In case you were lucky or drunk enough to miss it, there is this lobbying firm in Washington that specializes in grassroots organizing Microsoft Paint and lying. Specifically what they do is copy (ctrl+c) the letterhead from a real organization, paste it (ctrl+v) at the top of a letter praising the benefits of coal or something, and then they put a stamp on it and send it to congress.
It’s sort of like that one guy in high school who came up with a crazy scheme to buy a big tv, claim it was stolen, collect the insurance money and score a free tv out of the deal. But in high school, apparently unlike the offices of Bonner Associates, there was always some other friend sitting around the table who said, “dude, that’s really illegal, it’s called insurance fraud–and people get caught all the time.” I’m guessing Bonner’s wishing they had this guy on their payroll.
But as more forged letters emerge, the most entertaining thing has been Bonner’s defensive strategy, which seems to pretty much boil down to accumulating small wins and grasping at straws. Today for example, they reminded everyone that it’s not like they forged fourteen letters. I mean what kind of sick person…So next week when forged letters 14-16 inevitably emerge, I’m suggesting that Bonner move to the “no one’s even considering that we sent out these forged letters on paper with 35% post-consumer content” defense.
Bonner-oo Continues: A Baker’s Dozen Doesn’t Count
To their credit, Bonner Associates did make the smart decision to forge most of the letters on behalf of senior citizen advocacy groups. This was smart because most old people either can’t read anymore, can’t remember what they said in the recent past, can’t be trusted, or are just too concerned with their upcoming Socialist Death Panel sentencing to be worried about things like where our energy comes from.
It’s sort of like that one guy in high school who came up with a crazy scheme to buy a big tv, claim it was stolen, collect the insurance money and score a free tv out of the deal. But in high school, apparently unlike the offices of Bonner Associates, there was always some other friend sitting around the table who said, “dude, that’s really illegal, it’s called insurance fraud–and people get caught all the time.” I’m guessing Bonner’s wishing they had this guy on their payroll.
But as more forged letters emerge, the most entertaining thing has been Bonner’s defensive strategy, which seems to pretty much boil down to accumulating small wins and grasping at straws. Today for example, they reminded everyone that it’s not like they forged fourteen letters. I mean what kind of sick person…So next week when forged letters 14-16 inevitably emerge, I’m suggesting that Bonner move to the “no one’s even considering that we sent out these forged letters on paper with 35% post-consumer content” defense.