Just laying this down as a data point:
And then the teacher walked in. He had a gray crew cut, a message-free tank top and shorts, without a Buddhist bead or Sanskrit phrase visible anywhere.
“Come on people, let’s get started,” he said in a New York accent, as if leading a conference call.
Then he cranked up “Misty Mountain Hop” by Led Zeppelin and led the students through a warm-up of sun salutations. Soon he had them stretching into a difficult split pose.
“Didn’t you see the torture memos this week?” called out Jane Harman, a 63-year-old devoted student in the front row, who also happens to be the United States Representative for the South Bay region of Los Angeles County.
The teacher responded, “That’s why I’m doing this.”
Har. De har. Har.
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We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
Jane's here all night.
My sympathy meter for her has gone back down to 0, and it was only at .001 to begin with.
I entreat all of Harman's constiuents to let her take her comedy show on the road...by not voting for her when he seat comes back around for re-elections giving her all of the time in the world to entertain a comedy career.
But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...
Not Funny, But
Harman was at least one of the few members of Congress who objected to torture at the time. She's awful on wiretapping, but she objected to the torture.
Note - I cannot believe that objecting to torture is now something to be noted as praiseworthy that makes you stand out, but that's what the Village
has become.
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. " - Eleanor Roosevelt