Jack Burns Lives!

Exit Stage Left

I had a discussion recently with a gentleman (probably too generous a term for this guy, but…) about the “right” and the “left” in this country. He stated that leftists were in control of the government, a point I vehemently disagreed with, and here’s why.

The real “left” (if there is such a nice little compartmentalized description that fits) in this country doesn’t support the expansion of war in Afghanistan. We don’t support massive corporate bailouts that seemingly only fund fat cat capitalists receiving million dollar bonuses. We don’t support six hundred billion dollar military budgets and the principle that if the economy isn’t growing it’s dying.

Those are things centrist Democrats and Republicans support, not leftists.

Leftist are generally in support of bioregional organization of steady state economies. We like simplicity and believe less is more. And I’ve also decided it (yes, I decided it for all of you…get with it or head to the wall) calls for eschewing ourselves of televisions, which are little more than expensive, corporate blathering machines, and cellphones, another blathering machine, but also a potentially dangerous one.

Every man should exit this planet the way he came into it. Penniless and with no possessions. Give everything away. Rid ourselves of our plunder.

Being a leftist and a revolutionary means to stand apart not to stand amongst.

Like Jesus. I think that was his program, wasn’t it?