tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17545571.post4430023594283993809..comments2023-10-28T09:00:48.409-04:00Comments on Goats Reading Books: The Simpsons and the EPAthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04749674951075102239noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17545571.post-71066754370787281572008-05-31T10:15:00.000-04:002008-05-31T10:15:00.000-04:00But without at least the polite fiction that the C...But without at least the polite fiction that the CIA is "ruthlessly efficient," you'd eliminate the plot of 42% of Hollywood action movies.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430068317991316806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17545571.post-13753957793199364632008-05-30T23:28:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:28:00.000-04:00Hi Jackie - Heh. Yeah, I was actually thinking ab...Hi Jackie - Heh. Yeah, I was actually thinking about FEMA and the X-Files when I wrote this. I guess there aren't too many federal agencies that I would describe as "ruthlessly efficient" these days. Even the CIA is looking pretty incompetent.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749674951075102239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17545571.post-5949843064407727612008-05-30T11:21:00.000-04:002008-05-30T11:21:00.000-04:00Thinking about the disconnect between the Hollywoo...Thinking about the disconnect between the Hollywood version and the real-life version, the bad guy in the first <I>X-Files</I> movie was FEMA. Even in 1998, it seem implausible. I'm assuming that FEMA won't be the bad guy in the new <I>X-Files</I> -- that'd be considered too absurd nowadays.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430068317991316806noreply@blogger.com