, that&#8217;s how he got ahead, he doesn&#8217;t see anything <br \/>wrong with his behavior.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not so different with Tom DeLay.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not any different with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Being honest in American means you&#8217;re a chump.\u00c2\u00a0 We revere dishonest pricks <br \/>like Bill Gates, who capitalized on the ideas of others and used monopolistic <br \/>policies to ensure his status as one of the world&#8217;s richest men.\u00c2\u00a0 And, having <br \/>achieved this lofty position, Mr. Gates pontificates, as if he ushered in the <br \/>graphical user interface, as if Microsoft Windows&#8217; security problems were the <br \/>PEOPLE&#8217;S fault.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an elite ruling class that feels ENTITLED to its position.\u00c2\u00a0 As if <br \/>they DESERVE IT!\u00c2\u00a0 To the point where our President, who himself was born rich, is <br \/>eliminating estate taxes so no one in his position, born to an insanely <br \/>wealthy family, will ever be penalized again.<\/p>\n<p>And these people, the scions of industry, under the aegis of doing good for <br \/>the world, just line their pockets further.<\/p>\n<p>And everybody&#8217;s in on it.\u00c2\u00a0 Even Fisher &amp; Diaz.\u00c2\u00a0 Yup, David wants money.\u00c2\u00a0 Did <br \/>Rico really do right by the family of the deceased roller blader or was he too <br \/>lining his pockets.<\/p>\n<p>We have a culture based not on doing right by your brother, but getting <br \/>ahead.\u00c2\u00a0 If that means someone else has to miss out, so be it, you&#8217;ve got to eat, <br \/>right?<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t pay the stations millions of dollars in payola, somebody else <br \/>will, and you&#8217;ll be left behind.<\/p>\n<p>And Eliot Spitzer comes down on you, but is he really just like Rudy <br \/>Giuliani, looking to run for office, a man with no hubris.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the rest of America, those not born with silver spoons in their <br \/>mouths, not entrepreneurs, the wage earners, they sit in front of the box, <br \/>looking to be entertained.<\/p>\n<p>And the purveyors think they&#8217;re idiots.\u00c2\u00a0 We have staged reality shows like <br \/>David Foster&#8217;s.\u00c2\u00a0 Ridiculous comeback shows like the one featuring INXS.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean <br \/>you could replace David Lee Roth with Sammy Hagar since the act was about <br \/>Eddie Van Halen&#8230;then again, COULD YOU?\u00c2\u00a0 Is there ANYBODY who believes Van Hagar is as good as real Van Halen?\u00c2\u00a0 The Doors couldn&#8217;t survive without Morrison <br \/>and INXS can&#8217;t survive without Hutchence.\u00c2\u00a0 They only made one of him.\u00c2\u00a0 But Mark <br \/>Burnett is like Arnold, he feels so strong, he believes he can WILL the public <br \/>to believe in somebody else, as if they can&#8217;t tell the truth.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is being a lying conniving son of a bitch catches up with you.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Edgar Allan Poe had it right, with &quot;The Telltale Heart&quot;.\u00c2\u00a0 Even if your <br \/>heinous acts are not discovered, you self-combust.\u00c2\u00a0 Humans cannot live with <br \/>themselves if they do wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, they TELL themselves they can, but they&#8217;re <br \/>tortured.<\/p>\n<p>But most times the truth outs.<\/p>\n<p>We see it in government right now.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always the little things that slip you up.<\/p>\n<p>Valerie Plame is going to tarnish the White House.\u00c2\u00a0 Has already.\u00c2\u00a0 Whereas all <br \/>the men and women who&#8217;ve died in vain in Iraq have not.\u00c2\u00a0 But now, with Karl <br \/>Rove caught in the crosshairs, all of the Administration&#8217;s other duplicitous <br \/>acts are being questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Karma.\u00c2\u00a0 Live in California long enough and you believe in it.\u00c2\u00a0 Those trying <br \/>to get ahead, cutting corners, abusing people, they pay.\u00c2\u00a0 Whereas those who are <br \/>compassionate, who are truly there for others, they reap the benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t only look at the financial losses.\u00c2\u00a0 Look at health issues.\u00c2\u00a0 Family <br \/>issues.\u00c2\u00a0 Death.\u00c2\u00a0 Might take a long time to take hold, but karma always wins in the <br \/>end.<\/p>\n<p>Looked like a simple filmic device.\u00c2\u00a0 Nate having sex with Maggie whilst <br \/>Brenda showed up at the church service unannounced, where they were supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s the way it always happens.\u00c2\u00a0 You get caught.\u00c2\u00a0 Might not be the <br \/>first lie, but when you can&#8217;t lay your life bare and feel good about it, be <br \/>honest, it&#8217;s only a matter of time until you&#8217;re tripped up. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conniving bastards rape and pillage and decide to give something back. 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