At least once a weekend, I’ll wear my “Worst President EVER” t-shirt around town. Of course, Seabrook being an overwhelmingly Conservative place, I’ve fully expected to be accosted by some Red Meat Republican eager to hoist me on his or her petard. To my surprise, that has yet to happen, and in fact the response I’ve received has been overwhelmingly and unanimously positive. Yesterday, I was even stopped by a long-time TPRS reader in the Seabrook Kroger as I was stumbling through the dairy section. It’s always nice to find out that someone out there is actually paying attention. At times I find myself wondering if I’m not peeing into the prevailing winds. Instead, it appears I’m preaching to the choir, which I find infinitely preferable. At least I’m not going to end up wet and smelling funky.
So, thankfully, there are more than a few folks here in Seabrook who have managed to remove their anteriors from their posteriors long enough to take notice of what’s happening in this country. That’s a refreshing realization, isn’t it? Over the past 12 years, Conservative Republicans have lied, cheated, and stolen their way into power, aided and abetted by an American sheeple who frankly just haven’t been paying attention or just don’t much care. In this era of “sound bite” politics, it’s easy to create impressions, and Republicans have mastered the art of manipulating the media to their advantage. Not to deliberately invoke Godwin’s Law or anything incendiary, but Republicans clearly have mastered the nuances of Josef Goebbel’s “Big Lie ” theory. Repeat something often enough, and with enough conviction and fervor, and eventually it will become the accepted truth…regardless of the actual truth. When dealing with a sheeple who can’t be bothered to think critically (or sometimes even at all).
While I enjoy what I do here at TPRS, and while I plan to continue, I do wonder what else I might do to rattle some cages. Most people are so wrapped up in their little world that worrying about politics is something that takes too much time or energy. So what can I do here in little ol’ Seabrook, TX to make a splash, to get people thinking, and yes, to piss people off if that’s what it take? After all, this is a town that voted for Our Glorious and Benevolent leader by a 2-1 margin in 2004 (and I should know; I worked at a polling place on Election Day, 2004).
I’ve been thinking about trying to introduce a resolution before the Seabrook City Council calling for the impeachment of Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader. Those of you who have hung ‘round these parts for awhile might recall that the Seabrook City Council doesn’t exactly have much of a reputation for being home to stable, rational personalities. While I would love to tweak the narrow-minded, knee-jerk Republicans in Seabrook, I’m not certain that introducing such a resolution would achieve it’s desired end. Indeed, any victory might well turn out to be a Pyrrhic one. It’s not like I do business in Seabrook, or even that I have a lot of friends in town, but we do live here, and while I don’t worry about me, I don’t want to create any problems for She Who Endures My Myriad Eccentricities.
Perhaps I’m limited to my little soapbox. That’s not such a bad thing, I suppose…but hey, if anyone has any ideas, I’m open to suggestions….