On April 3rd, 1948 Harry Truman, one of the best Presidents because he did nothing, signed the Marshall Plan, sending $13.3 billion dollars to aid in the recovery of Europe after World War II.
Sixty years later that money is worth about $260 billion which would go far in addressing the problems in the US. So we will need that back now.
Actually yesterday.
Sure, I know that our country benefited from the recovery plan in the form of export markets and reliable trading partners but you are much better off now then sixty years ago. You have a European Union, a stable form of currency, buildings. Unfortunately you also have the French but good things in life don’t come without trade-offs.
We, on the other hand are about to elect a President who will tax us more so that we can have crappy health care managed by the government instead of pressuring the industry to stop over-charging the shit out of everyone.
Hospitals used to be run by churches but since they had to spend millions of dollars on frivolous sexual assault lawsuits, religion had to get out of the health care business.
Fine, we exposed kid touchers in the clergy but at what cost? So a hospital visit can cost a couple hundred dollars? I’d rather have a few priests being overly friendly with a choir boy than a trip to the emergency room bankrupting me.
Europe, we have bigger problems then just a weak economy and if we needed that money back yesterday, we will need it more on Inauguration Day. We only have a few more years until all these boomers with their social/communist ideas retire and leave us picking up the pieces and paying for their social security.
That $260 billion will come in handy.
I know it is a lot of money to come up with all at once so we can set up a payment plan, with interest of course. One more thing, if you could pay in Euros that would be great. The dollar isn’t looking so hot since we printed a ton of it in an attempt to fix our economic problems.
Hell, we will even take France if that makes it easier for you. Then we will have a place for the socialists to live.
Chris Cameron writes this weekly drivel of political humor here every Thursday. You can also read his odd and ranty humor at his blog Angry Seafood.
Humor-Blogs.com does not have information about the Marshall Plan but they do have funny blogs.
Take it easy people. It’s just political humor.
2004–2008
25 responses so far ↓
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Chris C
// Apr 3, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Sometimes when you need some inspiration, nothing beats those ‘this day in history’ websites.
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Fiar
// Apr 3, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I love President’s that don’t do anything. They’re the best kind.
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Rastaman
// Apr 3, 2008 at 5:32 pm
You were fine up until the faggot priests and the choir boys. NO amount of money is a fair trade for that. Not funny, buddy.
There’s no connection between the child molesters in the Catholic church and hospital medical costs, anyway. I fail to see where that misguided attempt at humor came from.
Very few of our hospitals are or have been run by Catholics and those that are still have to be competitive with all the rest which are not.
Many more hospitals are run by other religious institutions and have had no pedophile problems. This is a Catholic priest issue, not a “church” or “religious” issue. The Catholic church became a haven for homosexuals because of its celibacy requirement. Other religions except perhaps some Buddhist sects don’t require that.
There’s nothing to joke about in child molesting. I personally would rather NOT see “a few priests being overly friendly with a choir boy” for any amount of money.
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VE
// Apr 3, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Dang, I thought it was a contest to guess how many comb-overs there were in the picture.
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Chris C
// Apr 3, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Did that one hit a little too close to home rastaman?
You can’t have conditional humor. You can’t laugh at a picture of Hillary as a pig or a Hitler T-Shirt that says ‘Fuck Che’ but yet keep kid toucher jokes off the table.
Or should I say altar? Waka waka!
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Rastaman
// Apr 3, 2008 at 8:50 pm
“You can’t have conditional humor”. That means that all humor must be unconditional? Is this a new rule you’ve just created?
Are you making a point there somewhere, Chris? I don’t laugh at the things you mention. You mean you do?
This sounds very much like I came too close to home for you, actually. If you think Chester the Molester stuff is funny, then I think you must be a pedophile. If you’re not, then explain to us what’s funny about child molesting in a way that clears you of that charge.
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rt
// Apr 3, 2008 at 9:00 pm
What-ev-ah!
I just want to know when I get my share of the $260 billion. I need to buy some new clothes and get my hair done.
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Chris C
// Apr 3, 2008 at 9:10 pm
It’s a pretty simple point: don’t come here and laugh at offensive humor you don’t find offensive then get all uptight when there’s something YOU don’t find funny.
Should I use smaller words to make my point or have I dumbed it down enough for you?
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Rastaman
// Apr 3, 2008 at 10:15 pm
You better use smaller words, Chester. I live in a country where freedom of speech and dissent are allowed.
You must be an idiot. I never laughed at offensive humor here. You’re all tangled up in yourself, Chester. You’re stumbling all over your words.
I think you trapped yourself and don’t know how to escape. I think you are a child molester. I think those reading all this are beginning to see my point as well.
You don’t laugh at child molesting and then defend it by attacking anyone who points this out. Unless you’re a child molester.
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Chris C
// Apr 4, 2008 at 12:28 am
You must be a lot of fun at parties.
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Daniel
// Apr 4, 2008 at 6:34 am
I found this post to be funny. If I actually believed you thought pedophilia was an acceptable way to reduce medical costs I would be…offended. But I don’t believe you think that.
As for Rastaman, I must respectfully disagree with the assertion that the pedophile priest issue is “not a church” issue and is solely a homosexual matter. The political/management organization of the Catholic church aggressively hid the pedophile problem for many decades and transferred offending priests from congregation to congregation thereby subjecting more and more children to abuse rather than turning the abusers into authorities for prosecution. They have stains on their hands and on the hem of their priest, bishop and cardinal skirts.
While the abused altar boys have gotten lots of media attention and results in the courts, there are many girls that have also been abused.
