Stinky: "Small Business" A cruel joke.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Fluffer?

[GOBUCKS]

I have a hard time seeing DUmmy Husb2sparkly, or any DUmp DUmbass for that matter, as a mafioso. Mafia hoodlums are heavily involved in their version of free enterprise, and hardly anyone has a stronger vested interest in the concept of limited government. The essence of the democrat philosophy - class envy, hatred of successful people, and the constant search for a way to prosper from indolence - just doesn't jibe with the day to day practice of organized crime. Of course, organized crime is a largely democrat activity, but it's the province of powerful democrats, not the half-witted proles who crawl around the DUmp.

[franksolich]

I have a hard time seeing DUmmy Husb2sparkly, or any DUmp DUmbass for that matter, as a mafioso. Mafia hoodlums are heavily involved in their version of free enterprise, and hardly anyone has a stronger vested interest in the concept of limited government. The essence of the democrat philosophy - class envy, hatred of successful people, and the constant search for a way to prosper from indolence - just doesn't jibe with the day to day practice of organized crime. Of course, organized crime is a largely democrat activity, but it's the province of powerful democrats, not the half-witted proles who crawl around the DUmp.

Well, yes, and great commentary.

However, sir, you're forgetting the existence of parasitical elements that cling to living bodies; just as the mob sucks the life-blood out of the body public, there's all these little guys who suck off the mob, the go-alongs, the wannabes.

I'm sure the sparkling husband primitive would be one of them, and that he's allowed to exist because he serves some useful purpose for them.  I have no idea what that purpose might be--my imagination's wide and spacious, but not that wide and spacious--but of course there's a lot one doesn't see.  Perhaps he shines the shoelaces of a caporegime or something, and the caporegime likes that service.

[blitzkrieg_17]

One is intrigued by the sparkling husband primitive's possible role in the organization; he's too much of a wimp to be an "enforcer" or "leg-breaker."  Probably he's the organization's token sissy-boy, which is a position within the organization that is hardly insignificant or unimportant.

Another Rahm Emanuel, basically.

[franksolich]

Another Rahm Emanuel, basically.

Or maybe he's the clown, or the court jester, to amuse the boss and the consignlere; during lush times, they have a lot of them.

The problem is, as things get tight, they're usually the first ones eliminated.

So one can see why the sparkling husband primitive seems worried about his "business."