Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Up in smoke


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We are going to change the climate...

...cause it's too hot...

...too hot...

...The climate...

...yeah...

...and we are going to organize Afghanistan too...

...like we've got to... you know...

...stay.....the ...course...

...stay on it...

...you know...

...stay as long as...

...whatever...

...and we're going to regulate the financial sector...

...cause those guys steal a lot...

...uh huh...

....a lot, yeah...

...don't laugh, this is serious shit man...

... lots of stuff to do...

...like fix the schools...

....all the dumb kids...

...fix them too...

.....and repair all the roads...

...and the bridges...

...and the trains...

...lots of busted and worn out stuff...

...lots of other stuff too...

...like change the climate...

...Did I say that before? ...

... Too hot...

...Yeah...

... Lot's a stuff...

...We're gonna do it all man...

...Well, went to to the moon once...

... really, did, no shit...

...but of course when we got there...

...there was nothing there up there...

...but we went there... ...

...stayed the course...

...like Afghanistan, nothing there either...

...the important thing...

...stay the course...

...Yeah...

...and we came back too from the moon... and that's real important too...

... stay and leave...

...come back and all...

... after going...

... uh, huh...

...isn't it?
 
...Like Afghanistan...

...we're supposed to come back from there too...

...oh....

..uh...

...Hey, you got anything to eat around here? DS

10 comments:

Kurz said...

I'm impressed. What a mastery in describing stoned conversations.

David Seaton's Newslinks said...

Advantages of a misspent youth.

David Seaton's Newslinks said...

UPDATE: I just read off the Bloomberg screen that the Democrats have agreed to kill the public option.

efffffffffffffffffffuh
...You hear that dude?...
... heavy shit...
...There goes my free medicinal skunk...
....efffffffffffffffffffuh....
... Hey man, there's no money left man, McChrystal says we gotta catch bin Laden...
... Stay the course...
....efffffffffffffffffffuh....

You see what I mean?

My generation stood on the shoulders of giants. So improvising the mono/dialog wasn't that difficult.

The reason that I chose this format was that the tone and content of progressive, American discourse reminded me increasingly of those apocynum cannabinum filled conversations that one had back in the 60s and 70s, the same content-free grandiosity... up in smoke.

Forensic economist said...

Things I learn because I have a teenage son - Afroman's "Because I Got High":

It's like I don't care about nothin' man
Role another blunt, Yeah cuz
(Yeah x 2)

I was gonna clean my room,
until I got high
I was gonna get up and find the broom,
But then I got high
My room is still messed up
And I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

I was gonna go to class,
before I got high
I coulda' cheated and I coulda passed,
but I got high
I'm taking it next semester
and I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

I was gonna go to work,
but then I got high
I just got a new promotion,
but I got high
Now I'm selling dope
and I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

I was gonna go to court,
before I got high
I was gonna pay my child support,
but then I got high (No you weren't)
They took my whole pay check,
and I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high,
Because I got high
Because I got high

I wasn't gonna run from the cops
but I was high, (I'm serious man)
I was gonna pull right over and stop,
but I was high
Now I'm a paraplegic,
and I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

I was gonna pay my car a note,
until I got high
I wasn't gonna gamble on the boat,
but then I got high
Now the tow truck's pulling away,
and I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high,
because I got high,
because I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high

I was gonna make love to you,
but then I got high, I'm serious
I was gonna eat your pussy too,
but then I got high
Now i'm jacking off and I know why, (turn this shit off)
'cuz I got high,
because I got high,
because I got high

I messed up my entire life,
because I got high
I lost my kids and wife,
because I got high
Now I'm sleeping on the sidewalk,
and I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I got high,
because I got high,
because I got high

I'm gonna stop singing this song,
because I'm high
I'm singing this whole thing wrong,
because I'm high
And if I don't sell one copy
I know why, (why man?)
'cuz I'm high,
because I'm high,
because I'm high

(Are you really high man?) (he really is high man!) get jiggy with it - O bring it back (say what say what) oh,
Because I'm high,
Because I'm high,
because I'm high

David Seaton's Newslinks said...

It's not good to get one's wig on fire about grass, but having said that, I will say that the people who smoke it constantly never seem to do too much... But maybe they never would have anyway. Cocaine is really bad stuff though... I've seen it totally ruin quite a few people, more than heroin even.

I can't smoke Marijuana because of my bronchitis and I don't trust hash brownies and stuff like that... Haven't smoked for 30 years or so, but I must say that I miss a little grass now and then... Like red wine, in small doses, it is very nice... laughter, love, appetite, joie de vivre stuff.

In my post I'm talking about how progressives in the US are beginning to talk like stoners.

oldfatherwilliam said...

Having been beaten casually but remorselessly with cudgels and sticks, we now are easy for carrot-bait. Since we speak of old stoners, (oh yeah, me too), are you aware of this guy?
http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2009/12/the-devil.html

David Seaton's Newslinks said...

Great essay by Joe Bageant! Thankee Billy.

bailey said...

What did Gore Vidal say, something like 'our form of democracy terrifies it's citizens, industrialization seals the lips,"

The English have been talking non-stop since Chaucer and I'm happy to be around the Europeans, where old customs have kept conversations going and going, of course, there's nothing quite like an Italian in front of anyone, a microphone, no one, either way, they never have to correct or edit, they just talk and talk and talk effortlessly.

Have we ever had great talkers and writers, maybe Mark Twain was our finest....

David Seaton's Newslinks said...

Americans used to be wonderful talkers, tall story and shaggy dog story tellers... I think TV killed that off... That a a concerted campaign to dumb down America to make it more malleable.

janinsanfran said...

Awesome!