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I understand that the people of California are upset. Increased taxes and a plummeting job market coupled with the non-personal robotics of recalled Gov. Gray Davis gave Californians a reason to exercise anger in the democratic forum. But as Americans tend to do, they blew it at the polls. They elected a frickin’ Neanderthal movie star who’s career has declined steadily with the likes of Dustin Diamond and Kris Kross. Doesn’t this sound weird to anyone?
Doesn’t anyone remember Arnold Schwarzenegger’s one-liner: “I’ll be back.” Of course you do. That’s because it’s all he’s ever had to say. Let’s just bypass the fact that The Terminator Grope Master was installed by the Bush Administration to secure control over the last of four most populace states to be conquered (Florida, New York and Texas are the others), and take this for what it is, Californians electing him because “it would be neat”!
When our forefathers set up our democratic system, they probably couldn’t even begin to dream up a fiasco like this, even when they were “three sheets to the wind” on Sam Adam’s personal homebrew and pot. This is insanity. Or maybe I’m just irrational and everything is going just fine. I better go watch the evening news commercial breaks to find out which prescription drugs can help cure my unnecessary fanaticism. Do they have pills for utter contempt for my fellow man? Oh, and by the way buy the new Dee Snider solo album “Twisted Blister”.
With the sarcasm aside, this kind of garbage is played out in America. This kind of thing could easily happen with the presidency if Bush didn’t already fix the election. The media is saturating your minds with first little, and then increasing doses of the social palates you are taught to embrace. If no one covered Arnold’s campaign as heavily as it was, he wouldn’t have won. Issues are being decided for you.
There are choices though. You are college students, people with immense amounts of knowledge at your disposal. All you have to do is pay a little attention to multiple sources and form your own authentic opinion. Talk to your friends and family about these things, even if you only invest an inkling of your thought spectrum to it. This is your country and your government, no matter what the contemporary tide leads you to believe. I know that many kids seem to care more about what Fifty Cent is sportin’ on MTV Cribs or what sports star is bangin’ what actress than they care about educating themselves and others. It sucks. Do something about it!
Next year is an election year. Do you want Justin Timberlake to be your president? If you do, why not have Satan be his VP? El Diablo is a word wide celebrity. Get my point? Listen to what the candidates have to say. If the person trying to represent you is giving you nothing more than a Coach Harass pep talk, maybe you’d better find someone who knows what they’re talking about.
Letter also published in Bowling Green State University Newspaper.
Doesn’t anyone remember Arnold Schwarzenegger’s one-liner: “I’ll be back.” Of course you do. That’s because it’s all he’s ever had to say. Let’s just bypass the fact that The Terminator Grope Master was installed by the Bush Administration to secure control over the last of four most populace states to be conquered (Florida, New York and Texas are the others), and take this for what it is, Californians electing him because “it would be neat”!
When our forefathers set up our democratic system, they probably couldn’t even begin to dream up a fiasco like this, even when they were “three sheets to the wind” on Sam Adam’s personal homebrew and pot. This is insanity. Or maybe I’m just irrational and everything is going just fine. I better go watch the evening news commercial breaks to find out which prescription drugs can help cure my unnecessary fanaticism. Do they have pills for utter contempt for my fellow man? Oh, and by the way buy the new Dee Snider solo album “Twisted Blister”.
With the sarcasm aside, this kind of garbage is played out in America. This kind of thing could easily happen with the presidency if Bush didn’t already fix the election. The media is saturating your minds with first little, and then increasing doses of the social palates you are taught to embrace. If no one covered Arnold’s campaign as heavily as it was, he wouldn’t have won. Issues are being decided for you.
There are choices though. You are college students, people with immense amounts of knowledge at your disposal. All you have to do is pay a little attention to multiple sources and form your own authentic opinion. Talk to your friends and family about these things, even if you only invest an inkling of your thought spectrum to it. This is your country and your government, no matter what the contemporary tide leads you to believe. I know that many kids seem to care more about what Fifty Cent is sportin’ on MTV Cribs or what sports star is bangin’ what actress than they care about educating themselves and others. It sucks. Do something about it!
Next year is an election year. Do you want Justin Timberlake to be your president? If you do, why not have Satan be his VP? El Diablo is a word wide celebrity. Get my point? Listen to what the candidates have to say. If the person trying to represent you is giving you nothing more than a Coach Harass pep talk, maybe you’d better find someone who knows what they’re talking about.
Letter also published in Bowling Green State University Newspaper.