The counterpart to Mother Jones (no relation) is called the "People's Cube".
It is a scream, as far as humor goes, ROTFL - even when the political message is totally Ayn Randish. as in Ayn Radish, aka Misander Ayn . ;-) Come to think of it, Mother J is almost as Misanderish as Ayn. Maybe that's what happens when we let gals wear pant suits and venture outside of the kitchen and nursery ;-) Anyway, the Cubic offering of the week is: Congress Passes New Law of Thermodynamics By Will Beria In a bid to free the nation from foreign oil and bring its carbon footprint to naught, Congressional Democrats passed a new law of thermodynamics, which states, "From each according to ability; to each according to need." This should lead to real energy independence once supply of energy becomes independent of its demand. In practical terms, the new legislation establishes a new energy regime called "greenergy," according to which supply will match demand based on need and not on any particular technology's ability. Under this scheme, alternating current (AC) will be replaced with alternative current. The new AC will work by adjusting the needy consumer rather than the supply. Said one Senator, "For alternative energy we need an alternative consumer. That much is clear." This will be accomplished by attaching a series of government greenergy regulators to the energy grid at the user end, to adjust the customer need as required. In the unlikely event a government regulator loses efficiency or fails, causing a short-term shortage of greenergy available, the alternative empowerment proviso kicks in. In such an event the greenergy system will run a temporary energy budget deficit which will be paid back at a later date as new technologies come online. "Finally alternative energies will be able to compete with traditional ones on an equal footing," said the Senator. "This bill allows the conservation of energy to conserve energy. What could be simpler or more obvious?" END I find this hilarious in a most unusual role reversal. And in a perverse way, the remedies being parodied here may indeed have a strong appeal (if applied slightly differently and humanely). This is laugh-and-cry cynicism turned on its pinhead: and with a bill that allows the conservation of energy to really conserve energy. LOL. At any rate, it is refreshing to see that humor did not totally depart the conservatives with Reagan. He was a funny guy, always a disarming smile; and nobody doesn't like a good laugh, both in and at a profession that takes itself way too seriously.
