For Mr. EssenStreusel:
Every four years our nation hits the reset button by electing a new PResident. Sorta like how we hit the February 29th button. The difference is, every leap day signals a renewal of the seasonal clock and announces the onset of Spring. Every presidential election signals a return of a fraudulent political process that disgusts us all and announces that a new regime may arrive, or not. The War, The Economy, Our Paychecks, Poverty, Crime, Terror, Surveillance, Corruption. All just talking points. Our Democrats and our Republicans are little more than two shady management teams for the same corporation. There is no hope.
I disagree.
Many years ago, an old friend and I joked about the coming Love Connection Democracy. Remember Love Connection? Yeah, neither do I, really, but I know it was hosted by Chuck Woolery and it was a sort of dating game where the audience decided who'd date whom. Near the end of the show they always, very ceremoniously, pulled out the little voting devices and pressed away. Instantaneous. Democratic.
In a way, more democratic that our republic. It would be an actual democracy, wouldn't it? Ever seen one of those before? I don't think so. And I don't think you're going to see one any time soon, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't aspire to it. We have the technology.
I know about technology in government. Every day, every word I say in court is videotaped and audio recorded. I access government records online dozens of times a week. If truth be told, I've left quite a record.
And so has Mr. EssenMeusil.
Your tour of duty has ended, sir. You may return to the sanctuary of your home, a wiser public servant.
Just don't vote for fucking Santorum or I'll fucking punch you. That guy DOES NOT speak for any white Catholic males I know. You can sing his praises as a moral man, in your opinion, but if you think that fucker should be president, you is crazy. He's Pit-Pat for the Religious Right.
Happy LeaP Day. Days like this only come every four years.
Sincerely,
ULysses BLoomsday
Ambassador to PRague, Dublin, CLevelandia
