Monday, May 15, 2006

Buzz words and double speak

I'm frustrated today. First, I have this creeping feeling that the prez is going to get us into a war with someone else. I just can't figure out if it will be Iran, Korea, or Mexico. Next, the lovely little area in front of my office today is being totally disrupted by some dumbass in an 18-wheeler who is insisting on driving around our circular access the wrong direction and mucking up traffic coming from 4 different directions. Also, a response from the local elected official was little more than a masterabatory "aren't I great, you should vote for me again" letter rather than an actual response to the actual question posed to him.

But, what has me mostly disgusted is the governmental type forms I'm trying to fill out so that my little social change organization can be all legit. The Governmental type office my agency registers with recently hired new staff and rewrote their forms. Clearly, they think that double speak and buzz words will make their forms more impressive. The only PEOPLE you impress with phrases such as "attainable capacity building objectives" and "project's internal structure and accountability plan" are the people who wrote them. I wasn't even amused by the "glossary of terms" that was emailed out after the forms because clearly complains have been made about the language.

My life has been reduced to a tug-a-war with that shack in the woods and a typewriter.

Pros:

* can stop shaving monkey fur from areas not covered by clothing
* never have to know what the prez is cooking up next
* clothing optional
* no governmental type forms
* fewer dumbasses

Cons:
* no internet thus, no celebrity gossip
* returning to eating ants on a stick
* if found, likely to be put in a cage and poked in the name of "science"

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