Hear a recorded Greeting from Mister Ed Himself!
This is going to be a tirade written in stream of conciousness!
I am fully responsible for its content! If you are
offended by challenges to your sanity or intelligence, read no further!
Yes, I'm back! This has been a busy time for me, so please stop with all the
entreaties to "get back on the stick". Here we go...
It's funny how the simplest things can get your blood pressure up. Not funny
"ha-ha", but funny in a "hmmm" sorta way. Like road-rage, only with a more
inpotent feel to it. I was listening to KFOG 104.5 FM here in San Francisco
earlier today, and Peter Finch was reporting that a high schol in Geaorgia had
decided to cancel an appearance by the Indigo Girls because "some parents" had
called to complain about the ladies' sexual preference. They are, of course,
referring to their "choice" to be lesbians. So, because "some" parents called in,
let's even say "quite a few", the school decided to protect the innocent youngsters
from potentially harmful messages that might be sent by the Indigo Girls. Why,
the very fact that two women in love with each other could stand on the same
stage together and not be struck by lightning must be a source of real amazement to
those INBRED YOKELS! THE REAL DANGER HERE IS THAT THE KIDS MIGHT GET THE IDEA THAT
TWO WOMEN IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER AND SINGING AND DANCING AND LAUGHING TOGETHER
MIGHT SEND THE MESSAGE THAT IT'S OK TO CROSS ON OVER TO THEIR SIDE! COME ON, KIDS,
CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO BE GAY?! JOIN US!
Well hush my puppies, Jethro, ain't it peculiar how love DOES conquer all? So now
let's get into the whole idea of "popular opinion" and the "will of the majority".
Here in California we passed a Proposition about a year back or so that legalized cannibis
for medicinal use. Yeah, that one again...look, I wouldn't even bring it up, but
Uberfuhrer Dan Lundgren, State Fascist General and leading candidate for the California
branch if the Evil Republican Empire has decided to attack every Cannibis Club in
the state until he beats them into the ground. His logic is that each one has at one
time or another sold pot to people who didn't need it, or didn't have the right note
from their doctor. This is patent pig-droppings, Mein Fuhrer. Even if each and every
person who EVER visited a Cannibis Clinic had their physician in tow with a medical
degree around their neck, you would STILL be trying to thwart the REAL WILL OF
THE PEOPLE. We weren't STUPIDLY MISLEAD when we voted for the Proposition. We did
so out of COMPASSION FOR THE SICK AND DYING YOU IDIOT! Will you PLEASE get a CLUE
and LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE!
So, how do these two stories relate? Think about it...what IS popular opinion worth?
Those wholesome folks down in Georgia are just trying to protect their values, the
the credos and principles that helped Georgia rise from a prison colony to a slave state,
to a bastion of bigotry and finally to the enlightened Utopia it is today. No doubt
many of the folks who objected to the Indigo Girls' sexual orientation wre probably
Evil Empire Republicans themselves. The same sorts who have no love in their hearts for
the tree-hugging activists who represent such a small minority of opinion out here in the
Wild West. But what's the difference, folks? Who has the right to defend or protect or
inflict their views on the rest of us? Ecryone, that's who. I kinda liek the Indigo Girls...
their gentle harmonies on "Galileo" and their unique homage to The Dead with "Uncle John's Band".
In fact, I think I've decided to become a lesbian just on the strength of "Shame On You" alone!
When some bloated polititian gets more than 50% of the vote, they claim to have been given a mandate
to enforce the will of the people. Well which way is it man? Do we truly follow the will of the
people when enough of them get up off their butts and vote for something they believe in, or
are we subject to the capricious will of the few and vociferous who can't take YES
for an answer?
Whoa, ho, well I want to know....how does the song go?
