the aftermath

NOVEMBER 3 2004
SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA

OUTSIDE, ANOTHER PICTURE POSTCARD PERFECT CALIFORNIA MORNING.
INSIDE, DARK,GLOOMY.OVERCAST,MOURNING.
HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? WHAT DID I MISS? WHAT DID WE ALL MISS? ARE THERE REALLY TWO AMERICAS?
ONE WHERE REALITY AND TRUTH RESTS ON DAY TO DAY EVENTS THAT ALL OF US WITNESS,WE ALL SEE AND HEAR WITH EYES AND EARS THAT FOR THE MOST PART FUNCTION WITH UNFAILING PREDICTIBILITY.
THE OTHER AMERICA, WHERE THE SAME TRUTHS AND REALITY ARE PERCEIVED IN THE SAME FASHION, BUT SOMEHOW BECOME PROCESSED AND REPROCESSED TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL TRUTHS THAT CAN ONLY EXIST IN AN ARTIFICIAL UNIVERSE THAT IS LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM THE REAL WORLD. THIS IS A WORLD CREATED BY THE “BOTTOM LINE” NEO-CONS, WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE REAL AMERICA,WHO”S PROFIT MARGIN INCREASES WITH EVERY DROP OF FEAR INVOKING BILE THAT HALF THE MASSES ARE WILLING TO GULP DOWN LIKE NASTY MEDICINE. “SWALLOW THIS! HOLD YOUR NOSE. CLOSE YOUR MINDS. IT”S NASTY, BUT IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!”. BUT WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU, IS THAT IT’S BETTER FOR “THEM!!”

SO NOTHING’S CHANGED. “WE” HAVE GIVEN THIS CRIME ADMINISTRATION A MANDATE.
A MANDATE TO CONTINUE DISENFRANCHISING THE POOR,
A MANDATE TO CONTINUE UNFUNDING AND UN-EDUCATING AMERICA,
A MANDATE TO DESTROY LAND FOR OIL IN ALASKA,
A MANDATE TO TELL WOMEN WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’T DO WITH THEIR BODIES,
A MANDATE FOR BIG BUSINESS TO KEEP RAPING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
A MANDATE TO CREATE A TOTALLY PARTISAN SUPREME COURT,
A MANDATE TO PRE-EMPTIVELY ATTACK ANY COUNTRY WE F---ING WANT TO,
A MANDATE TO RAPE AND PILLAGE ANY COUNTRY WE
F---KING WANT TO,
A MANDATE TO SLAP THE FACE OF ALL OTHER CIVILIZED COUNTRIES THAT WE SHARE THIS WORLD WITH,
A MANDATE TO CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE SAUDI ROYAL DICTATORSHIP A COUNTRY WHO PROUDLY TEACHES HATRED TOWARDS AMERICA AND ISRAEL AND PROUDLY GAVE THE WORLD FIFTEEN OUT OF THE NINETEEN HIJAKERS WHO ATTACKED AMERICAN SOIL WITH OUR OWN PLANES (IF YOU BELIEVE THAT STORY!),
A MANDATE TO KEEP SENDING YOUNG AMERICAN BOYS AND GIRLS TO THEIR DEATHS IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE SHOULDN’T BE,
A MANDATE TO SEND THEM THERE WITHOUT THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO GIVE THEM SOME FIGHTING CHANCE OF SURVIVING THIS NEOCON WAR,
AND FINALLY, WORST OF ALL, A MANDATE TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD, “YUP, WE STAND BEHIND THIS PSYCHOPATH AND HIS CRIMINAL FAMILY AND HENCHMEN, AN YUP, WE’RE GONNA KEEP DOIN’ WHATEVER WE WANT, WHERE EVER WE WANT, AND YUP, IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, F—K YOU, CAUSE WE DON’T NEED YOU, WE’LL JUST DO THIS TERRA FERMA THING ON OUR OWN!!! CAUSE YUP. WE’RE THE GREATEST!!

SO WHY THE DARK CLOUDS AND GLOOM, YOU ASK?
GEE, I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE BECAUSE WE WANTED SO BADLY TO GET RID OF THESE GUYS, WE CHOSE THE LEGAL WAY, NOT REVOLUTION AND TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK. MAYBE BECAUSE IN OUR EXUBERANCE OF ANYONE BUT BUSH, WE GOT BEHIND THE WRONG GUY TO DO IT THE LEGAL WAY!
MAYBE BECAUSE LAST NIGHT I HEARD EDWARDS SAY WITH FORCE AND CONVICTION “EVERY VOTE COUNTS AND EVERY VOTE WILL BE COUNTED!”
MAYBE BECAUSE I JUST HEARD THAT ELEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WILL BE COUNTED, JOHN KERRY CALLED THE CRIME BOSS TO CONCEDE!

