Our Bizzaro World Writ Large.
There is simply not much to add.
Yet another disconnect for me. I’m so far beyond WTF that I MUST be wrong. Or maybe I’m having a stroke?
A local group’s plan to buy ads on Metro buses urging people to “Buy American” and “Shop Locally” has been rejected by King County as too political.
Yet another h/t to Don Surber
Category: Geezer Alert!
I can understand the concept of shying away from political or controversial advertisement on public transportation, but this is like the asinine ‘zero tolerance’ policies public schools are laboring under.
Maybe they should just ban advertising on their buses? Then no one can get offended. Then they can move to the schools and stop keeping score at any sporting events, and no grades, everyone passes.
Why should political messages be banned at all?
@3 – Because it causes an unneeded distraction. You’ll have howls of protest and the corollary hearings and media airtime accusing the public transportation authority, and the local bureaucracy of favoring one party over another.
In a sense, everything in our lives gets devolved down to two party ideology anyway, but why add to it?
Unions had “Buy American” ads for years, but that was OK?? Hmmm.
@4: As long as you’re not proposing eating babies and boiling their skin for boots, or other such Modest Proposal(s), I’m fine with it.
I think the “two Party system” is just a view of the narrow minded. In truth even though there are two parties, inside those parties, there are so many different view points its very difficult to get anything done. If we were like Israel, and had 26 parties, we’d never get anything done.
@4 – To each their own. Bus advertising is relatively far from anything I’d fall on a sword over.
Many people are comfortable with the political duopoly we have. Some like me, never see the embodiment of our ideology in any candidate or party and are generally left to choose between crap and shit, if we vote at all.
King County. One of the most liberal counties in the Nation. Seattle has been run by commie, socialists for years. Not surprised. These are the same goons that re-elect Patty Murray.
Hey, it’s Seattle… being patriotic is “racist” there.