Christine and John - and Christine's 'girls' - were headed toward Indianapolis from Iowa in the three silver and gray stretch limousines. Not sure how they could help (and a little more unsure that the Canterbury Hotel would put them up), the 'girls' needed a rest from the ravenous, inexhaustible sexual appetites of those Double B farm hands. When they arrived Wednesday afternoon after an all-night drive, the stuffy hotel management welcomed them warmly, but sternly discouraged them from "doing business" while they were guests at the swankiest hotel in Indianapolis. "Oh, Don't worry," lauughed Christine, "that's why they're here...they need a break!" As she puffed smoke in the face of the pompous-ass manager, the red rose in his lapel wilted, kind of like a limp dick. "My girls would know how to perk that rose right up!" she bellowed, "but they're off duty this week. Sorry, Honey. But, what the hell, you probably couldn't afford my girls anyway." The manager's mustache twitched as he tried to work up a respectable smile; he turned sharply and walked away.
Meanwhile, John McCain's concept of "Equilateralism" was being heavily debated on the island of St. Kitts. Economic analysts, social scientists, political experts, and other notable professionals discussed the 'pros' and con's of "all sides being equal". In some views, it took away the very American idea of 'every man for himself' and ' may the best man win'. In others, it directly defined the very American ideal of "all men being created equal".
McCain intervened in the dialogue. "All I'm saying is that we need to put more emphasis on equality," he explained. "I used the example of the schools yesterday. If we're going to have public education, then why should such a program be defined by the wealth of a particular school district. Just because some rich residents of a township in the suburbs pays more taxes is no reason for their schools to be any better than the facilities in a ghetto community.
It goes further than that. Why can Congress extravagantly grant the military trillions of dollars to spend on war but for the past four years Congress has been arguing over spending a mere $50 million to provide health insurance for children of America's poorest families? I never wavered from my support for the war in Iraq; but I also have always believed that such things as education and health care are imperative to the well-being of our great nation."
Barack Obama entered the fray as O.U.T.R.A.G.E. volunteers looked on studiously. "On January 23, 2008, just six days after this O.U.T.R.A.G.E. organization's 'Rebellion of '08' caught the nation off guard and destroyed its elitist upper-crust, the first of twenty five resolutions were presented to the American public. The wordage was refined and formalized before these 25 resolutions became official referendums on which American voted - for or against - last November 4th. Those resolutions are now being turned into a new 'law of the land' and will be ratified by the new Congress after it is sworn in next Tuesday.
The whole reason Oppressed United Taxpayers Revolting Against Government Excess (O.U.T.R.A.G.E.) existed in the first place was because that secretive organization believed the only way to bring America back to its roots of freedom and equality was to start a second American Revolution. It used the most advanced, state-of-the-art technologies combined with hundreds of thousands of strategically-placed homemade bomb devices to literally blow away the hoity-toity, hotsy-totsey elements that had shoved our society off its very foundations. Gone are all the socialites, industrialists, corporate big whigs, politicians, media darlings, athletic superstars, movie stars, and muckey-mucks who thought their shit didn't stink. All those who believed they had the inaleinable right to wealth, power and influence in this country discovered, in the milli-second it took to detonate a cheap explosive device, that they, too, were vulnerable. Capitalism failed this nation as it allowed a relatively small handful achieve fabulous wealth; the failure came when those wealthy few turned into a small, tightly-knit club of snobbish greedheads who decided not to share their good fortune with the masses. Suddenly, you had to be an invited member of the Skull-and-Bones, the FreeMasons, or the Bilderberg Convention which gave you secret access to more power, more wealth and more influence. The rich got richer. The upper-middle-class kept trying to claw its way upward. The middle-class began to peter out, as their jobs were shipped overseas or eliminated for reasons of 'cost-efficiency', which was interpreted to mean there was more profit for the rich if a $19-an-hour U.S. job could be done for $3-an-hour in India. The lower-middle-class became the greater victims of this capitalistic maneuver. And, of course, the lower-class poverty-stricken paupers continued to stagnate in a cesspool where dreams were miniscule, hopes were dashed and initative taken away.
