A few weeks ago I asked about a strange rumor I’d heard about government jobs being outsourced to Asia during a recession. A lot of people struck me as being bizzarely OK with the idea and I spitballed on the polical implications (I have noticed that when groups get too much power they tend to justify the theories of their most hated advesaries). I came back a day later to find out that the thread had been closed and I was being threatened with expulsion by a certain trigger-happy moderator who, apparently being something of a mindreader, stated that I was only looking for an excuse to make a fuss over politics.
Wouldn’t you know it, the story actually turns out to be true — almost:
It turns out that Republicans are turning to India so they can do fundraising on the cheap.
I leave interpreting the significance of this to others since I wouldn’t want to defile the Straight Dope Message Board with the stain of politics. After all, this is supposed to be for people with lively intellects and a strong curiosity about real life. How could politics ever be relevent when discussing factual information?
Hm. Perhaps now might be a good time to announce my retirement?