It’s The Thuggish, Ruggish Party

The United States currently has a democratic congress after 12 years. Not all that impressed. Doesn’t seem to matter who is in office—democrats or republicans, nothing ever seems to get accomplished. That’s just the opinion of us ordinary folks, though.

What about a third party: the Thug Party. Drug dealers, numbers runners and pimps. Successful ones, though—we can’t have a bunch of idiots in office; what kind of sense would that make?

Can you imagine how the sessions would go down? First of all, C-Span would need to hire someone to censure the live broadcasts. “(Bleep), this bill is (bleep) ing ridiculous. You want to fund a (bleep) ing project because your punk-ass brother-in-law would make money on the construction. You got to be out your damn mind, (bleep).”

And because a lot of these cats actually grew up poor—dirt poor, directives for ordinary people not in the game (legal or otherwise) might have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting done. Members of the Thug party could actually go the extra mile to ensure that people like Mrs. Johnson from down the street continue to get social security. Although miscreants in the ‘hood, wreaking havoc and droppin’ bodies, they have lived amongst people like Mrs. Johnson; they have seen their pain and now have an opportunity to do something about it.

What would compel members of the Thug party to “do the right thing?” Some, actually still have parents, grandparents or other relatives alive who would be “all over that ass” about stuff. “Senator Jenkins, your Mom called earlier. She says to remind you to vote yes on the Day Care bill or she will come down here from Detroit and go upside your head with a frying pan.”

The pitfalls, of course, is that such a caliber of men (and women) running our government would mean more shady deals, and if someone really pisses off someone else, folk could, in fact, start coming up missing. Still wouldn’t it be worth it to actually have something accomplished? Maybe, just maybe there might be affordable health care for average Americans. And perhaps, just perhaps, we might see some overhauling of the American educational system and be able to hold parents as well as educators at the local level accountable.

It wouldn’t be utopia, because remember, these are thugs, not genteel men or women. They would probably still have some hood tendancies and may even show up to a congressional session after a rough day in court and wearing an ankle bracelet.

Axe.

Currently Listening To: Thuggish Ruggish Bone by Bone Thugs 'N Harmony (what else?)