This is a mental experiment. Do not try it at home.
Suppose that the hundred members of the present U.S. Senate were trapped on a desert island with a man-eating dragon and only you could save them. In which order would you save them, and how many would you save before you decided to quit?
I’d save six right off and then think about the next eleven. After eighteen at the most, I’d just sit in my boat and watch the dragon movie.
NOTE: Man-eating dragons define the word “man” in the old-fashioned male chauvinist way….. laydeez. Also, John Kerry just got himself kicked off the boat.
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December 19, 2009 at 4:52 pm
How much time and effort does each senator-saving take? There’s a lot of better things you can do with a boat.
December 19, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Moderate time and effort, little risk. The alternative would be sunbathing and kicking back while having a few beers, but beers could still be consumed while rescuing the Senators, within the limits of the law of course.
December 19, 2009 at 9:14 pm
How many is a quorum?
December 19, 2009 at 9:17 pm
You need a majority of the Senate, which would be ten Senators if the Senate dwindled down to 18.
December 19, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Along come a procedural liberal, suggesting you save even blue dogs from purple/red states with Republican governors.
There’s a nearly endless supply of bad potential senators.
December 19, 2009 at 11:51 pm
This is philosophy. I’m assuming an endless supply of man-eating dragons too.
December 20, 2009 at 2:16 am
No, Virginia, I know nothing about the Mayan calendar or about the end of the world in 2012.
December 20, 2009 at 6:52 am
After Bernie Sanders, I guess I’d call it a day.
December 20, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I can see this developing into a video game or even a role-playing game.
December 20, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Screw Sanders, Giblets is goin’ fishin’ with the dragon.
December 20, 2009 at 7:45 pm
The ethics of responsibility condemns those who shirk their Senator-eating responsibilities on the basis of their subjective personal taste for good-tasting things and a life of ease.
As well as the vile seducers who divert trusting and not-terribly-bright dragons from their ordained functions.
January 8, 2010 at 3:59 pm
“Desert Island Senators?” Can you reveal your six & your eleven?
January 8, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Nah, people would just get mad at me because Boxer was the only woman. Generally I chose the liberal Senators who were least compromised and most outspoken.