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Saturday, January 31, 2004

Hey, Yee! You tryin' ta make a Monkey outa us this year?!?

So here we sit in Cahleefohrneeiah with a budget deficit the size of Canada and bright bulb Leland Yee, Ph.D. [D-SF] wants the state Building Standards Comission to adopt feng shui principles and include them in the Codes. *sigh* Feng shui is the ancient practice of hiring someone to tell you to place a mirror here and remove a wall there in order to increase your health and prosperity through balance of the flow of chi [life force.] Being an ancient practice, it has its origins around the same time as the practices of divining the future by reading the entrails of a chicken and burying an army of clay warriors to protect yourself in the afterlife -- with about as much verifiable validity. Now I am in complete agreement with the idea that one's surroundings impact one's state of mind. Just accompany me to a WalMart and watch the berzerker. I am all for encouraging the creation of more attractive public buildings and pushing over the strip malls with a DC-10. I just think that in this time of laid-off fire, police, and teachers and $50 gazillion bond measures, one might have sense enough to postpone the introduction of an ephemeral, floaty-moldy, ~~bullshit~~ less than scientifically supported reason to flush down a rat hole more state funds. But, no. I am informed that this is not a public health issue -- it is an issue of cultural sensitivity! Allow me to be insensitive enough to ask what is next; Medi-Cal will cover bloodletting that lets the bad spirits out? State funded Rain Dance Schools for drought years? CA Dept. of Divining Rod Standards? State scholarships for Ph.D.s in Astrology? Felony prison sentences for walking under a ladder?? Oh, but noooo... I'm just one of those ~~honkey~~ ~~ghost~~ paleface oppressor folk who don't seem to have any culture to which others need to be sensitive. I'm gonna go paint myself blue and balance my checkbook. Insensitive that! UPDATE: Xrlq explains the history of feng shui

Posted by Claire on 01/31/04 at 08:40 PM
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