Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Dear Stupid, Crazy, Beloved Country:

I can't help noticing that some of us, and I'm not pointing fingers at any one in particular, but some of us, and I'd go so far as to say too many of us, have been running around acting like hormonally imbalanced squirrels on Twinkies.

Leaving aside questions of who did what, how 'bout we all just put down our guns

Even assuming we mean well, don't you agree we've proven that we are too dangerous to be armed? 

I'm just going to step away for a little... 

Art poem by Kenneth Patchen (links to article, "All At Once Is What Eternity Is")
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P.S. Snopes clarifies the Twinkie Defense:
Dan White shot Mayor Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978. His defense said that he was suffering from untreated depression and that his diet of Twinkies and other junk food was evidence of his depression because White was normally health-conscious (like if someone if someone who usually dresses well begins to show up in dirty clothes).