Channeling my inner Lord Dorwin

"Pirenne heard Lord Dorwin's idea of scientific research. Lord Dorwin thought the way to be a good archaeologist was to read all the books on the subject---written by men who were dead for centuries. He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities.... Don't you see that there's something wrong with that?"
-- Isaac Asimov, Foundation

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Channeling my inner Lord Dorwin

"Pirenne heard Lord Dorwin's idea of scientific research. Lord Dorwin thought the way to be a good archaeologist was to read all the books on the subject---written by men who were dead for centuries. He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities.... Don't you see that there's something wrong with that?"
-- Isaac Asimov, Foundation

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With (scant) apologies to Tom Lehrer

[The the tune of the Gilbert and Sullivan verse from "Clementine"]

So the supercommittee's
A group that's not witty.
A blooper. Dow's skitty and shy.

Now, sequestering budget's
a festering kludge, it's
a mess, sir, in dudgeon say I!

( Continued behind the cut. It's a little too long to leave uncut. )

With (scant) apologies to Tom Lehrer

[The the tune of the Gilbert and Sullivan verse from "Clementine"]

So the supercommittee's
A group that's not witty.
A blooper. Dow's skitty and shy.

Now, sequestering budget's
a festering kludge, it's
a mess, sir, in dudgeon say I!

( Continued behind the cut. It's a little too long to leave uncut. )