Politics and You
by Matthew Tobey

 

A great big smelly stink is being made by Democrats after the recent announcement by one-time Saturday Night Live host Ralph Nader that he will be once again be seeking the office of President of the United States.

“P.U., Ralph! You’re a skunk in the animal kingdom that is the American political landscape,” many shouted at their TVs.

“Hey, Ralph, Kevin-Spacey-Is-Keyser-Soze called. He says you’re the real spoiler,” others bellowed in the direction of their newspapers.

“Ralph, why don’t you do us all a favor and stop being such a big butt-hole and go back to Buttholeville or whatever butt-hole friendly locale it is that you hail from,” still others hollered as they violently shook their town crier.

But, perhaps the hostility toward Rev. Nader ought to be rethought a bit. After all, has anyone considered what might happen if Dr. Nader doesn’t run for President? Yes, he’ll certainly spend at least a couple of weeks cliff-diving with his platonic life-partner, Nelly Furtado, but that will get old after a while.

Once bored of Nelly and the cliffs, Sgt. Nader will no doubt return to his first love: consumer advocating. Already having conquered the auto-industry with his now-classic book Unsafe at Any Speed, Ralph will aim his figurative guns first at the snack-food cartels. His book Untasty at Any Bite will expose dozens of counts of gross negligence, leading the government to call for potato chips to be equipped with hydrogen-powered crunch inhibitors and cupcakes to come standard with three-point seatbelts. Eventually, the average price of a snack will skyrocket from $1.49 to $1700.49.
But the effect on munchies and sweets is nothing compared to what will become of the pants industry after the release of Msgr. Nader’s next book, Unzipped at Any Inseam. While pants-related deaths will decrease by nearly 40%, the black-market will flourish with modified unregulated trousers, astronomically increasing the wealth and power of the violent and ruthless garment Mafia.
So, you can pooh-pooh Ralph’s candidacy all you want and pee-pee his ego ‘til the cows come home, but I say: Run, Ralph, run. Run like the wind, you darling old so-and-so.A2P

 

 

 

   

 

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