CONCEDE?!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN CONCEDE?!!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!?
WHAT HAPPENED TO “EVERY VOTE COUNTS”?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WAR HERO?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUY WHO WAS GOING TO PULL OUR COUNTRY OUT OF THIS SHIT AND GIVE IT BACK TO US?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOOD, JUST FIGHT?
WHAT HAPPENED TO “HELP IS ON THE WAY”?
WHAT HELP IS ON THE WAY?
ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU TOOK YOUR GLOVES OFF BECAUSE OF AN ELEVEN DAY WAIT TO LEGALLY DO A COUNT?
ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU ARE GIVING UP IN THE FACE OF SUCH A SMALL INCONVENIENCE?
ARE YOU TELLING ME, THAT THE GOOD FIGHT TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK WASN’T WORTH THE ELEVEN DAYS OF INCONVENIENCE TO FIND OUT IF THE THUGS DID, OR DID NOT WIN? OR STEAL THE ELECTION AGAIN??!!!
WELL IF YOU’RE TELLING ME ALL OF THIS, THEN YOU MISLED US, YOU DIDN’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE THIS GUY ON, TO TAKE ON A REPUBLICAN SENATE MAJORITY AND TO FIGHT TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK!!!
THEN IF YOU’RE TELLING ME THIS, YOU WERE THE WRONG GUY FOR US!!
THE WRONG GUY AT THE RIGHT TIME!!
THE OPPORTUNITY COULDN’T HAVE BEEN BETTER,
BAD NEWS FROM IRAQ EVERY DAY, FLU VACCINE SCANDAL,MEDICARE, OPRAH’S ENDORSEMENT(MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS), HOWARD STERN’S ENDORSEMENT (MILLIONS OF LOYAL FOLLOWERS), MICHEAL MOORE’S MOVIE (MAJOR IMPACT,) THE NON EXISTENT WMD’S,, THE GENERALS, THE WELL PLACED REPUBLICAN CONVERTS, ETC. ETC. ETC. AD NAUSEUM!
YOU WERE HANDED ALL OF THIS ON A SILVER PLATTER AND INFRONT OF ALL YOUR SUPPORTERS, ALL THE TIME AND MONEY INVESTED ALL THE HOPES, THE PRAYERS (FROM THE RELIGIOUS), ALL THE PRECIOUS HUMAN RESOURCES, WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU DECIDED TO PISS ON THAT SILVER PLATTER AND PICK IT UP AND SLAP US HARD IN OUR HOPE FILLED WIDE EYED FACES!!.
I GUESS "SKULL AND BONES" IS MORE SACRED THAN "STARS AND STRIPES!!"

SO WHAT NOW? I GUESS, I’LL WIPE THE PISS FROM MY BRUISED HEAD AND WONDER AGAIN,”WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?”
AND WONDER IF WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF “THE SAME”
AND WONDER WHEN I’LL BECOME NUMB TO THE HORRENDOUS NEWS FROM IRAQ
AND WONDER WHEN WILL THE MIDDLE EAST EXPLODE, BECAUSE THIS CRIMINAL DOESN’T REALLY CARE, HE COULDN’T POINT IT OUT ON A MAP!
AND WONDER WHEN I’M REALLY GOING TO LEARN THAT LIFE IS TRULY FULL OF SURPRISES.
AND WONDER IF FOR THE MOST PART THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD IS TRULY STUPID!
AND WONDER WHAT ALL OF US “LIBERALS” ARE GOING TO DO TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF THE BUSH LEAGUE.
AND WONDER IF I WILL GET IT UP TO SUPPORT ANOTHER KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR IN 2008?
AND WONDER IF MY RADIO AND TELEVISION WILL SURVIVE THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF MY INSULTS, ABUSUES AND DEAFENING PROFANITIES?
AND WONDER IF I SHOULD EAT SOME BREAKFAST, OR GO OUT FOR A WALK,OR JUST GET ON WITH MY LIFE.
YEAH LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES, PEOPLE ARE FUNNY, AND LIFE DOES GO ON!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!