Biden's Radical Honesty

Nietzsche is Dead ^ | 16 March 09 | foutsc

[foutsc]

Insincerity is the lubricant of social intercourse. It's also the hardest thing to fake.

We've all heard about the latest VP F-Bomb. Cheney did it a few year ago on the senate floor when he told Senator Leahy what he could do with himself. Last week Palooka Joe used the f-word to tell his friends to lighten up and drop all that formal "Mr. Vice President" crap. Say what you want about VP Biden, but you can't call him insincere. He's radically honest.

Wikihow explains radical honesty and how to practice it in your everyday life. Included are little anecdotes from real people who have tried it. It can be liberating, but it can also screw stuff up.

I think if we all did this, society as we know it would break down, so I'm agin' it. Little white lies are the Elmer's Glue that holds friendships and families together.

Think I'm exaggerating? Consider this question: "Honey, does this make my butt look fat?"

I would, however, love to see radical honesty practiced by our government. They could start by using the same accounting rules they foist upon private enterprise.

Here are the WikiHow 8 Steps To Recovery for our mendacious politicians and bureaucrats:

1. Observe yourself lying. This is easy: C-SPAN, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC... There is a virtual liars library at our fingertips. Politicians have left an odoriferous trail of electronic BS a thousand miles long.

2. Think deeply about whether you're really doing anyone a favor by lying. This step won't work. The average politician obviously doesn't think too deeply. If they were to think, they would realize yes, they are doing themselves a favor by lying. It gets them reelected.

3. Confess. This won't work either. A politician never confesses until he's caught like a trapped rat with no way out.

4. Uncensor yourself. This only works for people who are not self-delusional and thus have not fallen for their own BS. Also, today's "gotcha" culture guarantees that no politician this side of VP Joe Biden will throw away the scripts and talking points.

5. Inject the honesty with humor. Ever heard of a funny politician, other than VP Biden? Won't work.

6. Take off the edge. Avoid breaking hearts, crushing dreams, or hurting feelings. Politicians are great at this. How else do you explain their ability to jack stuff up and then get reelected promising to fix it?

7. Brace yourself for return fire. ...if you're a conservative. The press will be firing every cannon. If you're a liberal, Huff and Puff Po and the Daily 'Caus will fire at you for not being liberal enough. If you're VP Biden, nobody will fire at you. Victor Davis Hansen calls it Biden's Law: "If one makes enough gaffes, they soon reach a point that none of them matter."

8. Know where to draw the line. This won't work either. Politicians don't know how to draw lines, unless it's to circumscribe our rights. They draw no lines when it comes to budgets, and they pile lie upon fantasies at a pace that would make Pinocchio blush.

So the only politician actively practicing this now is the Vice President. Take that for what it's worth...

http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Radical-Honesty http://warskill.blogspot.com/2008/09/thats-just-joe.html

[OneWingedShark]

LOL - Thanks for the chuckle.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Honest.... yeah....
A TOTAL CORNFLAKE....
But honest indeed.... ROFL...

JABBERIN' JOE...
He just can't help it...

[pallis]

Considering Plugs bin Biden is the dumbest VP we have ever had, it’s alright to cut him some slack when it comes to veracity. He may not know the difference between lying and telling the truth or when he is doing one or the other.

[hosepipe]

Biden is an eye roller that drools..
His observations are moist and darting..