BREAKING: We Can Blog And Think About the Economy At The Same Time
By Nate • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: General Sod, Work Sod
The other morning (or mid-afternoon, bloggers don’t usually wake up before noon) I contacted Erik about putting out a joint statement pertaining to the possible suspension of our blogging duties so that we could both head to Washington to help Congress draft the legislation that is needed to bail out our economy. We left it at the agreement that we would both think about the proposition and get back to each other after we each had time to chug a few Red Bulls and eat some Pop Tarts.
So, imagine my surprise when I saw that, not hours after we had spoken…ahem, I mean after I had contacted him to speak about the issue, he posted that he was calling for a suspension of all blogging to focus on the economy. I was shocked, SHOCKED at this development. Apparently, it was something that he was more decisive about in his own mind.
I believe that we should continue to have our blogging. I believe that it makes sense for us to continue to present ourselves to a infinitesimally small segment of the extremely bored and entertainment-starved American people that this site appeals to. We can still do plenty of thinking about the economy. We have the ability to take on both issues at once. I mean, if I can blog, search for porn featuring Abe Vigoda and Instant Message with old college friends, all while illegally downloading the new TV on the Radio album, I think I can focus on blogging AND the economy, no problem.
If we do need to rush to Washington to help this crucial legislation get passed, well, we both have big planes with our slogans painted on the sides of them. I think that they can get us to there pretty quickly.
So, while I respect my colleagues’ call for focus on the economy, I respectfully disagree. I should also point out that the possible reason for his change in course might just be that he has been slipping in the polls on key issues as of late and that this is a massive stunt to cover up those slips. He’s trying to distract you, the American people, from the fact that his campaign as of late, to be blunt, has been a myriad of messy misrepresentations, misappropriations and malapropisms.
I call on Erik to join me in not suspending blogging, but to try and do both. As a blogger, it’s our job to focus on more than one thing at a time. We can’t just suspend blogging whenever we feel like it. That’s not the way to properly run a blog.
Nate is pretty sure Mark Twain said it best, "Humor is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations, and resentments flit away, and a sunny spirit takes their place."
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First of all, I never got that call. My staff (i.e. my cat) took a note on it, which I didn’t read for another six hours. And then it took another few hours for me to figure out what the poop stain she had left on a post-it note was supposed to mean.
Second, I AM NOT BEHIND IN THE POLLS. I have a double digit lead in Utah. UTAH! How can you win anything without Utah?
Third, while I respect your patriotism and whatever other positive qualities you might have, I find it disappointing that you care so little for the American people and want them all to die of pneumonia in the streets. That certainly isn’t the temperament of a true leader, unlike me, who once spent five-and-a-half hellish years living in my parents’ basement.
Regardless, I must reject your call for not suspending my blogging, and I intend on writing a very long blog later tonight on my selfless act of suspending my blog. It’s unfortunate that you won’t join me in my quest of saving this country single-handedly, but hey, we can’t all be heroes, now can we?
My desire to deliver the very best to the American people is, has been and will always be paramount. The fact that you’d question that makes me question your commitment to the betterment of the American people.
Also, while I respect and admire what you suffered through, I don’t think that your experience alone means that you’re the best choice to lead this nation, blog-wise.
I have said and I continue to say that I believe we can focus both on blogging and the economy equally and I will work toward that goal.
Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but the entire fleet of SodBlog corporate jets has been grounded indefinitely due to rising jet fuel costs and a pending lawsuit from the United League of Fat Chick Voters. Someone probably should have spoken up in the jet slogan meeting…
Jets have also been canceled due to someone managing to get through security while armed with a deadly pair of nail clippers. The offender has been executed and the entire airport has been blocked off as a precaution. The bomb squad is saying that they’ll blow up a nearby manicure store if they find any weapons stored there.
You know, that would make a great Onion article.