[Peace-discuss] Fw: 4th of July Parade -- you'll LOVE this year's theme...

[John W.]

At 04:56 PM 5/26/2007, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:

>The grim reaper could be wearing one of those yellow Walmart happy faces 
>on his robe, sitting in a big fancy gas-guzzler car (or, does anyone have 
>a convertible?)

Gotta be a Hummer.  Do they make Hummer convertibles?


>w/ fat cats named "Military" and "Industrial Complex," "Corporate 
>America," "Big Pharma," "War Profiteer," etc, etc...

I'm fat enough and old enough.  I volunteer, as long as I can dress like 
Daddy Warbucks and don't have to wear a cat costume.


>Victims of Free Enterprise walking behind could be trade unions, American 
>jobs, the environment, public schools, New Orleans, etc etc... and of 
>course slaves, child laborers, Native Americans, in addition to mom and 
>pop stores, war casualties, etc.

Some of them could maybe be PUSHING the Hummer, for obvious reasons.


>Okay, I'm really over the top with this now, but how 'bout a boom box 
>blaring out (to the tune of "Whisky, Killed My Honey Dead") our very 
>own  "Free Enterprise, Killed My Country (Planet?) Dead" I even know some 
>musicians who might be willing to record it, if some of you want to take a 
>crack at writing the lyrics.
>
>I can't BELIEVE the NG left themselves open to this. Can they REALLY be 
>that CLUELESS??

I can absolutely assure you that the vast majority of your neighbors and 
fellow citizens find no irony in the theme whatsoever.  "Free" enterprise 
is their religion, and they are evangelical fundamentalists.  It doesn't 
have to be true; they merely have to have faith in it.

I can further assure you that a goodly number of your fellow AWAREistas 
experience absolutely no cognitive dissonance between their own 
self-righteousness and their economic self-interest relative to the rest of 
the world.  They're riding in the Hummer, not pushing it.  They can rail 
indignantly against Wal-Mart because they're affluent enough not to have to 
shop there.

John Wason




>Jenifer
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>Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com> wrote:
>How about a large graveyard scene on the back of a
>wagon with the grim reaper sporting a Wal-Mart nametag
>and tombstones with "R.I.P. Free Enterprise - Killed
>by Corporate Welfare and Monopolizing", ghosts could
>be rising up with names like "Mom & Pop Stores",
>"Co-ops", and/or similar stuff ...?
>
>The thing is, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE
>ENTERPRISE. It's a fantasy. A myth. A vicious lie
>to justify an even greater set of crimes...
>
>But is there a way to portray some of the crimes?
>Like corporate mercenaries? Clearly, without too much
>text?
>
>Something to pin names on like Blackwater, Halliburton
>... Torture, Inc... Occupation Corporation ... Death
>Squads R Us ... Maybe these could be listed
>("thanked?") as cosponsors of the cemetery ... ? Too
>much reading required? Could these be *ads*?
>
>...maybe ads ... on the sides of tanks or houses of
>torture ... something military ... ?
>
>Ricky
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>
>--- Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>
> >
> > which is... AMERICA SALUTES FREE ENTERPRISE!!! (Can
> > you BELIEVE it???!!!)
> >
> > I'll write the check for the entry fee (still $25
> > after all these years) just assuming AWARE will be
> > creating another award-winning float, if someone
> > will offer to take the forms, fill them out, and
> > send everything in. Deadline to enter w/o late fee
> > is June 22nd.
> >
> > Please email me your name and street address if y're
> > willing to have me send the forms and check to you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jenifer
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