Raise Yer White Flags, Ye Scurvy Scum
…and other lessons in bipartisanship I learned at Disney World
Last night Iflew a red-eye from Florida with three colossally airsick kids, and I could hardly wait to post today. I spent a week and half exhausting every ride, every show and every parade Disney World has to offer, and all around me were metaphors for the coming legislative session…weird, huh?
As we floated through the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ ride (newly refurbished with no less than four Jack Sparrow scenes!), one of the first sets is the bombardment of a village by a pirate ship. The villagers stand firm, fight back against superior fire power, while the pirate captain yells, “Raise yer white flags, ye scurvy scum!” If they had…would that have been considered a bipartisan move by California standards?
In the next scene of the ride, the shops and stores of the village are on fire. I wonder if I was the only Disney-phile thinking, “Wow, this is like all those Job Killer bills the… Read More