[Vision2020] reefer madness

Joan Opyr auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Wed, 5 May 2004 16:35:14 -0700


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No, no, no.  I'm sorry Melynda, Scott, Brad and Carl, but I've had a few =
minutes to think about it, and I've decided that Pat is right.  The Clint=
on era really sucked.  That long, sustained economic expansion, the low u=
nemployment rate, our ridiculously good relations with our friends and al=
lies . . . yuck!  Phooey!  Ick!  So Clinton brokered a peace agreement in=
 Northern Ireland.  Who asked him?  Lest we forget, under the odious Blow=
-job Bill, we had to cope with the horror of federal budget surpluses.  A=
ll those trillions of dollars just lying around loose . . . they were bur=
ning a hole in our collective pocket.  We *needed* to blow the entire sur=
plus on tax cuts for the wealthy and then dig ourselves into a further fi=
ve trillion dollar hole.  Otherwise, we might now be experiencing that aw=
ful feeling of comfort and security that comes from being able to pay you=
r bills.

Well, forget peace.  Forget security.  Just say no to all of that Clinton=
-era fiscal discipline.  Say, "Kiss my ass, Rubinomics; I'm a Halliburton=
 whore!  Give me fear!  Give me uncertainty!  Give me higher oil prices, =
a weak dollar, a huge trade deficit, jobs outsourcing, dirty air and dirt=
y water, and, hey, bartender, put all of that dirty water in a dirty glas=
s and put it on my tab."  =20

Or, rather, put it on my kids' tab, or my grandkids' tab, or my great-gra=
ndkids'.  Because, really, who gives a damn about them?  It's the high li=
fe for me.  I'm going to take my tax cut and buy a Winnebago and put one =
of those "Spending my kids' inheritance" stickers on it.  Yeah!  Won't th=
at be a laugh?  The existentialists were right: it's much more exciting t=
o live on the edge of the abyss.  Thank God almighty for George W. Bush. =
 At last we have a President who runs the federal budget like a Meth-head=
 runs a stolen Visa card.

Of course, what would make this move to Bush-style existentialism complet=
e is if we spent what's left of the Social Security Trust Fund on a reall=
y big joint.  I mean an enormous Bob Marley spliff; a doobie the size of =
a Greyhound bus; the Taj Mahal of reefers.  Then, we could lie back in ou=
r Winnebagos and watch "Up in Smoke" and "Strange Brew" on our giant flat=
-screen TVs with stereo surround sound and built-in DVD player over, and =
over, and over again until our fat, selfish, ignorant heads explode.  =20

Unless, that is, someone revives Laser Floyd and it's, like, really, real=
ly close and we don't have to drive too far to see it because we're, like=
, totally wrecked. =20

Cheech & Chong in 2004,
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acerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>All those trillions of dollars just lying arou=
nd loose . . .&nbsp;they were burning&nbsp;a hole in our collective pocke=
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 the wealthy and then dig ourselves into a further five&nbsp;trillion dol=
lar hole.&nbsp; Otherwise,&nbsp;we might now be experiencing that&nbsp;aw=
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><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Or, rather, put it on my kids' =
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"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; Because, really, w</SPAN>ho gives a damn about=
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ut one of those "Spending my kids' inheritance" stickers on it.<SPAN styl=
e=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Yeah!<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: y=
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3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">The existentialists were right: it's muc=
h more exciting to live&nbsp;on the edge of&nbsp;the abyss.<SPAN style=3D=
"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;T</SPAN>hank God almighty for George W. B=
ush.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>At last we have a Pre=
sident who runs the federal budget like a Meth-head runs a stolen Visa ca=
rd.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Ro=
man" size=3D3>Of course, what would make this move to Bush-style existent=
ialism&nbsp;complete is if we spent what's left of the Social Security Tr=
ust Fund on a really big joint.&nbsp;&nbsp;I mean an enormous&nbsp;Bob Ma=
rley spliff; a doobie the size of a Greyhound bus; the Taj Mahal of reefe=
rs.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Then, we could lie bac=
k in&nbsp;our Winnebagos and watch&nbsp;"Up in Smoke" and "Strange Brew" =
on our giant flat-screen TVs with stereo surround sound and built-in DVD =
player over, and over, and over again until our fat, selfish, ignorant he=
ads explode.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=
=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Unl=
ess,&nbsp;that is,&nbsp;someone revives Laser Floyd and it's, like, reall=
y, really close&nbsp;and we don't have to drive too far to see it because=
 we're, like, totally wrecked.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>=
<FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Cheech &amp; Chong in 2004,</FONT=
></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Joan Opyr/Auntie Est=
ablishment</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML><br clear=3Dall><hr>Get more from th=
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