Political News and Commentary with the Right Perspective. NAVIGATION
  • Front Page
  • News
  • Multimedia
  • Tags
  • RSS Feed


  • Your New Scoop Site

    Welcome to Scoop!

    To help you figure things out, there is a Scoop Admin Guide which can hopefully answer most of your questions.

    Some tips:

    • Most of the layout is changed in "Blocks", found in the admin tools menu
    • Features can be turned on and off, and configured, in "Site Controls" in the admin tools menu
    • Stories have an "edit" link right beside the "Full Story" link on an index page, and right beside the "Post a Comment" link on the full story page. They can also be edited by clicking the story title in the "Story List" admin tool
    • Boxes are what allow you to write new features for Scoop; they require a knowledge of the perl programming language to work with effectively, although you can often make small changes without knowing much perl. If you would like a feature added but cannot program it yourself, ScoopHost does custom Scoop programming as one of its services.
    • If you aren't sure where to look for a particular feature or piece of display, try the "Search Admin Tools" link in the admin tools menu.

    For support, questions, and general help with Scoop, email support@scoophost.com

    ScoopHost.com is currently running Scoop version Undeterminable from .

    Tag: hyperbole

    Humble servant of the day: Rep. Dian Slavens (D-Pompousville)


    By Nick, Section News
    Posted on Tue Feb 03, 2009 at 11:44:06 AM EST
    Tags: Dian Slavens, hyperbole (all tags)

    This was just too awesome a quote not to share.

    Candidates for public office either have an abundance of ego or none at all.  There's no middle ground because there really can't be.  The second option is almost universally preferable.  Your opponent will spend countless hours and dollars painting a caricature of you so distorted by the time they're done even your children won't recognize you.  If you can't ignore it, laugh it off and persevere you're going to drive yourself crazy.

    Of course, there's always the first option.

    Some candidates are just so freaking full of themselves that they don't even notice anyone or anything else around them.

    You've met these guys.  They knock on your door and tell you how great they are, ignore the questions you ask them, can't seem to comprehend that you're not interested in what they're saying and then walk away with a booming "hey, thanks for your support!"

    Big announcement time.  If her statement to the local paper yesterday is any indication, the Inflated Ego People of Pompousville have crowned a new queen... Democratic Representative Dian Slavens.

    On January 1st the new Michigan House of Representatives took part in an official swearing in ceremony at the Capitol in Lansing.  That was a month ago, but apparently the adulation she received at the time wasn't enough.

    Yesterday evening Representative Slavens held a party in her own honor at the Canton Public Library where she invited a group of special friends, family members and associates to join the general public to witness her take the oath again, in strictly ceremonial fashion.  

    But why, Dian, why?  She answered that question to the local paper, the Mirror:

    "It's an honor that I was chosen to be our community's voice in the State Capitol and it's only fitting that the community be included in this momentous event," Slavens said.

    MOMENTOUS!  And here I was confused.  Her ceremonial swearing in, nay, her very presence was not just a distraction to the hard working library staff and the students and patrons who happened to be utilizing the facility during her to-do, they should have understood that they were in the presence of unadulterated greatness!

    If "momentous" seems a peculiar adjective for this event that's because it is.  Sort of like pheasant hunting with a howitzer.  Here is how Dictionary.com defines the term...

    momentous
    adjective of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

    Dropping the atom bomb and Dian Slavens getting sworn in as the Representative of Michigan's 21st House District.  Yep.  Two peas in a pod.  Lets just hope the latter isn't as destructive to Michigan's economy as the former was to Nagasaki's.

    And while we wait for the answer, make sure you clear the way when you see Slavens walking down the hall.  Clearly there's too little room for you, her AND her ego.

    (3 comments) Comments >>

    Advertise on RightMichigan.com

    Login

    Make a new account

    Username:
    Password:
    Tweet along with RightMichigan by
    following us on Twitter HERE!

    External Feeds

    Metro/State News RSS from The Detroit News
    + Craig: Cushingberry tried twice to elude police, was given preferential treatment
    + Detroit police arrest man suspected of burning women with blowtorch
    + Fouts rips video as 'scurrilous,' defends Chicago trip with secretary
    + Wind, winter weather hammer state from Mackinac Bridge to southeast Mich.
    + Detroit Cass Tech QB Campbell expected to be released from custody Friday
    + New water rates range from -16% to +14%; see change by community
    + Detroit's bankruptcy gets controversial turn in new Honda ad
    + Royal Oak Twp., Highland Park in financial emergency, review panels find
    + Grosse Ile Twp. leads list of Michigan's 10 safest cities
    + Wayne Co. sex crimes backlog grows after funding feud idles Internet Crime Unit
    + Judge upholds 41-60 year sentence of man guilty in Detroit firefighter's death
    + Detroit man robbed, shot in alley on west side
    + Fire at Detroit motel forces evacuation of guests
    + Survivors recount Syrian war toll at Bloomfield Hills event
    + Blacks slain in Michigan at 3rd-highest rate in US

    Politics RSS from The Detroit News
    + Apologetic Agema admits errors but won't resign
    + Snyder: Reform 'dumb' rules to allow more immigrants to work in Detroit
    + GOP leaders shorten presidential nominating season
    + Dems: Another 12,600 Michiganians lose extended jobless benefits
    + Mike Huckabee's comments on birth control gift for Dems
    + Granholm to co-chair pro-Clinton PAC for president
    + Republican panel approves tougher penalties for unauthorized early primary states
    + Michigan seeks visas to lure immigrants to Detroit
    + Peters raises $1M-plus for third straight quarter in Senate bid
    + Bill would let lawyers opt out of Michigan state bar
    + Michigan lawmakers launch more bills against sex trade
    + Balanced budget amendment initiative gets a jumpstart
    + Feds subpoena Christie's campaign, GOP
    + Poll: At Obama's 5-year point, few see a turnaround
    + Obama to release 2015 budget March 4

    create account | faq | search