We are assaulted each day by whom the Yellow Journalists would have us fear. Today I cannot trust; catholic priests, school teachers, online gaming parents, politicians, and spinach.
Hell, we knew about politicians, and every kid knows spinach is contemplating world domination – what was conspicuously absent from each media piece was the label, “fisherman.”
Are fishermen the new high water mark for morality? Not the religious-right flavor, perhaps “normality” is a better word. If true, are we prepared to assume that lofty mantle for the rest of civilization? Jerry Falwell wielded the Moral Majority into a ponderous political lobby, can we do less?
The election is fast approaching. Candidates we can decide later, as every fisherman I know is a dissembler, incapable of measurement in either metric or standard, they should do exceptionally well in Washington.
The 2008 Bull Moose Platform
Free trade with Canada and Mexico, remove all barriers to fish immigration, only stop all water leaving the US at the border.
Space is too damn expensive. Redirect Lockheed and Northrup Grumman to develop a superstrain of Eastern Brook Trout. Bonus payments if they use stem cells. PETA will balk, but the “Char Wars” program must be championed agressively.
To reduce our dependance on foreign oil, withdraw our troops from Iraq and redeploy them to New Zealand and Argentina, grant both statehood. Now that we have all of the big Brown Trout, we can form a cartel.
I think I have covered both the “red” and “blue” states, anything else before we launch our convention?
Yes, but all fishermen are liars. That puts us on a par with the current administration, making us fit for disposal, not domination…
Agreed, fishermen just lie a lot better and with sincerity, that may be enough.
Tom, as I realize you are writing from the shoreline of a Maine lake, to Hell with comments, grab that stick and kick arse! Remember, we are living vicariously through you!