Read Online The Devlin Deception: Book One of The Devlin Quatrology by Jake Devlin, (with Bonnie Springs) - Free Book Online
Authors: Jake Devlin, (with Bonnie Springs)
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“But as I was talking with people up there, many of them were
also saying a lot of political things, mostly angry with the
government, similar to the stuff in the first part of Donne's
speech.”
"And this was when again?”
"Um, '05 until maybe early '08 – no, middle of '08,
fallish, just after TARP and the Lehman bankruptcy and all that
stuff.
"So I started asking people up there more political questions,
and as we moved toward the election, people's opinions got more and
more polarized and sometimes downright vicious, but most all of them
were pretty angry, on both sides. And they were VERY emotional, but
not very rational and reasonable.”
"I remember that, all around the country, not just Myrtle
Beach.”
"And it got even worse after the election.”
"So are you a Republican or a Dem- – oh, I'm sorry. I
shouldn't be asking that.”
"Neither, actually, but I don't tell anybody who I vote for.”
"No problem; I can understand that. Sorry.”
"Anyhow, then I decided to go somewhere else and do the same
kind of thing. I bumped into a web site, DiscoverBonitaSprings.com,
liked what I saw and moved here in, um, April? Yeah, April of '09.
And I found the same kind of political anger here. And then --”
A somewhat heavyset woman in her mid-fifties, jogging by near the
waterline, waved and said, "Hi, Jake."
"Oh, hey, Dr. Deb. How ya doing?"
Dr. Deb paused, jogging in place. "Fine, fine. You?"
"Mostly sunny. Pam, this is Dr. Debbie Jackson; Dr. Deb, Pam."
"Nice to meet you, Pam."
"Same here."
"See y'all later." She jogged off.
Pam looked back at Jake. "Dr. Deb?"
"Yup. She's a psychologist, private practice. She let me use
her for the Debbie Jackson character ... well, her name, at least."
"That's the skanky one in Slinky Joe's?"
"Right."
"Cool." She paused. "So then?"
"Well, then I started trying to think about all those opinions
and a lot of the anger, get some perspective on it all.
"You've seen the approval rating of Congress, right?"
"Oh, yeah. Low teens, like 13 percent, somewhere in there."
"Yup. And probably headed lower. And remember the Speaker of
the House saying, 'We've got to pass the bill to find out what's in
it'? I think that was on Obamacare."
Pam laughed. "Yeah, I remember that."
"And remember that idiot Congressman who was worried that if the
Marines added eight thousand troops to their contingent on Guam, the
island might tip over?"
Pam laughed even harder. "Oh, God, yes. Totally embarrassing."
Jake laughed along, and then frowned. "But somebody elected
him. Ever watched the nighttime talk show segment where the host
interviews people on the street who are so ignorant?"
“Yeah.”
"It's frightening, frankly, 'cause these people can vote. In
fact, I think he should rename the segment as 'And These People
Vote?' -- or make that a tag line after each segment."
Pam chuckled and said, "And they reproduce."
Jake nodded and then said, "Oh, did you ever see that movie ...
oh, what was the title?" He rubbed his forehead. "Damn.
Silly plot, but the first three minutes were great. Had a yuppie
kind of couple having a serious discussion about holding off on
having children until their careers were in good shape, and then a
trailer trashy couple yelling and popping kids out one right after
the other ..."
Pam said, "Oh, yeah, I did see it ... the one with the
incredibly stupid rapper as President later on?"
Jake said, "Yup, that's the one. Oh, what was the name? Damn."
Pam shrugged. "It'll come back."
Jake continued. "Okay; we'll see.
"Anyhow, then you've got the Democrats and Republicans playing
what I'd call 'Politics Over Policy,' and we've got that sandbox
analogy that I had Donne give in his speech."
"Oh, on the back deck of the Titanic?"
"That's the one.
