Re: I Woke Up Today With A Bad Case Of Cognitive Dissonance


菩薩 wrote:
Connie wrote:
I'll never forget the election season where you posted every day
urging
everyone to vote for Bush.

a damnable lie - at least not everyday....:^) ....but you couldn't
accept my choice for president, Connie...


October 2004
Hey folks, I just returned from the Million Worker's March in
Washington, D.C. today. Like thousands of others marching there I
carried a sign that summed up my feelings about the upcoming election
in November and whom I was endorsing for President. Among all the
anti-Bush, pro-Kerry, pro-Nader, and pro-Green Party placards at the
demonstration, I carried one that said simply "WET PAINT".......

Yep, "WET PAINT" - just like one of those printed signs you see hanging
on a park bench, or a wall at a construction site.

WET PAINT.

And in case anyone became confused by the apparent meaninglessness of
my message, I also chanted loudly for everyone to hear:

"A Vote for Wet Paint, is a Vote for Integrity."

....until my voice gave out.

Nowadays a vote for WET PAINT seems to be the only true message that
carries the ring of sincerity and honesty about it. Most voters these
past weeks have been overheard muttering to themselves that voting for
[Fill In The Blank] is as about as useful as voting for wet paint.
And they're right!

Wet Paint is a warning.
Wet Paint is helpful.
Wet Paint is there so you don't get your clothes ruined.
and best of all,

WET PAINT is honest.

The folks carrying John Kerry placards were avoiding my eyes as I
marched past them. There was not one Kerry supporter (mostly Democrat
union hacks) who were particularly enthusaistic about praising Kerry,
especially after I mentioned how Kerry had not only support NAFTA, he
actually helped write it.

Soon it became apparent the Kerry guys were avoiding the Wet Paint
dude.

I received a much better reception among the Nader and Green Party
supporters. I guess they can sympathize with someone who supports
honesty and integrity - and still manages to lose.

The Communists and Maoists handing out their newspapers took note of my
placard endorsing WET PAINT. I wouldn't be surprised to see an future
article in one of their rags denouncing WET PAINT as a
petty-bourgeoisie distraction intent on misleading the working class
consciousness of the proletariat.

Whatever.

The Anarchists were down with WET PAINT because they've always hated
getting paint on their black tee-shirts.

Overall I would say that among the workers assembled for this march,
Wet Paint was a familar presence at their workplaces and therefore
trusted to get the job done.

On the other hand, my poor socially committed girlfriend died of
embarrassment.

So remember to put the word out before November:

VOTE FOR WET PAINT !!

Instead of electing these other candidates running for president. You
won't be sorry that you did.

namaste;
bodhi
http://psychedelictourist.blogspot.com

sure sure i can see your point but **shrug** this is the system of
government you happen to be living under and most of the time the best
you can do is vote for the lesser of the two evils presented. you vote
for the lesser evil because the worse evil does more damage. you
didn't vote for the most evil or but didnt vote for the lesser evil
either so you helped install the most evil without registering a
preference ... because you didnt have a preference. it's hard to care
when you bemoan your fate or do more than rolls eyes at your opinion
concerning politics, presidents and such. you have no credense when
you don't even bother to register a preference other that WET PAINT. i
guess alot of people felt as you do so there wasnt enough of a vote
margin for the true winner to dispute the election fraud so we ended up
with the worst evil and 9/11 sealed our fate for an extra 4 years. and
in that 4 years the worse evil has become even more entrenched and has
done even more than we could have ever thought possible in so short a
time. whine about fascism but didnt vote. cry me a river.
of course, it may not matter anymore. they have corrupted the system
so badly now that votes arent likely to be counted anyway so the worst
evil is all we'll ever get. all is lost. doom and gloom. jump on
your high horse and ride thru the every middlesex villiage and town
crying "the Jackboots are coming! the Jackboots are coming!". "1 if by
land. 2 if by sea. 3 if by subway." "Give me Liberty or give me a
beer!"
i guess it's time to get your street revolution in gear and wash the
streets in blood. **shrug** i'll dig my foxhole here and wait to
see the whites of their eyes before i fire.

**sings** "you say you want a revolution well you know we all want to
change the world"

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