First you have “We are investigating”, followed by “We have suspended her”, next will be “It will be noted in her personal file”, and in no time at all she will be back at work, quietly congratulated by her superiors and coworkers.

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

By: Rudyard Kipling

AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

So there will be no doubt as to Kipling’s meaning here, the Gods of the Market Place is the Government; a “Copybook” is the British equivalent of America’s McGuffey readers; they were used to improve penmanship, as
English children would copy the heading on each page (which consisted of some wise saying) repeatedly below. The Gods of the Copybook Headings are refering to those wise sayings that are always rising up and smacking us in the proverbial face when we forget their basic truths!

On November 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pm, right_on said:
Fast forward one month…”The Office of Inspector General found no evidence of illegal activity by Ms. Jones-Kelley. She has done an admirable job in attempting to protect Ohio taxpayers, and she should be commended for her initiative. This office will take no further action on this matter.”

And soon to come: “The great state of Ohio is proud to announce its selection of citizen of the year, Ms. Jones-Kelley. We would like to wish her the best of luck as she leaves for her new job in Washington, D.C. as head of the newly created Department For The Monitoring Of Disrespectful Citizens”.

On November 7th, 2008 at 10:10 pm, rambler said:
Maybe Obama will hire her.

Secretary of the Civilian Action/Army Corps.

Strickland said he asked Inspector General Thomas P. Charles to investigate the matter.

Next, he should call in a plumber to fix all those leaks…

or that when my ex disappeared for several years without feeling the need to tell me where they were or her taking my child support payments and buying a bar and making my daughter raise [her moms] new kids while she slutted all over her new town. Now that i caught up to her, my kids dont want to live with her, I have custody and she pays ME child support. Its pretty sad when someones own kids laughs that their mom is a whore. (not my words)

no one even questions why the default question was IF Joe even had to pay child support and WHY he would be behind. That just seems normal to everyone.

Thats my rant for today and we’re hitting the ski skopes again tomorrow. (just got back)