Hi all. This is Eric (Allison's husband for those who don't know) and I will be contributing my thoughts and images to the family blog occasionally. Today's thought comes from a local war protest. Every Monday on Woodward Avenue and 9 Mile Road there is a war protestor urging people to honk their horn as they drive by if they are opposed to the war. Now once or twice is one thing but this guy has been doing it every week since December of 2002, and the local people are starting to get a wee bit tired of all the honking. The city has initiated a ban on honking and the police say that traffic code only permits honking for a vehicular emergency and that violators will be ticketed. The protestors are all up in arms saying this is a violation of their 1st amendment rights. So I propose a peaceful solution - windshield wipers for peace. If you oppose the war turn on the wipers. They are quiet and exactly as effective at ending the war. It's not as if President Bush is going to say, "We can't have all those people honking on Woodward - better pull all the troops out immediately!" I say that the protestor should realize that since his weekly devotion has basically amounted to a fruitless usage of over 250 days of his life maybe he should get a hobby or a TV show or something. You don't get those days back, man!
Today's word of the day: BOONDOGGLE Guys, we just dont use boondoggle enough in our daily talking. Try to fit it into a conversation soon!
4 comments:
Oh, we have lots of Boondoggles in Alabama. Can we say - hunting and golf?
Okay, then, windshield wipers at all sporting events, weddings, and, for that matter, no more tooting to say "hi" while driving past a friend's house. Let's put a computer chip in all vehicles. If the horn is sounded, the chip will send the registration number as well as GPS coordinates to the DMV. That driver better have a good reason for the honking!
Furthermore, I would rather spend every Monday showing my opposition to the biggest blunder in our nation's history as well as my disdain for the biggest criminal to ever occupy the Oval Office than watch TV.
Boondoggle? I think not.
I am not saying that I don't support protest - I certainly do! I am just saying that If I was going to invest 250 days (and counting)of my life to a cause I would want to accomplish more than causing people to honk their horns. Do something bigger to bring national attention to the cause such as a march on Washington or an appearance on Fox News. As for Big Brother and horn honking, they are designed as a safety feature. Constant honking is a nuisance just like blasting a loud radio is. Your rights don't extend to the point where they affect the rights of others.
Is this was our nation's biggest blunder? History will decide, but let's not forget Vietnam, slavery, and the wholesale massacre of native tribal people. Those were all kind of bad too. Maybe for once we can learn from history and start creating more and destroying less.
Bah! History didn't just start in the past few centuries - they should have known better then too! It is a fundamental characteristic of man not to learn from history. Maybe if we had more women in power things would be different?
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