Everything I Know About Voting for Kerry...
I Learned in Kindergarten
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how to tell when people are honest or not, whether mom would want us to hang out with them, and whom to vote for I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the tax bracket, but there in the playground at school. These are the things I learned:
Share the wealth, and lunch.
Make a level sandbox for everyone to play in.
Don't hit people, or bomb them.
Put things like voter registrations back where you found them.
Invite people to play; don’t exclude them because they’re not like you
If you break it you bought it.
Don’t lie if you made a mistake… you’re better off telling the truth
Clean up your own mess, whether military, environmental, or economic.
Don't take countries or resources that aren't yours.
Heinz ketchup is good for you.
Live a balanced life - windsurf some and think some and bike and hunt and tell corny jokes every day some.
Get a $150 haircut every afternoon.
Be courageous. If you make a mistake, come back home and correct it.
When you go out into the world, watch out for terrorists and stick together.
Friends are important. Don’t get rid of them just because they don’t agree with you.
God is good to have faith in but he won’t do your homework.
Be nice to people, don’t call them names, especially when the name aren’t true.
Goldfish and hamsters and Vietnamese and even Iraqis - they all can die.
So can Americans.
Have respect for life: bombs and bullets kill people, not countries.
And then remember the book My Pet Goat and the most important word you learned about George W. Bush - the biggest word of all - INCOMPETENT.
Everything you need to know to vote for Kerry is in there somewhere.
The Golden Rule and respect and honostey and basic ethical behavior.
Apologies and appreciation to Robert Fulghum, Author of “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten”
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J Klein is the creator of DemocracyMeansYou and occasionally writes and pens cartoons for the site. He lives in an undisclosed location in North Carolina with Dick Cheney.
DemocracyMeansYou was started as both an artistic response to the ubiquitous flag stickers after 9/11 (the THINK sticker was the impetus for the whole shebang), and a forum for liberal and progressive opinion, humor (always important), and inspiring / urging / demanding participation in the democratic process.
He has written for various publications and websites over the years, has worked as a licensed Psychiatric Technician with both the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled; worked as a mechanic for several years; worked for local government promoting ridesharing and alternative transportation in California; quantifying school accountability for California schools; and marketing writing and web design.
