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Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society
Club Notice - 09/08/00 -- Vol. 19, No. 10
Chair/Librarian: Mark Leeper, 732-817-5619, mleeper@lucent.com
Factotum: Evelyn Leeper, 732-332-6218, eleeper@lucent.com
Distinguished Heinlein Apologist: Rob Mitchell, robmitchell@lucent.com
HO Chair Emeritus: John Jetzt, jetzt@lucent.com
HO Librarian Emeritus: Nick Sauer, njs@lucent.com
Back issues at http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper
All material copyright by author unless otherwise noted.
The Science Fiction Association of Bergen County meets on the
second Saturday of every month in Upper Saddle River; call
201-447-3652 for details. The Denver Area Science Fiction
Association meets 7:30 PM on the third Saturday of every month at
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1. You know, for a long time I have had the feeling something was
going wrong with this country. I was listening to the radio and I
found what is wrong. I was listening to that candidate and I think
he has put his finger on what is happening. You know the one, the
one who is going to come in and fix all the things that have been
souring, the one who knows why things have been going so badly. He
was saying that it was the big money interests that were running
the government. Suddenly I realized that he was in government and
he knew what he was talking about. I realized what was going wrong
with... well, everything. You know I have always had the feeling
that things were supposed to be better for me. I have wanted gas
prices to go back to thirty-five cents a gallon. I want to have a
real big SUV. I want to have a lot more money. I want a big house
in a fancy neighborhood. Expensive vacations. Maybe even a
stretched limousine once in a while. Do I have all that? No.
None of it. Life has just gotten more frustrating, not less. And
I think I deserve to have it a lot better. Now I realize I have
been right all along. I am supposed to have more. But the big
money interests have been cheating me out of what is coming to me.
But you know, at last we have a chance to do something about it. I
want to vote for that guy who was talking on the radio and make
things go right again.
You know what he said? He said he was for the little guy. Well,
now I never thought much about it. I thought of myself as a pretty
big guy, but, you know, to Government I probably AM a little guy.
And I think I better vote for a guy who is finally going to look
out for the kind of little guy I am. I want someone who is going
to take care of me. Yeah, I bet if we all go out and vote for this
guy everything is going to change for better. Things will get to
be the way they ought to be. Everything will be the way it should
be again. "It is time to have honesty in government." That is
what he said. And you know, he's right. That says it all. There
are a lot of people who are going to vote the other way because
honesty is not important to them. But I bet we can get a lot of
people voting for my guy. This is going to be a grass roots
movement. The people are going to speak, not the big special
interest groups. The people want and deserve to have things
better.
What else did he say? Something about how it was time to start
thinking about the Middle Class? I never really thought about it.
The poor have government to look out for them. The rich have those
fancy lawyers and special lobbyists. But who have we got? Who
looks out for us Middle Class working stiffs? I'll tell ya who.
Nobody. Well, till now nobody. Now we got somebody we can vote
for who looks after Middle Class folks like us. I tell you this
guy sounds better and better. He said he wants honest government.
He said he wanted to return government to the people. Hot dog,
that's what I want too. And, boy, did you see how he was applauded
at the convention when he said that? Boy, I bet he's gonna be the
best President ever.
He also said what we need is leadership. That should make all
those anti-leadership politicians think twice. They should stand
up and take notice. After all isn't leadership what choosing a
President is all about? Sure it is.
Then there's integrity. Let's face it. We all know the other
party is not REALLY into integrity. They say they are, but we all
know different. They say they are, but listen to how much their
speeches sound like ours. They want you to think that their guy is
the leadership and integrity candidate. But I bet they can't fool
us any longer. You just know when our guy talks he really sounds
like he means it.
And you know what else I like. Our party's positive thinking. You
hear how they are already calling our guy "the next President of
the United States?" That's how someone introduced him at the
convention. What a clever idea! It gets everybody thinking like
it is already done. Like the election is just a formality. Really
smart.
And isn't it about time we had really smart government? [-mrl]