Postcards: Insulting Our Market Intelligence (Republic Speak)

I swear it's maddening to have someone lie directly to your face. But that's America. We've known we've been lied to for the last 30 years. But they're not even trying now.

White House Intern “Justification Jack”

Dear Fellow Expat:

Imagine, if you will, that you own a brick house…

And every day, someone takes one brick out of your back wall. 

You might not notice on Day One or Two, but after a few weeks, you feel a draft.

So, you call the contractor (who works for the government).

He leaves, comes back, and says… “We checked it. There’s no hole…”

But there is a hole.

And another brick keeps disappearing every day.

In the next month, the entire brick wall will be missing.

So you call again…

“What are you talking about?” the government contractor asks. “The wall is fine. The wall is right there…” Then, the contractor acts like a mime, touching an invisible wall.