Yale Daily News

Mr. Johnston, It is surprisingly refreshing and reassuring that a Junior has such a firm grasp of the "Big Picture". You do the University body a

service by putting it into words.

I am so tired of the news heaving up sound bites, video clips. Our "Leaders" portraying courage,tenacity, conviction and patriotism, chest puffed up and heads held high, its a practiced stance,about as genuine as the Rolex I paid $7.50 for at the Ghetto Mall last weekend. Reminds me of the nature channel, like a mangy hyena regurgitating pre-digested information to its young, feeding the hungry little pack of citizens .

Proudly and emotionally displaying their obvious moral, ethical and intellectual superiority . Its the other side of the big ole tug-o-war, one side raves about constitutionally protected ideals, pro-gun, pro-choice, pro-war. The anti’s , well anti-this or that.

See the puppet masters attempt to confuse and separate. Divide & conquer is as old as time itself, somewhere in the wild world a predator cuts the weak and lost out of the herd, dinner is served.

I don’t know about you but I have had more than enough pol-speak and piss-poor representation from those elected to represent the will of the people, not convince the people that they know better and simply ignore us. Read; Immigration Reform as the most recent example.

As the smoke clears and the practiced display of disparity and diversion, carefully served up by Conservative and Liberal channels is an echo, who is left to sweep up the party poppers, gum wrappers and paper confetti when its finally over?

It’s become a mindless, no-win paradox, intentionally created by a two-party system that’s the same slobbering, greedy, power drunken swaggert or swagget under the surface. One body for the two headed hydra at the helm of our country. The heads do agree on one thing though, in order for their plan to work, individuality cannot survive, it’ll destroy the group-think mentality .

Their forming an alternate reality of realism, accountability, reason, practicality, prudence, modesty, humility, ethics, restraint, moderation and eventually the most dreaded of ideals, a real choice, dangerous, very dangerous. Now children, we can’t have that can we? Oh Chillllldrreeeen!!!

With a smug sense of duty and satisfaction the line wraps round, pull the lever,touch the screen, flick the chad, don’t let it hang! X marks the spot, check one, check two, select your candidate and feed the card to the reader, behind the slot sits a funny little man, quietly giggling, manically laughing at the futility of it all. Further behind the curtain, glasses clink, firm masculine and strong feminine handshakes are exchanged. They tell each other how great they are, pornographic obscenities whispered, feet tapping behind the bathroom stall, plans made, promises of promises to break. Lies to cover lies. Hurry hurry hurry, step right up the barker shouts! There are sheep to fleece, Social Security money and tax dollars to spend, hurry up folks, the line forms to the right, wait your turn, don’t push, like pigs at the trough. Easy, wait your turn, there is plenty of room at the throat of America for all of you little vampires.