Being non-american (I'm Dutch) you guys never cease to amaze me. Did you know that a lot of people outside of the US are either really amused or really frightened (or both) by your elections? Here you are, a country that obviously likes to think of itself as the 'big brother' of the world (peacekeeping? yeah right, I think arms mfg. is the keyword here, but that's another story).
Presidency, it seems, can be bought, scammed, or merely granted by the public for lack of a plausible candidate (one that hasn't been discredited completely by lying cheating backstabbing opponents) - you morons once allowed Reagan to become president, for chrissake.
Then good-ole Jello comes along, scaring the hell out of all of you with rants that are
1) well-informed
2) eloquent
3) to the point
and most importantly they are HEARTFELT. I'm telling you: this guy's for real, and has been for about 20 years. It would really be a very good idea for the "serious" candidates to check out his lyrics on, for example, the DK-records Fresh Fruit... , Plastic Surgery Disasters, Frankenchrist and Bedtime for Democracy, one of his spoken-word albums, or one of his collaborations with the likes of Ministry (LARD) and NoMeansNo (The sky is melting and I want my Mommy). Most of it is old and some of it is outdated - but he just keeps on being RIGHT, goddammit.
Then again, honesty does not seem to be a quality you're looking for in a president.
I know I for one would sleep better at night though, having an extremist punk in the White House who actually has an opinion on (impopular) topics, says what he means, means what he says, and has no hidden agenda - probably sort of incredible to y'all, I understand, but there really are such politicians! - than having some smoothtalking con-artist madman bombing the hell out of poor defenseless countries for profit while, say, orally stuffing some fat depraved ugly broad.
The US want to be a force to be reckoned with in the world, yet you systematically avoid people of any integrity occupying important positions. Ralph Nader is not a bad candidate - DON'T even get me started on Bush/Gore or your 2-party so-called "democracy" for that matter - but my god what an improvement it would be to have Jello in the office. Did you know one of his ideas, for example, is to allow voters to vote for "none of the above"? What a concept!
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Being non-american (I'm Dutch) you guys never cease to amaze me. Did you know that a lot of people outside of the US are either really amused or really frightened (or both) by your elections? Here you are, a country that obviously likes to think of itself as the 'big brother' of the world (peacekeeping? yeah right, I think arms mfg. is the keyword here, but that's another story).
... , Plastic Surgery Disasters, Frankenchrist and Bedtime for Democracy, one of his spoken-word albums, or one of his collaborations with the likes of Ministry (LARD) and NoMeansNo (The sky is melting and I want my Mommy). Most of it is old and some of it is outdated - but he just keeps on being RIGHT, goddammit.
Presidency, it seems, can be bought, scammed, or merely granted by the public for lack of a plausible candidate (one that hasn't been discredited completely by lying cheating backstabbing opponents) - you morons once allowed Reagan to become president, for chrissake.
Then good-ole Jello comes along, scaring the hell out of all of you with rants that are
1) well-informed
2) eloquent
3) to the point
and most importantly they are HEARTFELT. I'm telling you: this guy's for real, and has been for about 20 years. It would really be a very good idea for the "serious" candidates to check out his lyrics on, for example, the DK-records Fresh Fruit
Then again, honesty does not seem to be a quality you're looking for in a president.
I know I for one would sleep better at night though, having an extremist punk in the White House who actually has an opinion on (impopular) topics, says what he means, means what he says, and has no hidden agenda - probably sort of incredible to y'all, I understand, but there really are such politicians! - than having some smoothtalking con-artist madman bombing the hell out of poor defenseless countries for profit while, say, orally stuffing some fat depraved ugly broad.
The US want to be a force to be reckoned with in the world, yet you systematically avoid people of any integrity occupying important positions. Ralph Nader is not a bad candidate - DON'T even get me started on Bush/Gore or your 2-party so-called "democracy" for that matter - but my god what an improvement it would be to have Jello in the office. Did you know one of his ideas, for example, is to allow voters to vote for "none of the above"? What a concept!
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