TwoLegged
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In the discussion on SV Seeker, @Foiling Optimist wisely proposed that the USA should establish a National Institute for Nautical Folly 9NINF), supported by the Office of Naval Research and the America Sociological Association.
I am sure that the White House night team has already seen Foiling Optimists's post, and flagged up this great idea. By morning there will be a memo to the Chief of Staff, and within a few short weeks there should be a draft proposal to establish a small team to prepare an interdepartmental working group to establish a task force of interested parties to design the new NINF organisation.
Within a few short years, a Bill will be sent to the Capitol. Then Congress can begin its solemn task of requiring the new Institute to have at least one facility in every Congressional District, with all construction to be undertaken by whichever company or consortium bought the highest number of Congress Critters. Then the whole thing will be stuck for a few terms in a tussle between the two chambers until a late-night compromise removes all NINF coastal locations, in return for deletion of the clause banning recreational drug users from participation in the NINF, 'cos the drug ban would have excluded many of the best NINF personnel.
By the time the wise legislators have used the solemn legislative process to polish the NINF structures on behalf of thedonors people, many of us will be too old to enjoy the horse-trading and pork-pulling. And we may no longer be breathing when the relevant Senate Committee has a punch-up in its confirmation hearings for the Director of the NINF.
Mercifully, CA moves a bit faster. So our very own Institute for Nautical Folly is now open. I look forward to a flurry of nominations.
I am sure that high standard of Folly will be upheld, and that we will not be deluged with mere lapses of judgement. True Folly is sustained and persistent, and it is impervious to the petty objections of those with skill, experience and wisdom.
I am sure that the White House night team has already seen Foiling Optimists's post, and flagged up this great idea. By morning there will be a memo to the Chief of Staff, and within a few short weeks there should be a draft proposal to establish a small team to prepare an interdepartmental working group to establish a task force of interested parties to design the new NINF organisation.
Within a few short years, a Bill will be sent to the Capitol. Then Congress can begin its solemn task of requiring the new Institute to have at least one facility in every Congressional District, with all construction to be undertaken by whichever company or consortium bought the highest number of Congress Critters. Then the whole thing will be stuck for a few terms in a tussle between the two chambers until a late-night compromise removes all NINF coastal locations, in return for deletion of the clause banning recreational drug users from participation in the NINF, 'cos the drug ban would have excluded many of the best NINF personnel.
By the time the wise legislators have used the solemn legislative process to polish the NINF structures on behalf of the
Mercifully, CA moves a bit faster. So our very own Institute for Nautical Folly is now open. I look forward to a flurry of nominations.
I am sure that high standard of Folly will be upheld, and that we will not be deluged with mere lapses of judgement. True Folly is sustained and persistent, and it is impervious to the petty objections of those with skill, experience and wisdom.
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