[DMCForum] Corrected: A Parable

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice parable, but it differs too much from reality to be instructive:

President Busch exercises limited power within the Housing Corporation. 
He can't pass any ordinances. He's not even allowed to make the budget
or spend any money. The real decision making power is exercised by a
popularly elected board (Mr. Busch wasn't popularly elected to the
Corporation, BTW, but was forced upon it when a lawsuit from the
homeowners was cut short).

After the punks burned down the buildings next block over, housing
residents demanded an independent inquiry into what happened.
President Busch resisted. The board appointed a comission anyway over
his objections. This comission interviewed many people. Interestingly,
President Busch wouldn't let anyone from his office testify. He
himself agreed only to an informal interview, and even then insisted
he do so sitting in the lap of his somewhat mean spirited older uncle
from the basement.

Funny thing is, whereas President Busch, his secretary, the older
uncle, and a greasy haired older gentleman who tended Mr. Busch's gun
collection, all insisted that N. Sane had financed the punks, THE
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOUND NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
THIS CLAIM! All the people from Mr. Busch's office claimed N. Sane had
a bunch of prohibited tools in his garage, BUT THE INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION FOUND NOTHING IN THERE BUT OLD RAKES AND SHOVELS! (An
inspection department representing other neighborhoods as well as the
 Housing Corporation, which had been wandering all over N. Sane's
house with his cooperation, told Mr. Busch as much it was raided, BTW).

The Housing Corporation used to be looked upon as prime real estate.
People all over wanted to live there, and the residents were
justifiably proud. But Mr. Busch's actions began to make them uneasy.
He acted as if he were a dictator. He threw neighborhood visitors into
private prisons, then promptly forgot about them (not a single one of
these visitors has ever been told merely what they are accused of
doing). Mr. Busch's staff started peeping through neighbors' blinds to
see what they were doing behind closed doors. He secretly looked
though their records and transactions. He regularly let his crazy
uncle shout threats from the front porch to scare them. So the
residents slowly turned their support towards another President
candidate...

The rest will be history (*IF* Mr. Busch doesn't rig the electronic
voting machines, supplied so courteously by his supporters without so
much as a paper trail behind them).

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> I thought I'd write this to help explain things to Marc, Bill, and
others
> who seem to be missing the point.  (And yes, I did just write it --
it's not
> the cut-and-paste you so vehemently object to, Marc)...  =)
>  
> -Dave
>  
> There are elections in my neighborhood this November for Housing
Corporation
> president.  Since the incumbent is running as a Republican, I will be
> running as a Democrat.  I started my day with a big plate of Kerry
Waffles,
> then put on my flip-flops and went to go campaign.
>  
> My platform is that our current leader, President Busch, must go.  I
don't
> give any real reasons why, except for this dogged conviction that the
> president is out to steal the oil from the gas station down the
street.  Oh
> yeah, and his dad was housing corp. president once, and that's bad.  Oh
> yeah, he's from Texas, and being from Texas is bad.
>  
> I guess this feeling comes from back in 2001, when a group of punks
burned
> down the twin tower complex on the next block.  With the help of the
local
> police, Mr. Busch chased the punks out of Afghan Estates.   True,
they were
> unable to catch the leader, but the punks have not been heard from since
> (except for a bit of graffiti posted in the darkness).
>  
> It was found that the manager of the gas station, one Mr. N. Sane,
financed
> and trained the punks who burned down the towers.  He was arrested,
and will
> be on trial soon.  The rightful owners of the station (the
employees) are
> overjoyed, as Mr. N. Sane has been systematically raping, torturing and
> killing his employees for years if they spoke out against him.  None
of the
> station's neighbors ever raised a finger to stop him, as he once
attempted
> to take over the gas station next door, because he claimed simply
"it was
> rightfully his".  He burned down that station while he was being
chased out.
>  
> President Busch gave the gas station right back to the employees as
soon as
> they were able to manage it on their own, but I just know he somehow
trying
> to take their oil!!!  True, I guess he could have actually kept it,
but I
> know he's up to something.  Even though he did the exact opposite of
what
> I'm claiming, I just know he is trying to do it!  I know he is up to
> something with the punks and Mr. N. Sane, but I can't prove it, so just
> believe me without thinking!  So relax, I will think for you.
>  
> I feel that I will be good to protect the neighborhood, because I
was hurt
> three times defending another neighborhood (Nam Town) over 30 years
ago.  Of
> course, when I left, I protested that everything I did was wrong,
but now
> it's right.  Or wrong.  It doesn't matter -- just ask me tomorrow
and I'll
> reverse my position again to whichever you feel is favorable. 
Please check
> which way the wind is blowing before asking.
>  
> Also, I am going to raise the dues.  Even though 7% of my
neighborhood is
> unemployed, taking more money from them is the best plan of action.  The
> more money I take from them, the better off the housing corporation
will be,
> which in turn, will be good for them. (Or, it could cause them to go
> bankrupt, but that isn't my concern.  I'll just claim evil
corporations are
> the cause).  I'll also be taking as much money as possible from the
> wealthier people on the street, as we all know that is fair.  Now, these
> folks would normally be providing jobs for the unemployed 7% with that
> money, but that's not my problem.  I have $750 million in the bank.
> Besides. I won't be paying any of the dues anyway, as my income as
Housing
> Corp. president will not be charged any dues.
>  
> Now, even though I have no platform of my own (I have stolen the entire
> 'Help is on the Way' platform from 'Busch 2000' - which, incidently, Mr.
> Busch has followed to the letter), I urge my neighbors to vote for me
> because I'm not Busch!  Anybody but Busch!!!  ANYBODY BUT BUSCH!!!
>  
> I hope that helps y'all see things more clearly.
>  
> -Dave
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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