Ghok Buti's Three Fundamental Laws

Yes, I know I said the first rule was that the Bush admin always lies. Okay, that's not fundamental.

Here are the Three Fundamental Laws:

1. Everything is overdetermined

Taught me by my analyst. It means that there's never only one reason. For anything. Doesn't matter what it is: personal foibles, environmental crises, political actions, sports results.

2. This is not a damned football game.

Taken from a powerful moment in the movie Failsafe. This is not a zero sum game. Best example: no matter how moronic Republicans are, they're still Americans and they're still people. It is essential we show them the error of their ways. Even if it were possible to crush them, we would all lose.

3. It is futile to reason someone out of a position they were never reasoned nto.

Jonathan Swift. Stop trying to explain to Republicans why a cluster of cells one-tenth the size of a period is not a person. Instead, tell them that their leaders are lying to them for their own political gain, and let them go home and think about it.

The "Bush administrati0n always lies" rule could be thought of as a corollary to the Third Law of Ghok Buti.