Many moons ago, I was blundering my way through
life at Robbinsdale High School, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, a suburb of
Minneapolis. One of my best friends in those days, and subsequent years, was a
fellow classmate who was also blundering his way through life.
After high school, I eventually graduated from
college with a B.A. in Business and an M.S. in Management Information Systems.
My old high school friend went on to get a PhD in Psychology and practiced his
profession in the Minneapolis area for several decades until he retired a
couple of years ago.
My old high school friend chose to remain in
Minnesota, where mosquitoes flourish and winter temperatures are prefixed by a
minus sign, whereas, I have roamed around the country, living at more than 50
addresses in 12 different states, trying to figure out what to do with the rest
of my life.
In any event, being a PhD Psychologist, my old
high school friend has always been cool, calm and collected. However, recently
various events in Washington DC had unfolded somehow causing my old high school
friend to vent his frustration by sending me an e-mail containing a single
paragraph, which reads as follows:
"I can give you something to work on to quell your boredom.
I have been listening to the wailing of liberals and have decided that
there has been too much rancor in this bad country we live in. Ergo, I am
starting a petition to make Obama a king. Also, to do away with that
pesky constitution that has thwarted all of his good intentions to create a
nirvana. He can then dispense with congress so he doesn't have to deal
with those mean republicans, and can simply make a speech and make an edict that
will bring utopia to our land. We won't need a military or police forces
anymore, as who in their right mind would want to harm the citizens of the only
utopia in the world, and who would even think about breaking the law when all
of their wishes and wants will be supplied by government. Also,
government can take over all means of production so they can fix prices so no
one will be making evil profit. Also, he can tax the wealthy to 98%, and
corporations (before the gov't takes over all production) to 94%. As king
of an utopia he will be respected by all of the world powers who won't want to
hurt us utopians, therefore, we won't need a military to defend ourselves.
Think of all the money we will save and how much the king can give to
poor people, and to the hordes of people in the world who will flock to this
utopia. I am making you my czar of the king petition, no need to discuss
salary as all needs and want will be provided by King Obama and the utopian
system he wants us to live under, because he really cares about us.
Oh, one more thing, because he cares so very much, we should make him
king for life so he can have the time to bring all of us under the control of
his utopia."
Apparently, my old high school friend wants me
to spearhead the effort to bring about the coronation of King Obama as ruler
for life in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
Yes, I was very flattered to be considered for
such an important assignment, but I wrote a swift note back to my old high
school friend informing him that I was quite content to remain a hermit in the
Land of Ark, where all the beautiful people live and time stands still.
I don't know if he went on to select a
replacement to take my place -- I suspect he simply did a primal scream for a
couple of minutes, then packed his gear to go fishing at his cabin in northern
Minnesota.
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Quote for the Day -- "My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it." Barack Obama
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Bret Burquest is the author of 10 books. He
lives in the Ozark Mountains with a couple of dogs and has many intelligent
friends in far off places.
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