Swami for Precedent

Precedential Plank Six
Revitalize the Body Politic
How to Exercise Our Rights and Re-Constitute the Constitution
“Time to pump ironies and do free press presses”

We don’t need spin doctors to tell us that the body politic is in pretty bad shape. Electile dysfunction, truth decay, hardening of the artistries, loss of heart. And now the body politic is losing its voice as well, as many once-active cells are feeling like the Silenced Majority. Even mild-mannered Democrats have gotten so frustrated that they’ve been heard to mutter the F-word when talking about our current regime . . . you know, fascism.

The Not-See Menace
Indeed, Not-Seeism has become rampant. That is where, despite all of the evidence, there are those who insist on not seeing the truth. And the best way to deal with the Not-See menace is to shine enough light on the public sector that even the blind can see through the Irony Curtain. So let’s shine the torch of liberty worldwide by shining the light of truth here, and by each becoming a healthy, active cell in the body politic. We need to exercise our rights, pump ironies and do free press presses in order to build the political muscle to counteract a regime that’s been on steroids for years.

Let’s Turn Devotees Into Votees
So let’s begin by exercising our basic rights, shall we? First of all, we must exercise our right to vote. Those of you who decided years ago that politics was too dirty for an angelic spiritual being like yourself, time to get over that. Swami’s mission is to turn every devotee into a . . . votee. And let’s support those busy moms who don’t vote because they don’t have child-care, by offering rides and babysitting so they can vote for a more child-caring world. Remember that we vote each and every minute with our attention, so let’s put our attention on love, life and laughter instead of fear. Fear is the toxic conditioning behind the current toxic conditions.

Pump Ironies to Strengthen the Body Politic
Wanna build muscle? Nothing like pumping ironies. You know those huge ironies that we end up swallowing whole — like, for example, the Holy Land being one of the most violent places on earth? Time to bring these into consciousness, and use them as irony supplements to strengthen the body politic. The Irony Curtain is built of unacknowledged ironies. Dissolve those ironies in a warm solution of laughter, and the light will shine through. Here are a few undigested ironies to chew on:

• The Land of the Free has more people behind bars per capita than any other nation in the “free world.”
• We have a commander-in-chief who, when it was his turn to serve, didn’t even bother finishing the light duty he was privileged to get to avoid the heavy duty duty.
• We’ve incarcerated, brutalized and humiliated thousands of innocent Iraqis in the name of giving them freedom.
• To keep the promise of “no child left behind,” our Misleader has set the country back 20 years so we fall back to where that last poor kid is.
• We consume 30% of the world’s resources, then spend millions trying to lose weight.

With heavy, undigested ironies like these weighing us down, no wonder we find ourselves gaining weightiness.

Do Free Press Presses
If Will Rogers were alive today, he’d be saying, “All I know is what I don’t read in the papers.” If we want to restore integrity to government so that lie-ability is no longer an asset, we must press the press to tell the truth. We recommend doing phone-ups and free press presses at least three times a week. Call your local newspaper editor and TV stations and ask them to uncover the cover-ups. Email stories from truthout.com, and ask them to put it on the front page. If you get your truthful news online, support these sources financially — put your money where your mouse is!

With Two Strong Wings, We Can Reap a World Win
A balanced body politic needs two strong wings to fly right. Right now, we have one very strong right wing — and we are flying wrong. But just because the Right is wrong, that doesn’t make the Left right. The eagle needs the wisdom of both wings to soar. That’s why we need more forums, and fewer againstums. In each community, folks from all across the political spectrum need to get together and see what they’re all “for.” Imagine, all sides working together for the common good, weaving a web of mass construction to make the commonwealth uncommonly wealthy.

But Seriously, Folks . . . Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. They say secrecy protects all of us, but mainly secrecy protects those who have something to hide.

So . . . do you believe we have to be international bullies and gangsters to thrive in the new century? Is this what our legacy is — making the world a bitter place?

Or do we deserve a government we can trust that stands by example as a beacon for democracy?

Time to become proactionaries, and earn our own No Bull Prize.

Exerpted from Swami for Precedent: A 7-Step Plan to Heal the Body Politic and Cure Electile Dysfunction. Order your copy here