all politicians are just a bunch of saving face machines. that's really all they have to do, so the very best can, in fact, do ONLY this for their entire political careers. they never take a stand, really. they just smile and wave and tell us everything is okay, and that the boogieman is real and your government knows where he/she/it is. they smile and shake your hand, then wipe down with hand sanitizer the second they get back in the limo. they smile and tell you that they'll change the world for the better, but they mean their world... not yours; not mine, and no one you know, either. lotteries change our worlds. american idol changes our world. their world becomes more verdant while ours rots. a president should walk down haddon ave. in camden and tell people what to do. "tear down all these empty buildings, and pave this street with concrete. we're starting over." 'how will we pay for this?' the aides and penny-pinching nay-sayers will cry. the vice president, cool and trumped, responds, "because we're pulling out of germany." and he'll smile.
the president will smile. the people living and working on that revitalized street will smile. the soldiers in germany will come home, smile, and be safe with their families and friends. they'll make us safe, and more of us nobodies will smile.
and germany will smile, actually sad to see us go, in a way.
you can call me idealistic. but they'd smile like a proud son, knowing dad finally trusts him with the keys to the car. and it may all go to hell, but they'll smile, and save face, and let someone else take over. maybe they'll be smarter, wiser, smilier.
all these debates, the stump speeches... all just smiles from a waiter serving a plate of shit.
but ask yourself: which plate of shit looks better, now that it's down to four?
the old and runny shit?
the tortured shit?
the brand new squeaky clean shit?
or that same shit we had eight years ago only now in charge FOR REAL...?
anyway, i broke up with george bush a long time ago, and i'm posting the song i wrote about it.
y'all should hear it.
it's called "saving face machine"
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P>S> this pic is from 1996
Dazmi
I don't see what lotteries, or american idol changes the world. :P
I guess that's cause I'm stupid.
World War II ended a long time ago. Germany isn't evil anymore.
I heard they paid off their debt two years ago.
I can't belive it took so long! It must've been a lot of money.
Sure, we're not gonna get a perfect world, but worrying too much about it isn't gonna do much. Unless you want anxiety.
I like the song by the way! It was awesome.
Gunshy (Updated )
ahhh... anxiety
who says i worry?
i wrote the song. that's what i did about it.
lotteries change lives, and families... 'world' in the metaphoric sense
same with 'idol'
both also destroy lives and families and worlds, so the word "change" isn't necessarily a de facto positive
thanks for liking the song! keep listening, and play it loud!
also, don't say you're stupid.
abe lincoln quote (i think): "it's better to stay quiet and have the public think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and prove it to them." paraphrased.