Oh, what a glorious morning.  Not only am I sitting on ten pages of The Revengers comic (that's right, TEN pages of genuine comic book art) that is effectively re-invigorating the entire project like a shot of andrenaline straight to the heart, but I came across a bit of written material on the interwebs that just BEGGED for some kind of response.

Now, for the longest time I haven't paid a second's worth of attention to my brother's website and his online activities.  It wasn't worth it.  I've tried to engage him in the past and things always wind up in the same place.  Basically, we don't see eye-to-eye and, frankly, we never will.  But that doesn't mean I can't have some fun, er, poking fun at him.

Plus, you guys get a meaningful blog that's longer than 140 characters.  Groovy, huh?

To kick things off, I'll share a quote (which will link to his heavily-monotized website ... a link that you DO NOT need to click.  In case you've been brainwashed with a twitterized attention-span, I'll repeat: you DO NOT need to click over to his website).

"I’m sure you’ve all read the stories by now. Over the weekend Obama and his cronies ousted the CEO of GM and gave Chrysler a 30 day notice to shape or else. Obama’s decided he’s going to the run the automaker industry in addition to running the country.

You can see why I might be a little upset."

If ever there was a thesis statement to a person's life, well, this probably wouldn't be it for Jason, but it sure as hell exposes a lot about him.

First, I have to point out the obvious.  This guy has dedicated his website to the hawking of his books.  I can tell this because of the "Books" column that runs down the right-hand side of the page with large, uninspired graphics of the book titles.  What's ironic about this observation is the fact that Jason, a self-proclaimed "best-selling" author (well, I suppose if you use flexible standards, anyone can become a "best-selling author") fails to even proof-read his own blog.  It's peppered with grammatical errors, missing words, confused sentences and other gross, technical innacuracies.  For someone who is trying to sell himself as an author (and subsequently sell his books) it's not a good idea to paint a picture of yourself as a bad writer.  Just my personal, humble opinion.

But let's talk about the meat of his argument.  I realize that many of my readers don't reside in the United States, but I think most are still aware of what's going on with the auto industry and certainly the results of our recent presidential election.  (Quick note: I'll be very interested in both Obs' and Heather's take on this.)

Wait a sec ... I forgot, that was one of my problems with Jason's blog ... there was very little meat.  In fact, after stewing on this for a good twenty-eight seconds, I've come to the conclusion that his blog was not meant to be an angry observational piece on big government's takeover of the US auto industry, but in fact a very subtle comedic SPOOF of "angry" style blogs.

See, Jason's primary thesis is that he's angry.  Fair enough.  But about what?  At first he claims he's angry about Obama "taking over" the auto industry (his words, not mine!).  Then he suggests that he's simply angry at Obama because, well, Obama is a socialist pig and will destroy our country (not EXACTLY his words, but I think it's a fair assumption).  The problem with these sources of anger comes later when he cites more sources of anger: the fact that the car companies went to the government in the first place--wait, no, because the government bailed them out in the first place--wait no, that's not right, either--because we elected a black man president (oops, he never actually said that, so yes, that's implied racism right there)--waitwaitwait (sorry), he's angry (so much so he wants to scream--his words, not mine) because Obama is in office for another eight years and will likely have Congress abolish presidential term limits.

Wait, what?

Alright, I know I shouldn't poke too hard ... in the past, my metered and reasonable criticism of publicly posted opinions and comments from people like this have in fact resulted in tears.  I can be a down-right, big ol' meanie sometimes, I know.

So let me gently and calmly COMPLIMENT something Jason actually did write:

"I suspect the man uses copies of the Constitution to wipe himself.

Was that a little extreme?

Well, so was taking over the auto industry."

What a well-constructed metaphor!  Simply brilliant!  Kudos!

*ahem*

Brilliant, that is, if somewhere in the blog, the concept of the government taking over the auto industry was established as extreme ... much less established in the first place.  Granted, I try not to innundate myself with current affairs, but the way I've read the news story is that President Obama is mandating that GM and Chrysler meet the terms of the original loan agreement within 30-60 days, or he will force them into bankruptcy court which will result in them MEETING THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL LOAN AGREEMENT.

Excatly how is this "taking over" the auto industry?

Look, if you wanna be angry about the state of the nation, good on you.  If you wanna be angry about everyone and their mother getting a bailout, good on you.  If you wanna be angry about how your underwear smells bad after you've worn it for three days straight, well, maybe you should do laundry more often, but nevertheless: good on you.

But don't bill yourself as a writer and then compose a near incomprehensible argument as to why you're angry about these things when the essential gist of your reasoning is "Ummm, BECAUSE!"

And if you wanna get angry at people criticizing your work, good on you.  Do something about it.

Finally, in anticipation of the criticism that WILL be coming, in case you missed it, the thesis of this blog was to make fun of the WRITER of the linked blog.  Also, I know there will also be criticism about giving him ANY extra attention ... but what can I say?  Truthfully, he could use a little more attention and, well, I'm feeling generous today.

Cheers.

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