Feb 19

Diary #136: “Special Interests”

- By Scott Johnson on February 19th, 2009

istockphoto_180640_rainbow_sprinkles

My thoughts on lobbying and special interests. And a special moment at the end.

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Discussion (17) ¬

  1. Pineapple Farmer
    Pineapple Farmer
    February 19, 2009 at 8:23 pm | | Reply

    I hate sprinkles.

  2. standardtoaster
    standardtoaster
    February 19, 2009 at 9:07 pm | | Reply

    Wow what game was that? Who is the guy in the backround he`s funny :)

  3. Mark
    Mark
    February 19, 2009 at 9:31 pm | | Reply

    Just one question: Jimmies or Sprinkles? (correct answer: Sprinkles)

  4. Cephas
    Cephas
    February 20, 2009 at 12:18 am | | Reply

    Beef, it’s what was for dinner.

  5. Darth_yoda (UK)
    Darth_yoda (UK)
    February 20, 2009 at 7:20 am | | Reply

    Well here in the United Kingdom we would call those “hundreds and thousands”.

  6. Darth_yoda (UK)
    Darth_yoda (UK)
    February 20, 2009 at 7:32 am | | Reply

    btw what game were you playing Scott? Is it a game where you have to say the pictures and it makes a word?

  7. Mark
    Mark
    February 20, 2009 at 8:22 am | | Reply

    @Darth_yoda – That just blows my mind… seriously. That’s awesome! I just verified it on Wikipedia (Never any mis-information there…)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles

  8. andrew.f.
    andrew.f.
    February 20, 2009 at 9:33 am | | Reply

    I’m so glad you do these! I love when one pops up in my itunes. :)

  9. Lifeisaglitch
    Lifeisaglitch
    February 20, 2009 at 9:54 am | | Reply

    Scott 08! Still though “jimmy plants”, “jimmy killings” and “Jimmy industrial complex”…Scott you would make a great stoner.

  10. Doctorsoul
    Doctorsoul
    February 20, 2009 at 10:27 am | | Reply

    I totally agree with you, and in an ideal world that would certainly work that way. You only forget that somewhere along on the chain up there is some executive who doesn’t think about the greater good, but his own (or his friends) wallet. Boy am I in a dark mood over this, but it is comforting to know that there is people like you :)

    HUG!

  11. Bearbutt
    Bearbutt
    February 20, 2009 at 10:54 am | | Reply

    I couldn’t follow it cuz “Jimmies” does not compute. It’s sprinkles.
    .
    Wish the drawings at the end would have popped up on my video iPod so I could play along. I’m also a fan of the other adult. Funny stuff!

  12. wonder6oy
    wonder6oy
    February 20, 2009 at 12:07 pm | | Reply

    “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

    Someone needs to put a giant banner with this famous phrase on it somewhere visible in our newly elected Democrat majority filibuster-proof congress.

    Not that it will DO ANY GOOD AT ALL. >:-(

  13. colemac27
    colemac27
    February 20, 2009 at 12:33 pm | | Reply

    I’ve always held to the notion that the ‘good’ is the enemy of what is ‘best’, but I’ve now discovered that I can listen to people play ‘Mad-Gab’ indefinitly….thanks Scott…btw, what’s the answer to the last jumble?

  14. Hadgi
    Hadgi
    February 20, 2009 at 4:00 pm | | Reply

    Wh owas the person that said the same thing like a billion times over O.o eight ice core, sounded like. Maybe ‘A high score?’

  15. Richard
    Richard
    February 20, 2009 at 7:34 pm | | Reply

    A tie score

  16. Josh
    Josh
    February 21, 2009 at 7:24 pm | | Reply

    Nice iStockphoto watermark. Where you just not able to pay the the ONE credit for the web res version?!
    Just in case you change your mind, here is the link to that image so you can make good on your usage of it:
    http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=180640

  17. Damiri
    Damiri
    February 23, 2009 at 5:58 pm | | Reply

    What the heck was the game they were playing? Sounds fun!