I recently noticed that the white screen with black text that flashes across the screen at the end of the credits at the end of the show wasn't just some corporate boilerplate. It's different every week, and usually pretty odd. Or interesting, depending on your perspective. Anyone else read these? (You'd need to be watching using a medium you can pause - it hits the screen way too fast.)
One of them:
Chuck Lorre Productions #396
It appears that roughly half the people in this country think that they're in mortal danger from their own government. That's a lot of people sensing a lot of malice and threat. I worry that I don't see it. Sure, I see inefficiency and incompetence, but I've always seen that regardless of which party's in office. And frankly, I've always welcomed it. I don't like my big bureaucracies to be cold, calculating, profit-making enterprises driven by a steely, clear-headed singular vision. A cursory glance through history would indicate that well-organized governments tend to enjoy well-organized parades, followed by well-organized ethnic cleansing. Which is why I celebrate the magnificent muddle-headed ineptitude of our democracy. As far as I'm concerned, a little confusion and waste may keep the trains from running on time, but it also keeps people like me from getting a one-way ticket in a cattle car. Are our tax dollars being misspent on poorly run social programs? You bet! Do we get more buck for our bang at the local Post Office, Amtrak station, nuclear submarine or methadone clinic? Of course we do! But keep in mind that bureaucracies who can't find their [removed for AD] with a flashlight and a hand mirror are not likely to find you either. To paraphrase bobby McGee: "Freedom's just another word for who the [removed for AD]'s in charge here?"