'Well,' the rich would argue, 'that's their own fault. Let them do what I did. I worked my up!' For every person who has achieved even a modicum of success, there is a hidden lucky charm that helped him get there. Take two black kids from the ghetto who received equally-mediocre educations and both had a talent for playing basketball. The one kid just happened to meet Michael Jordan when Jordan was touring a rundown Chicago tenement he was considering buying to convert into low-cost housing for poor black folks. The kid took advantage of that opportunity to talk with Jordan for three minutes, who gave him the number of a basketball scout and say, 'Michael sent me'. The other kid never got that kind of opportunity. Those three minutes made a stark and substantive difference in the lives of those two young boys. The kid that met Michael Jordan went on to play semi-pro ball and eventually became a coach. The other kid got into drugs, stole a car, and ended up in jail for the first twelve years of his adulthood. I know. I knew those two kids. That's why I believe John McCain's idea of 'Equilateralism' holds water.
Every so-called 'successful' person will eventually write a book about his or her own life, or grant an interview with some television commentator. And when (s)he's asked about how (s)he achieved such success, there will be inspiring words about hard work, putting your nose to the grindstone, tenacity, determination, fighting against all odds, and enduring the hardships.
Then, if you read or listen closely, they'll slip up and reveal the true secret to their success: they went to work in their grandfather's business; they inherited $10,000 when their father died at any unexpectedly young age; they drove a truck for an electric company and happened to pass by a record store where they recorded a song for their mom; they met a mentor that helped them land their first contract; they received a $75,000 buy-out when their employer eliminated their position; they were enjoying a Coke at Schwab's soda fountain when a talent scout approached them and predicted how they could become 'the next Marilyn Monroe'; a scheduled news anchor didn't show up, and they were the only one there to take his place; they borrowed $1,000 from their new bride and turned it into a billion-dollar business; their mother taught them the value of family and friendship, which brought them marital bliss; they won the lottery - twice. In almost every 'successful' person's life, there comes a component of 'luck'. That is not to diminish how they took advantage of their opportunity and created a successful life's story from it; but, I believe Mr. McCain's concept of 'Equilateralism' might be able to afford opportunities to more people, allowing more people to enjoy the fruits of 'success'. Then, the big challenge, of course, is to channel that 'success' so that our society doesn't end up in the same moral quicksand that brought us to this point in our history."
This was just the start of the discussions. And Colin Powell wanted to include the Chinese leadership in these talks! This was about more than just coining some catchy new new term. This was a challenge that meant changing the way the human psyche and the human thought processes worked. Mankind would have to learn to share...and countless wars have been fought over countless issues, all because mankind doesn't like to share. It's MY land.....MY citizenry.....MY god...MY country...
MY state....MY city.....MY housing development.....MY vacation home.....MY luxury car.....MY money......MY company.....MY
wife.....MY kids....MY mistress....MY....MY......MY.....
How would we ever get two massive land masses filled with two different cultures to SHARE a revolutionary idealism?
Meanwhile, John McCain's concept of "Equilateralism" was being heavily debated on the island of St. Kitts. Economic analysts, social scientists, political experts, and other notable professionals discussed the 'pros' and con's of "all sides being equal". In some views, it took away the very American idea of 'every man for himself' and ' may the best man win'. In others, it directly defined the very American ideal of "all men being created equal".
McCain intervened in the dialogue. "All I'm saying is that we need to put more emphasis on equality," he explained. "I used the example of the schools yesterday. If we're going to have public education, then why should such a program be defined by the wealth of a particular school district. Just because some rich residents of a township in the suburbs pays more taxes is no reason for their schools to be any better than the facilities in a ghetto community.
It goes further than that. Why can Congress extravagantly grant the military trillions of dollars to spend on war but for the past four years Congress has been arguing over spending a mere $50 million to provide health insurance for children of America's poorest families? I never wavered from my support for the war in Iraq; but I also have always believed that such things as education and health care are imperative to the well-being of our great nation."
Barack Obama entered the fray as O.U.T.R.A.G.E. volunteers looked on studiously. "On January 23, 2008, just six days after this O.U.T.R.A.G.E. organization's 'Rebellion of '08' caught the nation off guard and destroyed its elitist upper-crust, the first of twenty five resolutions were presented to the American public. The wordage was refined and formalized before these 25 resolutions became official referendums on which American voted - for or against - last November 4th. Those resolutions are now being turned into a new 'law of the land' and will be ratified by the new Congress after it is sworn in next Tuesday.