"So as I was thinking about all this stuff, I began wondering
what could happen if we got politics out of policy-making and got rid
of the whole election-to-election pendulum and
“But as I was talking with people up there, many of them were
also saying a lot of political things, mostly angry with the
government, similar to the stuff in the first part of Donne's
speech.”
"And this was when again?”
"Um, '05 until maybe early '08 – no, middle of '08,
fallish, just after TARP and the Lehman bankruptcy and all that
stuff.
"So I started asking people up there more political questions,
and as we moved toward the election, people's opinions got more and
more polarized and sometimes downright vicious, but most all of them
were pretty angry, on both sides. And they were VERY emotional, but
not very rational and reasonable.”
"I remember that, all around the country, not just Myrtle
Beach.”
"And it got even worse after the election.”
"So are you a Republican or a Dem- – oh, I'm sorry. I
shouldn't be asking that.”
"Neither, actually, but I don't tell anybody who I vote for.”
"No problem; I can understand that. Sorry.”
"Anyhow, then I decided to go somewhere else and do the same
kind of thing. I bumped into a web site, DiscoverBonitaSprings.com,
liked what I saw and moved here in, um, April? Yeah, April of '09.
And I found the same kind of political anger here. And then --”
A somewhat heavyset woman in her mid-fifties, jogging by near the
waterline, waved and said, "Hi, Jake."
"Oh, hey, Dr. Deb. How ya doing?"
Dr. Deb paused, jogging in place. "Fine, fine. You?"
"Mostly sunny. Pam, this is Dr. Debbie Jackson; Dr. Deb, Pam."
"Nice to meet you, Pam."
"Same here."
"See y'all later." She jogged off.
Pam looked back at Jake. "Dr. Deb?"
"Yup. She's a psychologist, private practice. She let me use
her for the Debbie Jackson character ... well, her name, at least."
"That's the skanky one in Slinky Joe's?"
"Right."
"Cool." She paused. "So then?"
"Well, then I started trying to think about all those opinions
and a lot of the anger, get some perspective on it all.
"You've seen the approval rating of Congress, right?"
"Oh, yeah. Low teens, like 13 percent, somewhere in there."
"Yup. And probably headed lower. And remember the Speaker of
the House saying, 'We've got to pass the bill to find out what's in
it'? I think that was on Obamacare."
Pam laughed. "Yeah, I remember that."
"And remember that idiot Congressman who was worried that if the
Marines added eight thousand troops to their contingent on Guam, the
island might tip over?"
Pam laughed even harder. "Oh, God, yes. Totally embarrassing."
Jake laughed along, and then frowned. "But somebody elected
him. Ever watched the nighttime talk show segment where the host
interviews people on the street who are so ignorant?"
“Yeah.”
"It's frightening, frankly, 'cause these people can vote. In
fact, I think he should rename the segment as 'And These People
Vote?' -- or make that a tag line after each segment."
Pam chuckled and said, "And they reproduce."
Jake nodded and then said, "Oh, did you ever see that movie ...
oh, what was the title?" He rubbed his forehead. "Damn.
Silly plot, but the first three minutes were great. Had a yuppie
kind of couple having a serious discussion about holding off on
having children until their careers were in good shape, and then a
trailer trashy couple yelling and popping kids out one right after
the other ..."
Pam said, "Oh, yeah, I did see it ... the one with the
incredibly stupid rapper as President later on?"
Jake said, "Yup, that's the one. Oh, what was the name? Damn."
Pam shrugged. "It'll come back."
Jake continued. "Okay; we'll see.
"Anyhow, then you've got the Democrats and Republicans playing
what I'd call 'Politics Over Policy,' and we've got that sandbox
analogy that I had Donne give in his speech."
"Oh, on the back deck of the Titanic?"
"That's the one.
"So as I was thinking about all this stuff, I began wondering
what could happen if we got politics out of policy-making and got rid
of the whole election-to-election pendulum and
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