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WE NEED AN ARK. THINK "CLEAN PARTY"

Posted by King David Caul on Friday, October 24, 2008 10:16:32 AM

The flood is here.  It is an apocalypse of chaotic lifestyles, financial mazes, and governmental insanity or incompetence; if not sinister and nefarious behavior. At a time when the masses seem bent on voting for freebies, socialization of concerns, and ephemeral promises of entitlements to prosperity -- and politicians seem to defy common sense and the will of their constituents -- one must make a bold ark of  redemption to survive.

THIS is an Ark.

This is the official conceptual inauguration of a new political party! THE CLEAN PARTY! There is no budget yet, no war chest, no history; but there is a CLARITY of purpose, that is FUNDAMENTALLY universal in mass appeal.

Reid, Pelosi, Dean, Dodd, Frank - WOW! The Dems suck, big time! Obama is an interesting and dynamic enough fellow, but he's FAR left on almost any major issue. His scant resume (Illinois) is hardly a happy land of low taxes, urban shininess and racial harmony. Please. And never mind all that "black theology" garbage.

But McCain seems to have become weak-kneed, even if he was ever desirable. He's against the bailout, so he votes for it. He's FOR the citizens, but ignores their voice on illegal immigration, anwar drilling, and bailouts. Its embarrassing.

But almost anything is going to be better than the last 8 suffering years under Bush. But who were we SUPPOSED to like? Kerry!? Gore?! Useless. So what are you supposed to do when you see your country going down the toilet spiritually, financially, and legislatively?

I hereby pledge allegiance to the CLEAN party...

Our unfit, unhealthy nation has had a heart attack -- that is how the gurus have described it as they argued for bailouts of financial resuscitation. OK, so the nation's doctors are warning us of our heart condition, our high cholesterol, etc. We must quit the "smoking" and binge drinking...and get clean.

THE CLEAN PARTY PLATFORM:
Clean government:
Clean media
Transparency
Clean out of corruption
Cleaning the tax code
Orientation toward clean energy
Orientation toward clean lifestyles
Clean streets
Clean living
Clean policy (clean out spending and especially clean out waste)
Clean police and justice
Clean commerce interactions
Clean banking
Clean international behavior
Clean air, Clean water.

The clean party will seek clean solutions to hopeless morass we always confront.

The first chore, create two divisions of separation:

1.  "Clean policy" (that which the public and citizenry will have no debate over)
corruption, graft, perversion, theft and crime, constitutional reverence, the maintaining of the branches of power, the tax code reform. While there are perverse minority viewpoints that will contest ANYTHING, the vast majority will find CON CENSUS on MANY issues! IF the party deadlock is transcended!

2.  "Difficult policy" (that which is unresolvable and thorny)
Terminally unresolvable issues will be given special treatments (Welfare, education, guns, gay marriage, illegal immigration, gambling, abortion)

The clean solution to difficult policy will not be RESOLVED in some campaign promise; states will have to react to the will of the people.  There will be pockets of sin, and pockets of salvation.  Difficult morality will have to migrate toward a backyard affair.  It is the cleanest solution we could ever hope to achieve. As for Social Security, entitlements, etc., these will require special handling and will be promptly addressed in such a way, with emphasis on  PUBLIC FORUMS, and public votes directly on the issues. 

The next significant challenge is simple and essential: define the role of government.  It may be beautiful, it may be grotesque, but it should at the least be cleanly defined.  We should not have to debate about what role our government presently has.  For better or for worse, we MUST START with the definition of U.S. government; where it stands and what it is SUPPOSED to be.

This Ark may not save my life, but it is my publicly advertised space of safety.  I am on record and in the public view as occupying this avocation, and no matter what happens I will be able to enjoy commitment to the definitions of this young fresh environment.  It is clean here, and I live politically in this space.

No matter what stupidity surrounds me, I will be free to say "don't blame me". I will be free from accusation, and free from associations of failure, and free from guilt. In devotion to this new party, I shall be a free man.  I shall be free in my conscious and in my relationship to my fellow citizens. While REAL freedoms are sinking beneath the crashing waves of the flood (freedom in your home, freedom to leave your home, freedom to get a job, freedom to create a job, freedom to vote in a clean and honest election) -- I will be free to pursue ideals of escape.

