absurd logic

The Alberton Papers, Vol. IV, #VI
By Dick Darne 4-24-07
"Well, did old ‘Crazy Dick’ survive his bike run last weekend?"asked Bill.
"He survived, but he got blown away. If it were a race, he would have finished last. Come to think of it he was definitely in last place," answered Johnny. He limped into Alberton about an hour behind the main pack. He had an ace in the hole though, he took a ‘nap-break’, woke up later, noticed a few drops of rain and called the second half due to rain."
"Yeah, when I saw him, he was mumbling something about ‘need a faster bike’ added Todd. "Should we get up a betting pool on what day he collapses?"
"Maybe a better one would be on how far he gets in that raggedy old ‘swedish surburban’ Volvo," said Johnny.
" ‘bout time to start thinking about more serious things," said Elder.
"Oh yes, have you all noticed, now that things are unraveling, some of the absurd logic coming from the ‘koolaid-heads’?" asked Todd.
"Sure have," said Bill. "After the latest massacre, the whackoes were quick to point out that guns don’t kill people, people kill people and we already have laws on the books to prevent things like this, we don’t need no more stinkin laws and you’ll pry my gun out of my cold dead hand"
"Those laws really worked this time," added Elder.
"You know, I’ve really thought about it and there are lots of people who have no business with a moderately sharp stick, much less a gun," said Johnny. "They give us responsible owners a bad name."
" Or look at health care, an idea whose time is here. They will point out the scandal at Walter Reed as an example of how government run healthcare does not work," added Bill.
"Or how they railed against ‘big-bad government and then elected idiots who made it bigger," said Todd.
"And made it worse than bad" added Elder. "If history is any guide, they will have sent themselves back to the wilderness for another 50 years."
"Repeal any law that interferes with the pursuit of profit, plunder and ill gotten gains, cut taxes for the rich, dismantle our industrial capacity, move it overseas, cut more taxes, bomb and invade anyone who doesn’t agree to cough up their resources,"said Johnny.
"And when confronted with the moral failings of their leaders, they quickly turn to the ‘blame Clinton’ mode," said Todd. "Old slick Willie sold us out with his Rethuglican-lite policies, like NAFTA, why the focus on his peccadilloes?"
"The usual ranting and raving of the right-wing noise machine," explained Elder. "They figure the best defense is offense, so on and on it goes. Once again, if history is a guide, they will self destruct. Eventually most people will see the truth."
A booming voice from the back said: "One of the wisest mortals I ever knew said something to that effect; "you can fool some of the people all the time..........."
Before he finished, everyone knew who and what he was talking about.
The lady was with him and added: "Keep brooding and stay cognizant"