The whole reason Oppressed United Taxpayers Revolting Against Government Excess (O.U.T.R.A.G.E.) existed in the first place was because that secretive organization believed the only way to bring America back to its roots of freedom and equality was to start a second American Revolution. It used the most advanced, state-of-the-art technologies combined with hundreds of thousands of strategically-placed homemade bomb devices to literally blow away the hoity-toity, hotsy-totsey elements that had shoved our society off its very foundations. Gone are all the socialites, industrialists, corporate big whigs, politicians, media darlings, athletic superstars, movie stars, and muckey-mucks who thought their shit didn't stink. All those who believed they had the inaleinable right to wealth, power and influence in this country discovered, in the milli-second it took to detonate a cheap explosive device, that they, too, were vulnerable. Capitalism failed this nation as it allowed a relatively small handful achieve fabulous wealth; the failure came when those wealthy few turned into a small, tightly-knit club of snobbish greedheads who decided not to share their good fortune with the masses. Suddenly, you had to be an invited member of the Skull-and-Bones, the FreeMasons, or the Bilderberg Convention which gave you secret access to more power, more wealth and more influence. The rich got richer. The upper-middle-class kept trying to claw its way upward. The middle-class began to peter out, as their jobs were shipped overseas or eliminated for reasons of 'cost-efficiency', which was interpreted to mean there was more profit for the rich if a $19-an-hour U.S. job could be done for $3-an-hour in India. The lower-middle-class became the greater victims of this capitalistic maneuver. And, of course, the lower-class poverty-stricken paupers continued to stagnate in a cesspool where dreams were miniscule, hopes were dashed and initative taken away.
'Well,' the rich would argue, 'that's their own fault. Let them do what I did. I worked my up!' For every person who has achieved even a modicum of success, there is a hidden lucky charm that helped him get there. Take two black kids from the ghetto who received equally-mediocre educations and both had a talent for playing basketball. The one kid just happened to meet Michael Jordan when Jordan was touring a rundown Chicago tenement he was considering buying to convert into low-cost housing for poor black folks. The kid took advantage of that opportunity to talk with Jordan for three minutes, who gave him the number of a basketball scout and say, 'Michael sent me'. The other kid never got that kind of opportunity. Those three minutes made a stark and substantive difference in the lives of those two young boys. The kid that met Michael Jordan went on to play semi-pro ball and eventually became a coach. The other kid got into drugs, stole a car, and ended up in jail for the first twelve years of his adulthood. I know. I knew those two kids. That's why I believe John McCain's idea of 'Equilateralism' holds water.
Every so-called 'successful' person will eventually write a book about his or her own life, or grant an interview with some television commentator. And when (s)he's asked about how (s)he achieved such success, there will be inspiring words about hard work, putting your nose to the grindstone, tenacity, determination, fighting against all odds, and enduring the hardships.
Then, if you read or listen closely, they'll slip up and reveal the true secret to their success: they went to work in their grandfather's business; they inherited $10,000 when their father died at any unexpectedly young age; they drove a truck for an electric company and happened to pass by a record store where they recorded a song for their mom; they met a mentor that helped them land their first contract; they received a $75,000 buy-out when their employer eliminated their position; they were enjoying a Coke at Schwab's soda fountain when a talent scout approached them and predicted how they could become 'the next Marilyn Monroe'; a scheduled news anchor didn't show up, and they were the only one there to take his place; they borrowed $1,000 from their new bride and turned it into a billion-dollar business; their mother taught them the value of family and friendship, which brought them marital bliss; they won the lottery - twice. In almost every 'successful' person's life, there comes a component of 'luck'. That is not to diminish how they took advantage of their opportunity and created a successful life's story from it; but, I believe Mr. McCain's concept of 'Equilateralism' might be able to afford opportunities to more people, allowing more people to enjoy the fruits of 'success'. Then, the big challenge, of course, is to channel that 'success' so that our society doesn't end up in the same moral quicksand that brought us to this point in our history."
This was just the start of the discussions. And Colin Powell wanted to include the Chinese leadership in these talks! This was about more than just coining some catchy new new term. This was a challenge that meant changing the way the human psyche and the human thought processes worked. Mankind would have to learn to share...and countless wars have been fought over countless issues, all because mankind doesn't like to share. It's MY land.....MY citizenry.....MY god...MY country...
MY state....MY city.....MY housing development.....MY vacation home.....MY luxury car.....MY money......MY company.....MY
wife.....MY kids....MY mistress....MY....MY......MY.....
How would we ever get two massive land masses filled with two different cultures to SHARE a revolutionary idealism?
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