Take the Retards to the Zoo
[originally printed in the letter to editor section, PlanetJH Weekly 10.24.7]
Note: by using the word "retard" to describe our current president, George Bush, I use the word not in disrespect of the "developmentally disabled" community. I have worked with D.D. adults and youth out at C-V Ranch and at a summer camp in upstate NY. My experiences profoundly sparked levels of compassion and patience that I never imagined even existed within my being. Those jobs were profoundly transformative for me.
My choice is the word "retard" was in reference to this definition from Dictionary.com:
Noun) a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
Also, as the few skate punk hardcore music fans out there may remember, "Taken the Retards to the Zoo" was a song from the late 80s written and performed by an old favorite band from my youth "The Dead Milkmen". My title choice was also a bit of an inside joke. You can watch a live performance here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwxgL1wdRFc
(please cut/paste if linkage malfunctions, the PlanetJH Staff have yet to inform me how to post images and confirm web links, still waiting for a little help...)
While visiting Youtube, you may also need to watch/listen to live performances of "Punk Rock Girl" and, of course the all time classic "Bitchin Camaro".
TAKE THE RETARDS TO THE ZOO
Our current president, the Great Decider, the one who makes many decisions, has regularly made numerous comments about his poor grades while an undergraduate at Yale University: “To the ‘C’ students, I say, ‘You too can be President of the United States.’”I suspect that the reason for George W. Bush’s repeated public self-degradation is that he is aware of his impending doom.
When conspiracy “theories” are inevitably proven to be “fact” and Bush stands trial for crimes against humanity, he will attempt to use his blatantly dismal intelligence to escape punishment. He’ll likely say “Hey, I got a low C average, I am the dumbest president this nation has ever seen, I just do what Dick and my Daddy tell me to do, so cut me some slack, don’t mess with Texas!!"
A few blocks from the White House of Cards is the D.C. Zoo. I suggest that the only slack this nation should bestow upon Bush for the death, destruction and financial waste that he initiated through his senseless, profit-driven invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan is to engage in a slight remodel of the orangutan exhibit area. This shall be his future home, along with bunk beds for Cheney and Chumpsfield.
We can add a dirt track so he can ride around on his mountain bike to get some exercise and fresh air. The Three Stooges can swing around to their hearts content, while the rest of world can feel safe, free from their empirical, greed driven, desires. At the D.C. zoo, tourists will come from all over the world to see the pariahs perform in person. They’ll pose for pictures and feed the soul-less monkeys “freedom fries” through the bars.
— Joshua Doolittle
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