-Hannah Mead, MCPP Intern, 2008
I think a metaphor is appropriate to describe my general assessment of governmental action. It seems to me that whenever a crisis hits, the government instinctively does the most counterproductive thing possible. Sort of like these goats:
(I actually just wanted an excuse to post that hysterical video, but I do think my metaphor fits pretty well.)
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I can’t hear anything they’re saying and the video oscillates between doing nothing and automatically fast-forwarding. I’m guessing that’s not what you meant, but that seems like a good extended metaphor for government, too.