{"id":2240,"date":"2015-05-16T11:16:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.2gtech.com\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2015-05-16T11:16:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T15:16:11","slug":"why-is-lansing-filled-with-idiots-oh-yeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=2240","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Lansing Filled with Idiots? Oh, Yeah…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Also posted online at MLive.com, May 16, 2015<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In the 1960s, the British comedy duo of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore had this skit called \u201cFrog and Peach\u201d in which Moore played a reporter interviewing an eccentric restauranteur played by Cook. (It\u2019s definitely worth looking up if you are not familiar with it.)<\/p>\n

After introductions Moore asks Cook when he started his restaurant, \u201cThe Frog and Peach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cook replies, \u201cShortly after the Second\u00a0World War.\u201d And then continues, \u201cDo you remember that? Absolutely ghastly business. Absolutely ghastly.\u201d Pauses and adds, \u201cI was against it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore agrees, \u201cI\u2026 I think we all were.\u201d<\/p>\n

A bit indignantly, Cook replies, \u201cYes, well, I<\/em> wrote a letter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed. So not only was I against that ghastly Proposal 1 business, I wrote a letter. Well\u2026 in my case, it was a cartoon. For others it was a comment or blog post or perhaps even an actual letter. As evidenced by the vote, we were all pretty much against it.<\/p>\n

But being right and indignant doesn\u2019t necessarily absolve us of blame. It is Michigan voters who keep electing representatives who actively proclaim to hate government, who proudly want no part of knowing how to create viable legislation, whose only perceptible lawmaking skills are saying \u201cno\u201d and kicking a can down the road. Why would we have any reason to expect competence?<\/p>\n

We\u2019re just as nutty as a fellow who opens a restaurant in the middle of a bog that serves only two dishes \u2014 Frog a la Peche<\/em> and Peche a la Frog<\/em> \u2014 both of which are as revolting as they sound. Of course, the business has been a catastrophe. Near the end of the skit Moore asks Cook, \u201cDo you feel you have learned from your mistakes?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cook replies enthusiastically, \u201cOh, certainly. Certainly. I have learned from my mistakes, and I\u2019m sure I could repeat them exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seriously. You should give it a listen:<\/p>\n