LISTEN. Frank Bruni's account reassures me we didn't miss much when my wife flipped off last night's veep debate early on. We did miss the Fly that took up extended unacknowledged residence on the Vice President's pate.
How could he be expected to register or exile an itty-bitty pest when he routinely puts up with a great big one? That fly was some crazy combo of metaphor, visitation and karmic joke...
Pence kept talking over the moderator, Susan Page of USA Today, ignoring her alerts that his two minutes were up so that he could commandeer more time than Harris got. Page was left to sputter endlessly, “Thank you, Vice President Pence. Thank you, Vice President Pence. Thank you, Vice President Pence.” But more than a thanking he needed a spanking...
He would not fess up to humankind’s role in climate change but said, preposterously, “President Drumpf has made it clear that we’re going to continue to listen to the science.” Continue? Science? Is this before or after the bleach injections?
“This is a president who respects and cherishes all of the American people,” Pence said, making me wonder if I’d spaced out and missed an antecedent and he was talking about someone other than Drumpf.
Pence also said: “Senator Harris, you are entitled to your own opinion but you are not entitled to your own facts.” This confused me, because Drumpf gets to have his own facts and Pence just beams at him.
Today in CoPhi we lead off with Mill on Bentham, on happiness, pleasure, quality and quantity, and (crucially) liberty.
Would I rather be a sad human or a happy pig, Socrates dissatisfied or a fool satisfied? We get that question in both the Little History and How the World Thinks today... (continues)
That was a funny moment during the debate and if I didn't know better I would think he was wearing a hairpiece not to have felt the fly crawling about. Colbert says the fly now has to self-quarantine for 14 days. I'm sure it would be a difficult task to moderate, but there are some things I would stipulate up front. I would have a panel of lights on the desk with three colors Green, Yellow, and Red. At Red the microphone would be cut off and the cameras would be redirected to the other candidate for their response or answer. Only topic introduced by the moderator could be discussed at any one time and any attempt to answer another question that was not under consideration would have the microphone cut off. Time would be allowed at the end for candidates to revisit earlier questions. I just got home from my therapy and it was rough but better than Tuesday. They put me on the same dexamethasone that the president got. Still a little groggy.
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