Bad Boys: Whatcha Gonna Do?

In Wellford, South Carolina, you can just run.

I’ve been trying to keep up with DD’s appearances on TV, since he’s been on five talk shows in the past week. He even co-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly the other day. His face pops up every time I go online. There is some serious promotions going into the third season of Californication, which makes me happy.

On a side note, I’ve decided to do one post per week because of College Writing, Career Communications and English 12. They are sucking the creative writing juice right out of me.

Apology is Policy

Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has apologized for yelling “You lie!” to President Obama during his healthcare speech yesterday.

On a side note, Ellen DeGeneres has been announced as the new judge of American Idol. Yes, you read that correctly. Don’t ask me how or why because it’s beyond my comprehension.

A Modest Proposal

FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE IN IRELAND FROM BEING A BURDEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC

Last year around this time I read A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift for the first time. I thought it was brilliant. Johnathan Swift (1667-1745) was an English-Irish prose writer in eighteenth century literature. A Modest Proposal is a traditional satire that shows Swift’s dark humour and wit. The essay was written in 1729 as a proposition to the impoverished Irish, suggesting that they sell their children (as food) to the richer men and women. He argues that it would lessen the ever-growing population as well as solve that family’s economic troubles.

I suggest you read it if you haven’t. It’s quite comical. Anything with distinct undertones of cannibalism is a good read.

“I do therefore humbly offer it to the public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children, already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males, which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle, or swine, and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage, a circumstance not much regarded by our savages; therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.”

You can read the entire essay in its original form here.