Nov. 12, 2008 (World News Trust) -- In the classic 1989
film, Roadhouse,
thespian Patrick Swayze inhabits the role of James Dalton, head
bouncer at a seedy establishment called the Double Deuce Club. Dalton
is armed with a PhD in philosophy from New York University and his
three rules of bouncing:
1. Never underestimate your opponent.
2. Take it outside.
3. Be nice until it's time to not be nice.
Note to those striving
for enduring social change: It's time
to not be nice.
Being nice
got us a nation that pats itself on the back for its freedom and
democracy while relegating most of its citizenry to a life of debt, a
life without sufficient health insurance, a life of wiretapping and
color-coded terror warnings, a life of undrinkable water, polluted
air, and inedible food (sic), etc.
Being nice means the United States constitutes
less than 5 percent of the world’s human population but is home to 25 percent of
the world’s prison population. Being nice means U.S. women are
paid 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. Being nice got us
believing that coal is clean, nukes are green, and we must vote for
Barack ‘cause the Republicans are mean.
Yeah, being nice resulted in the
Legend of Barack Obama™ -- the most remarkable example of
programming and conditioning since the yellow ribbon sticker -- while
those who refused to guzzle the Obama Kool Aid™ are shoved off to
the far corners of Left World.
But, rest assured, as Swayze promises:
“Nobody puts Baby in the corner.”
Mickey Z. can be found in this corner of the
Web: http://www.mickeyz.net.