I will suffer these literal truths beside you, but my spiritual, poetic, and philosophic world will be free and clean. I will live proud and brave, knowing I have refrained from the easy and expected (demanded?) path of perpetually electing parties which have long since sold their soul to the devil, sold policy to the highest bidder, sold the public interests to the special dollar interests, sold the People's welfare to their party's welfare, and sold commonsense to the pursuit of personal gain.

 

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THE WONDERFUL WILD RIDE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON IN THIS THEMEPARK CALLED "POLITICS" IS THE BEST!

Posted by King David Caul on Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:59:11 PM

DEMOCRATS IN A CIVIL WAR?

Every few summers or so, our familys return to this wondrous, nostalgic Politics themepark for a dizzying collective experience of standing in lines, being bombarded with barkers selling fixed games of chance, sugary lies of harmless cotton candy, and otherwise stuffing our mullets with junk food of the soul. We frequently come to the edge of nausea and vomiting, but will willingly stand in line again for the terrifying thrill ride of choice.

This particular election cycle boasts the unveiling of the themepark's proud new ride; the OBAMINATOR! It is a whirlwind of captivating speed and dexterity. The gleeful, gushing faces of wee little Chrissy Mathews and his playmates exiting the ride only to get back in line, clearly describes the joys and splendor of this new attraction to the park. Though it perhaps secretly frightens us to ride for the first time, how could any resisted the temptation to engage in this triumph of modern themepark engineering! But something is wrong. It's exciting to the children, but it's wrong. Well for one thing, It seems they've painted over the parking lot monikers to help us find our vehicles so we can eventually go home. We can't leave. There is confusion and chaos. Someone's going to get sued! Someone might get hurt.

And that's not all that's wrong; while the Flume ride on McCain Mountain is doing fine and has always been acceptable as a reasonable if not perfectly brilliant thrill, there seems to be many issues lately in ClintonLand. Is it true they are lying about how long to wait time is? What was this story about lies? The brochure says this older more "experienced" roller coaster is an awful lot of fun, but some are suggesting that's just hype. I don't know...At least that Obaminator is new.

And so it is. It is like a themepark; it is exhilarating and annoying simultaneously, or at least alternately. It's expensive and it's hard to leave on a whim. It is imperfect, often broken, and yet we are here. And most importantly, the different roller coasters may all advertise the big thrill, but we will have to make choices.

However, something extremely important could be made to take place this election. The Republican Party is cohesive, even out of a field of numerous interesting and respectable candidates, a singular cooperative candidate has been put forward early and solidly. This bodes well for the party, even if it does not guarantee a win in the general election.

But the Democratic Party is facing a bizarre challenge. In the recent past, the Democratic Party has been experiencing polarization, occasionally significant polarization. The wing of the party which is farthest left has become its most vocal component, and most passionate component. With this loud voice and passion, it cannot easily be ignored; at the least it would take courage to dismiss them, as their protests and vengeance would likely be unrelenting. With this neck-and-neck horse race between Obama and Clinton, the primary campaign is heading the Democratic Party to a crazy finale. Thanks to the irrational acts of Howard Dean, Florida and Michigan, two significant states stand to see their populace get no voice in the primary, and consequently the general election as well. This is not actually so rare. The fascination with the early predictions and historic references to nonsense like, "this state has never picked a loser", and similar unfortunate logic, large segments of the country have traditionally never gotten to vote for candidates they would have liked to have supported. It is simply the nature of this staggered voting process in the primary.

But the loss of Florida and Michigan will matter. It will leave resentment, no matter what the outcome of that issue. And then there's the Superdelegates. It is still entirely unclear what role these elitist super-individuals will play, but it is very safe to say it will be divisive and chaotic. Dependent on how this Superdelegates aspect is resolved, there could be an extraordinary Civil War within the party. And perhaps, THERE SHOULD BE!

