Buddy's Place
Jan. 20, 2009 – BLDIO
RECEIVED Sat., Jan. 26, 2008
Dear Editor,
Jan. 20, 2008, came and went like any other day. Jan. 20, 2009, will be something altogether different: BLDIO (pronounced bee-EL-dee-o). Bush's last day in office.
I have this dream of people across the entire nation, indeed the world, celebrating this man’s departure with singing, dancing, cheering, imbibing, and speechifying. I can envision tens of millions of joyous people in the streets. For no matter who gets elected to replace him, it will be a vast change for the better. No longer will this fool Bush be able to inflict damage on the monstrous scale he has, and we can focus on undoing the terrible mess he has made.
We could gather on Lady Bird Lake shores; get politicians to speak; have booths with people selling food and drinks, bumper stickers and posters, and whatnots; have jugglers, magicians, and comedians. I am certain any number of excellent bands would love to play at such a worthwhile and momentous celebration. Bush’s leaving office will represent such an improvement on a cosmic scale – like the transition from the Age of Ignorance into the Age of Aquarius – that this could even turn into an annual event. A hundred years from now, people may look at Bush’s departure as the seminal event representing the death knell of political ideology based upon ignorance, hate, greed, fear, and deceit. (Perhaps I overreach. But perhaps not.)
Organizing something like this is a bigger job than I can take on. But the Chronicle could do it. You have experience running huge music and art events, and you have a publication to get the word out to thousands of interested and activist readers. I also suspect you have contacts with other local free-press publications across the nation who would likewise be in a position to organize a celebration in their cities. An idea like this could catch on quickly, and you, the Chronicle, could gain fame on a national scale even greater than you have now.
What do you say? At least put out the word to your readers. Please, do it!
Jan. 20, 2008, came and went like any other day. Jan. 20, 2009, will be something altogether different: BLDIO (pronounced bee-EL-dee-o). Bush's last day in office.
I have this dream of people across the entire nation, indeed the world, celebrating this man’s departure with singing, dancing, cheering, imbibing, and speechifying. I can envision tens of millions of joyous people in the streets. For no matter who gets elected to replace him, it will be a vast change for the better. No longer will this fool Bush be able to inflict damage on the monstrous scale he has, and we can focus on undoing the terrible mess he has made.
We could gather on Lady Bird Lake shores; get politicians to speak; have booths with people selling food and drinks, bumper stickers and posters, and whatnots; have jugglers, magicians, and comedians. I am certain any number of excellent bands would love to play at such a worthwhile and momentous celebration. Bush’s leaving office will represent such an improvement on a cosmic scale – like the transition from the Age of Ignorance into the Age of Aquarius – that this could even turn into an annual event. A hundred years from now, people may look at Bush’s departure as the seminal event representing the death knell of political ideology based upon ignorance, hate, greed, fear, and deceit. (Perhaps I overreach. But perhaps not.)
Organizing something like this is a bigger job than I can take on. But the Chronicle could do it. You have experience running huge music and art events, and you have a publication to get the word out to thousands of interested and activist readers. I also suspect you have contacts with other local free-press publications across the nation who would likewise be in a position to organize a celebration in their cities. An idea like this could catch on quickly, and you, the Chronicle, could gain fame on a national scale even greater than you have now.
What do you say? At least put out the word to your readers. Please, do it!
Mark Warren