"POLITICS AS USUAL!"

(THIS PARTICULAR CHAT GROUP HAS BEEN RATHER FUN.  BASICALLY A
COALITION OF HIPPIES, REMINISCING ABOUT THOSE CONTROVERSIAL
DECADES, THE SIXTIES AND THE SEVENTIES.  USUALLY WE YACK ABOUT
MUSIC, CONCERTS, ART AND LITERATURE.  HOWEVER, WE OCASSIONALLY
DELVE INTO POLITICS AS CAN BE WITNESSED BELOW.)

	From: REBELROUSER1973@gateway.net 
	To: 60sundergroundsculture@yahoogroups.com 
	Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 3:31 PM
	Subject: Re: [60sundergroundsculture] latest bush caricature


In a message dated 05/03/2001 9:06:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
pieman@pieman.org writes:

Awwwwww. Now why is everyone picking on poor Bush? He isn't so bad. 
He's alot better than Gore. He wanted to take over the nation.

	Noel

MY RESPONSE:

	WZARDOFODD@adelphia.net
	http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/wzardofodd/index.html

...AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T?
 
REMEMBER WHAT THE SHOPKEEPER IN "THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES" SAID?  
 
"TWICE NOTHING IS STILL NOTHING!"
 
HAVE YOU EVER READ AYN RAND'S "ATLAS SHRUGGED"?  I AM NOT A BIG 
FAN OF HER PHILOSOPHY, BUT SHE SAID SOMETHING QUITE MEMORABLE IN 
THIS PROPHETIC SCI-FI TALE.
 
"WE SHALL MAKE SO MANY LAWS THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO OBEY 
THEM...AND THEN WE SHALL RULE BY FEAR."
 
THINK OF THIS AS YOU BUCKLE UP, OR PUT ON YOUR BIKE HELMET, OR 
WALK FOUR MILES TO FIND A PLACE TO SMOKE A CIG.  
 
REMEMBER THIS THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE AUTO INSURANCE, 
OR GET A BUILDING PERMIT, OR GET SENT TO JAIL FOR SPANKING YOUR 
CHILD.
 
REMEMBER THIS AS YOU'RE CARTED OFF TO JAIL FOR "SMUGGLING" TWO 
BOTTLES OF CANADIAN CLUB ACROSS THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE A LAWYER EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE 
PLEADING GUILTY.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU'RE ARRESTED FOR LIVING AN "ALTERNATIVE 
LIFESTYLE".
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN IN A FIT OF PIQUE YOU BELLOW OUT "FUCKIN-A" 
IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF THIN-SKINNED FUNDAMENTALIST CAMPERS.  
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN WALKING YOUR DOG.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN BICYCLING ACROSS A FREEWAY.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN HITCHHIKING.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN VOTING IN FLORIDA.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN WALKING IN THE PARK AT NIGHT.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU'RE A BLACK, AFRICAN IMMIGRANT, PEACEFULLY 
STROLLING HOME IN THE EARLY EVENING.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR FAMILY HOME TO A PITHY IN BACK 
TAXES.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU NEED A PERMIT TO WATER YOUR LAWN.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU WANT TO BUILD A DOGHOUSE.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN PLAYING CRAPS FOR POCKET CHANGE WITH YOUR 
FRIENDS.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU'RE SENT TO JAIL FOR DEFENDING YOUR FAMILY.
 
REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU HEAR THE SUPREME COURT'S LATEST RULING 
FIASCO.
 
IT IS NOW LEGAL FOR ANY COP, IN ANY STATE, TO IMMEDIATELY CUFF 
AND ARREST YOU FOR EVEN THE SMALLEST INFRACTION.  BEST EXAMPLE 
AND TEST CASE:
 
A WOMEN DRIVING WITH HER TWO CHILDREN WAS PULLED OVER ON THE  
SUSPICIAN OF ALLOWING HER CHILDREN TO RIDE WITHOUT SEAT BELTS.
 
SHE OBJECTED TO WHAT IS ROUTINELY A TICKET ONLY OFFENSE, AND WAS 
IMMEDIATELY CUFFED AND ARRESTED.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO POLICE 
HEADQUARTERS, LOCKED UP, AND ARRAIGNED.
 
SHE LATER SUED THE MUNICIPALITY, TAKING HER CASE ULTIMATELY TO 
THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE NINE FOUND NO CULPABILITY UPON THE 
PART OF THE PIGS.  (WHOOPS!  I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT!  THEY'LL 
BE AFTER ME NEXT!)
 
"...ASK THE COP ON THE CORNER, ASK THE COP IN THE BACK YARD, ASK 
THE COP RAP-RAP-RAPPING ON YOUR YOUR OWN BACK DOOR..." 
 
PARAPHRASED FROM FIRESIGN THEATER'S "HOW CAN YOU BE IN TWO PLACES 
AT ONCE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT ANYWHERE AT ALL"
 
	Wayne "The Wizard of Odd" Brown