My apologies to Chris and his funny post for getting so serious.
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Alex L
// Apr 4, 2008 at 6:49 am
Well I dont want to over step the boundaries of good taste, but, if the economy cant handle the oncoming onslaught of baby boomers retiring… kill them, or recruit them into the armed forces.
And Rasta, I dont see what gay priests have to do with touching kids, homosexuality is not being sexually attracted to children. There is no problem with the faggot priests as you put it. There is only a problem with paedophile priests. Just because some one is gay doesnt mean they are attracted to children can we please get that right.
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radmdau
// Apr 4, 2008 at 9:52 am
Well, aside from being historically inaccurate, as far as hospitals being run by the Catholic church, your attempt at humor regarding how you think it’s not such a big deal to allow priests to molest boys so you can have a cheaper trip to the emergency room, stepped way beyond the bounds of what’s acceptable. Clearly, you neither have any children, nor know any who’ve been molested. You wouldn’t think a comment such as yours would be that funny if you did. Since you think pedophilia is funny, maybe in your next piece you can talk about how funny it is for someone to get raped. I suppose you also think the slave trade and pimping out young girls is also fodder for your “humor.”
And, don’t even try to belittle my intelligence in a sorry attempt to justify a lapse in judgment on your part. Keep making those types of comments, and you’ll wind up being well known alright - but not for the reasons you’d like. Or, perhaps it would be for a reason you like - don’t know. I’m not in a position to make that judgment.
I disagree that humor isn’t “conditional.” One generally slants their comments towards whatever audience they have. When is the last time you made jokes about African Americans? Or Muslims? If you really want to be funny, write some humorous pieces about Islam and/or Muslims, and just to top it off, add a couple of cartoons or caricatures of Muhammad - that is, if you really don’t feel humor is conditional
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Bill Ward
// Apr 4, 2008 at 10:20 am
While I do think that almost no subject is untouchable in humor, I feel some subjects just don’t lend themselfs to punchlines vary well. Besides this one simply is not funny. Mabye you should try poking fun at Islam, or African American or some other group. If you have the B***s.
Now for the main theme of your writing.
Before you start writing about historic topics, check your facts. The Marshall plan was not a loan, it was a grant, basicly a gift, with no strings attached. It would be nice if the EU would give the money back, now that it is no longer needed, mabye they could donate it to some charity to help train the poor to obtain better employment.
Bill
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insolublog
// Apr 4, 2008 at 12:39 pm
It is already a goverment heath care system, with billions of our dollars being pumped into it, through the entitlement spigot. The lawyers know this, so they attach themselves, like leeches, to the gorged pig and drive all the costs through the roof. The insurance companies also know this, so they shrug their shoulders and settle out of court, which (of course) delights the John Edwards’ of this world.
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Chris C
// Apr 4, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Nice try Bill Ward/radmdau. If you are going to pretend to be two different people at least use a proxy IP for one of them to disguise yourself.
Come on now, you can do better.
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Fiar
// Apr 4, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Inaccurate information on a political humor/satire site? Say it ain’t so. The jig is up Chris. Time to abandon ship.
First it’s inaccurate reporting - just like the AP. Then the next thing you know we’ll be making up facts about the history of Hezbollah. Or suggesting that dead muslim babies are what’s for dinner.
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radmdau
// Apr 4, 2008 at 2:24 pm
In point of fact, we are two different people - just happen to live in the same house, and use the same internet connection. So, try to invalidate what either one of us said - it’s a pathetic ploy
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Chris C
// Apr 4, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Why try to invalidate when I can just wait for you to spend your valuable free time writing 300-word replies on a silly political humor blog?
Sorry, to be factual you only used 260 words. You are a stickler for facts so I want to make sure we have some transparency.
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Les James
// Apr 4, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I’ve tried to stay out of this but…
I believe everyone has a valid point. Everyone is right in their own way. None of us can judge another because we haven’t walked a mile in their shoes.
I believe in hope.
I believe in the future.
Damn it, I believe in the future of hope!
Why can’t we all just get along?
This November, when you’re standing behind that curtain, remember that hope floats! And so does crap.
I hope these words help to heal.
Thank you.
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Fiar
// Apr 5, 2008 at 8:15 am
Is it Sunday yet? The retarded argument showed up early.
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RT
// Apr 5, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Huuuuuummmmmmmmmooooooooorrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!
It’s almost Sunday.
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Alex L
// Apr 6, 2008 at 4:02 am
Why is it that all of a sudden you must be ballsy to make fun of African Americans or Muslims, when did that get to be the height edgey comedy.
So radmdau, Chris should try making fun of African Americans and Muslims… Why is Islam suddenly destined to be the butt of all the jokes, seems you must think Muslims have no sense of humor, seems you think that they cant take a joke, seems your characterizing them as insane religious nuts hellbent on world domination. Seems you think Chris is going to face angry reprisals from thousands of Muslims with torches and pitchforks, just for making a few simple jokes. As far as I can see the assumptions your making about Muslims is no worse than a simple joke about the follies of the catholic church and a few of its members.
Its a joke, its not serious, thats why its funny, its just so improbable that anyone would think that way, that’s what makes it funny. If you dont like it dont comment.
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Chris C
// Apr 6, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Thanks Alex. All along I though rad/bill and rastaman were criticizing my humor because it offended them but in actuality they were simply asking me for more topical jokes.
But it was a weird way to go about it. Why not just ask ‘Hey Chris can we get more jokes making fun of Islam and black people?’
I didn’t realize the demand from our readers for these jokes was so high. Thank God for the ability to leave comments and feedback.
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