Political Musings

Pretend you have a big old stick. You have this stick to protect yourself against other people with sticks and also to steal lunch money from other, smaller people with smaller or no sticks. Another guy doesn't like the fact that you have a stick. He has two or three big sticks, and does pretty much the same things with them that you do with yours. However, he has decided that what you do with your stick is wrong, and you don't deserve to have it. Now, on his own, if he tried to take it from you, he could get hurt in the process. I mean, you still have a stick. And you pretty much hate this guy, because you think he's a dick. So, he gets a bunch of guys he knows, but who don't really like him that much to help him. They help him mostly because they are afraid of how many sticks he has, and that funny twitch he's got. All the guys get together, and as the first guy demands that you give him the stick, they mumble, "yeah, why don't you just do it, you know? Let's not have any trouble here. Just give him the stick and everything will be fine." Dude, if I were you, I'd get pissed off and take after all of them with my stick, no matter what the consequences. You could at least take down one or two of them with you. Who are those guys to tell you you can't have a stick? They aren't the boss of you. The preferable outcome would be for everyone to get rid of their sticks and attempt to solve their financial and personal differences through discussion, tolerance and sharing. Yeah, right!

Man, Florida is fucked up in the whole voting arena. Speaking of arenas, maybe Florida should just adopt a Thunderdome approach to deciding on their political leaders. I'd like to see a dual Thunderdome/Jeopardy! process to take the place of the secret ballot. Why the hell should we trust the idiot populace to pick our leaders for us. I like the idea of the strongest and the smartest. Who's gonna make fun of a US president that can whoop the ass of all the other candidates and can also converse intelligently with world leaders? That's right.

Memo to GW: It's pronounced noo-clee-er, not nuke-ya-ler. Sheesh.

Who doesn't love The 'Span? It's like the words coming from his mouth are gold buillion and not depreciating in value. Personally, I don't understand most of it, but whenever he speaks, it's like an edict from King Richard.