There's so much talk of "Red Tape." Red tape is an umbrella term that covers all imagined ills of bureaucracy. At its most precise, it is government policies, guidelines and forms that are excessive, unnecessary, duplicative, and are costly.
Red tape, though, was at one time a physical thing. It started in the early 16th century with Charles V, King of Spain who used red tape to modernize his administration. Red tape was used to bind the most important administrative dossiers that required immediate discussion.
So would Elon Musk be cutting red tape and making things efficient? Or is he demolishing those secret and unauthorized networks of power operating independently of the state's political leadership in pursuit of their own agenda and goals? That's what the Deep State is. Or is he becoming the Deep State and pursuing his own agenda and goals? Isn't it confusing?
Something not confusing at all is the the Cheezies Skit on This Hour Has 22 Minutes in which Mark Critch confronts a shopper in the grocery store - knocking Cheetos out of his hands and replacing them with Canadian-made Hawkins Cheezies. His famous line is:
"War is no time for soft cheezies!"
In the ad for the show, he's holding a bottle of French's ketchup. I hope this link works it's the Globe and Mail article with the skit embedded - it is HERE.
The skit goes through all the product options at rapid speed. He often responds with this line when the poor shopper wants to know which products are made in Canada: "If it sounds French or English, it probably is Canadian."