While imagining this outcome gives the stomach that post Tilt-O-Whirl nausea, take a seat and think about what could be ahead. If the Democratic Party were on the brink of subdivision, the nation could benefit substantially. By that I do not mean an elimination of the Democratic Party constituency in our government. Rather, the party could split in two, giving the far-left radical, noisy, segments its own clear and branded title. It would mean legitimacy and clarity. But to hell with them; more importantly, having lost them as baggage, an extremely mainstream constituency could become more focused, more reasonable, more agreeable, and more electable! This new party could actually position itself in a sweeter mainstream position than anything we have at the moment, and as such could fulfill an enormous longing within the heart of the general population of America. It COULD become the most meaningful party in our present governmental system. It is possible.

It might be kind of like the opening of Epcot Center beside Disney World. Yes, we like Pirates of the Caribbean, but thank God there's a fresher choice available, and in many ways it's calmer, and nicer, and easier to enjoy

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©2008 KING DAVID CAUL

 

 

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DEMOCRATS ARE EMOTIONAL, REPUBLICANS ARE INTELLECTUAL

Posted by King David Caul on Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:51:05 PM

(Democrats are from Mercury, Repubicans are from Arlington)

Okay people, let's get this party/s started. Sure there are thousands of examples of exception to any generalization that talks about millions of folks. But when there is a screaming generalization to be made, that smashes you in the face on a regular basis; I'm comfortable with doing generalization.
 
There seems to be a functional polarity useful for describing our present two-party system; an axis of emotional versus intellectual. This axis could probably run rather nicely in parallel to an axis measuring age (usually described as under 30 versus over 30). Certainly, younger folks tend to be pretty passionate (emotional), and older folks get more reasonable, realistic, and pragmatic (intellectual).The Democrats as a party have become inescapably emotional. Howard Dean's blazing fall from grace was directly connected to a crazed, frighteningly emotional squeal caught on video. This was unacceptable for the sole reason that it made conspicuous the Democratic party's identity as hysterically emotional by nature. It just won't do to have it conspicuous!
 
Reflect on fond remembrances of Al Gore vomiting spasms of "How dare you!!!"s. Drift back to pastoral thoughts of the shrill, harpy-like tones unrelentingly maintained through most any earlier speech of Hillary's.
 This is why low-qualified Obamas will be escorted with enthusiasm to top posts of the party; he isn't freaky. He doesn't seem emotional! Indeed, he seems reasoned.

How many times have your Democratic friends scorched you with a sentence that begins "I HATE...". Hate is a very strong emotion. It really isn't very intellectual. But I have found this the favorite opening statement for almost any political observation by my fired-up Democratic friends. They think, it seems, their argument has more credibility and more weight due to the fact that they are hysterical about it. Perhaps they're just advertising loudly; "don't try to change my mind, I feel strongly." Or, perhaps they're just boiling over.

How many times have you noticed one of our nation's proud Democrats who is so anti-war/anti-violence, that they're ready to smash you over the head, or run you over with their car, unless you agree with them. That's not too intellectual...Seems kind of emotional.

Not too hard to notice the extremely frequent drawings and descriptions of President Bush as a killer, a liar, Hitler himself, etc.. Yes, the strength of that argument is the hysterical emotional degree to which it is felt. Because otherwise, you really can't call it an argument; It is simply another expression of  "I Hate...".

I must also add the most fascinating of all hysterical, emotional responses by my Democratic friends: the impersonations of Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory. When a person spends a great deal of time busting their butt to come up with bizarre, tiny nuances that create a small window through which you can force a conspiracy theory (despite the fact that the fundamental premise simply makes little sense whatsoever) -- at that point you're talking about someone who is fairly emotional, not too rational or logical. Sorry folks, if that's you. If you're going to go off the deep-end, you really should stick to the magical pursuit of Bigfoot. Because we all love Bigfoot. No one will resent you for obsessing over him. On the other hand, when you try to trivialize or contort the painful, horrific deaths of fellow citizens, it starts to get a little offensive. Seriously,  think Bigfoot.

But I'm not trying to pass judgment as to whether someone's right or wrong. Rather, I'm just trying to illuminate this particular axis of separation between our two-party system. To ensure strong comments will follow, I'll add yet more; an emotional nature being traditionally feminine by definition -- Democrats are old-school feminine.

OK, let us watch the comments. I am strongly predicting violent emotional reaction from Democrats responders, and thoughtful, calm responses from Republican intellectuals.

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©2008 KING DAVID CAUL

 

 

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