Energizing today’s youth.

Remember tho old coke commercials? “I like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony?” Don’t you wish we could do that now? Well Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are holding a rally in Washington on Saturday, Oct. 30. It’s being called “joke rally” by many pundits, but I wonder if it will play out as such. I seriously hope it doesn’t. The Democrats are completely wigged out on it because they are saying it will detract from the “get out the youth” vote. I guess they aren’t familiar with mass transportation getting them back to their states so they can vote three days later.

Glen Beck, as usual, went on a rampage about it, saying Stewart and Colbert are trying to energize the youth of this nation and turn them into Liberals and Progressives. I for one hope to hell they do, because the old guard, the GOP, or Grandstanding Old Pricks, sure wont do anything if they get back in power. And the current crop of Democrats are so fucking scared of losing their jobs, they’ll say and do anything to please their voters. And this president is about as useless as tits on a chicken. He made so many great impassioned speeches about changing the way Washington works, and what he was going to do, we all were taken in. Since then, he has turned into a timid mouse, who hasn’t a clue what to do anymore. I should feel sorry for the guy, but he wanted the job, got it, and has, in my opinion, failed the nation. He’s still better than Bush, but not by much.

What I like about both Stewart and Colbert is they both are not afraid to point out the hypocrisy of both sides: Fox, and it’s continuing cherry-picking of comments by Democrats; Keith Olbermann and his “worst person ever” awards, along with Chris Mathews and his interrupting anybody he disagrees with. While both lean towards the left, their both a credit to the political system, and offer way more truths than you’ll get on either FOX or MSNBC. As such, I can see where both parties, as well as the Tea Party, are scared of the rally. Heaven help them if the youth rebels and starts voting in people who can actually think, as well as act, for themselves. People who look at the lizards sent in by business as what they really are: sycophants with money as their root belief. People who will look at both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and realize they are there to ensure this country is run By the people and for the people, and not for some business that fronts them mega-bucks to swing votes their way.

I doubt we can’t teach the world to sing, in harmony or not, but we can support the efforts of those who want the youth of today to take over the failed leadership of this last generation, and bring respectability back to what once was a proud nation, not the one we have now, divided by hate and fear.

Stuff that may or may not rhyme time

I write a bit of poetry from time to time. Nothing special, but it does let my itty-bitty brain roam. So here’s nada:

The Path

‘Twas no yellow brick road
I was left pursuing.
This fragment of thought
Could become my undoing.

It drifted in memory;
Then floated on out,
Like a leaf on the water;
Its existence in doubt.

The path looked inviting,
Yet harbored no youth.
While its beauty swept fair;
It was marred by the truth.

I stepped on its course,
While trusting in lies.
To believe in such things,
Left me lost and unwise.

The light held forgiveness,
Yet the shadows held hate.
Was my future to walk here?
Was this my grand fate?

As the darkness closed in,
And the demons held sway,
I found just enough courage
To turn ’round and walk away.

No Time Left for Donny

Sam never really climbs out of a car, he sort of slithers, if you know what I mean. Sam, you see, is a snake of the first order. He has absolutely no moral standards whatsoever. If he wants you gone, you are gone. Total erasure…you never were.

I’ve worked for Sam for some years now, fifteen, maybe twenty; who knows? He hired me out of college after I got kicked out for pounding on one of the professors for messing up a couple of girls I knew outside a strip club. He said he liked the way I handled myself. Said he watched the whole thing go down, and thought the way I broke the guys face up was real professional, and he could use a guy like me.

I started out doing some collecting for him, and worked my way up to being his personal bodyguard. He insisted I learn martial arts, and when Sam insists on something, you did it. I took six straight years of Aikido. You’ve seen movies with Steven Seagal and how he uses the other guys moves to beat the shit out of him? That’s basically what I know. Little strength involved, very fast and very effective. What it means is I can take on more than one guy, and still protect my boss. I’m very good at it.

I’ve always been loyal to Sam, even though I know he ain’t got no scruples. He pays me well, I even got medical, dental, and a vacation every year. Matter of fact, I was getting ready to fly down to Florida to see this lady friend of mine today. So I got nothing to complain about.

But a serious problem jumped up, and it don’t look good for me. It started when Freddy, the Bull, came by to see me. Freddy got the name “Bull” because of how he was hung like, well, you know, like a bull.

Now Bull has always been a stand up guy, know what I mean? If Bull told you something, it had either happened, or was probably going to happen. You could bank on that. Freddy’s word was gold. Bull’s only problem was that sometimes his brain didn’t think things all the way through.

Anyway, Bull came over to my place, which in itself was unusual, as people usually went to his. I hear the doorbell ring, I answer the door, and there’s Bull, big as life, standing there with a shit eatin’ grin on his face.

“Freddy”, I said…nobody, but nobody, called him Bull to his face. Why? He told one guy he was sensitive that way . . . right before he popped him in the back of the head. “What brings you down to my neighborhood? You know all you gotta do is call, and I’ll be there on the square.” Sam and Freddy were sort of rivals. Not really a territorial thing, but just the same. I had no problem with Freddy, and my boss even let me do a few things for him, if just to keep a ear to the ground.

“Donny!” That’s what they call me…Donny…I hate the name. “Donny, I got some good and bad news for you. The bad news is three of my boys are on their way over to Sams’ right now, and what I’m thinking is that when they get back, you will be out of a job.”

“Oh, man”, I said, “You don’t know what you just done. Your guys ain’t coming back. Why you doing this? Sam’s always been good to you. You got good territory, what do you need with this mess?”

Bull just smiled and said, “Sam knows my guys are coming. Said he’s sittin’ there scared shitless, and I told him I already bought you. So the good news is that I’m going to be your new boss. I could use you. Same setup, different boss…what do you care?”

I cared enough that I hit him in the throat with two stiff fingers. He pretty much went down like a dropped rock. I pulled him into the house and closed the door, watching him try to breathe, which, for him, was not going to happen: I’d crushed his windpipe.

It took him all of five minutes to die. I just left him on the floor, and went to sit down on the couch to wait. Why just wait, you asked? Good question. I shouldn’t have killed him. Sam would have wanted to take care of him, and I ruined his fun. Plus remember when I said Bull’s word was as good as gold? You can bet Sam believed him when Freddy told him I had been bought. And Sam forget about it? Sam don’t forget. With my boss, there ain’t no mistakes allowed.

So now, I sit and wait. You see, Bull’s boys will not get to Sam, but Sam will get to me. I’ve known from working for Sam, that even with my talents, I wouldn’t stand a chance. Oh, I’ll take some of his guys out, but I know who’ll he’ll bring along, and I’ll lose in the end. That’s just the way my world works.

If I run, he’ll find me. I’ve had a good life. Probably be heading down, but you get what you give. Or so I’ve been told.

Pretty soon a car will drive up. The car door will open, and Sam will slither out. I expect that around five minutes after that, I will cease to exist. Sam will try to erase me, so you keep this and remember me. I’ve also been told it’s nice to be remembered.