Vote for Pedro

A year or two ago, a low budget dead-pan comedy became a Cult Hit...Napoleon Dynamite. It was neither a historical documentary about the famous French General, nor had anything to do with explosives. It was a story about the mundane existence of a kind-hearted teen whose adolescent awkwardness guised a genuine good nature despite the tribulation of ordinary existence in Nowhereville. The film culminates in a electoral contest between the "in" cheerleader-type and the films anti-heroes' friend "Pedro". The low reactor "Napoleon" transforms into a comparative sensation as the advocate for his buddy Pedro whose flatline demeanor earns him the vote as the "do no harm" candidate for the student body Presidency.

It occurred to me (as I was forced to watch this film at my son's insistence)...that the film was chock full of political relevance. Much like our heroic duo in the film...Our political landscape has morphed from a morbid antithesis of idolatry into the elevation of do-the-least harm March of the Political Manikins.

The formula seems to be;

Sing your partys' psalms regardless of how inane
Avoid any PC gaffes as to err is inhumane
Find the least definitive answer to the most direct questions


The country is in sell-out mode with empty headed zombies inking the deeds;

We are too afraid of the teachers union to enact scholastic accountability
So; we have to raise the H1B visa quotas so that business can import skilled labor

We are too afraid of the potential future Hispanic vote
So; we fail to engage Border Security, even at a time of war

We are too afraid of Big Business and their need for cheap labor
So; our President fails to enforce the laws he has sworn to uphold

We are too afraid of terrorists
So; We cede our civil rights so that we can be protected by the State

We are too afraid to cut any programs, i.e. reduce SSI COLA increases or any other program
So; we pass the burden of debt to the next generation at a cool 9 trillion.

We are too afraid of China to engage the issues of consequence
So; we sentence The Republic of China to assimilation, the future of Oil to ever increasing prices, and our few remaining domestic manufacturers to a tactical disadvantage.

We are too afraid of Big Oil
So; we allow the market to be manipulated and cede any rights as consumers

we have too much self doubt to strive for a better future
So; we cowardly try to mitigate the pace of our demise

So, let's just get it over with....Vote for Pedro