Last weekend October 2 2010 the heavy rains along the Upper Valley produced unusual flooding of the area. A pumpkin farmer in Newbury VT lost over 130,000 pumpkins in the flooding when the crop of already picked pumpkins ended up floating away down river. The following link shows a video report on the great pumpkin floating disaster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9QWdPH3eZc
So being the eternal optimist I thought I would propose the following, which I think would benefit the entire country and make all of us feel better about politics at the same time.
Instead of elections I believe that we should have the following process for determining our elected officials. Here is how it would go. Every voting citizen, Democrat and Republican, would buy a pumpkin and mark it with a red R (for Republican) or a blue D (for Democrat). The citizen would register their pumpkin with the town voting official on the day of voting at their local bridge on their local river. After registering their pumpkin and getting an official voting stamp on their R or D pumpkin, the citizen would throw their pumpkin into the river. At the first dam downstream of the bridge no less than 5 miles away, the voting officials would collect the pumpkins that made it to the dam and whichever party had the most pumpkins would win the election. After the elections the voting officials could then resell the pumpkins to pay for their salary.
This is a “win win” situation for everyone.
- It puts God back into our government process because only an act of God could get the pumpkin 5 miles downstream
- Farmers would get the revenue from selling pumpkins to the good voting citizens
- The voting officials would have to really work for their salary and make a buck reselling the pumpkins
- It would eliminate voter fraud
- No annoying political ads
- It would be a hell of lot more fun than the present voting process
So please write your elected officials and request a change to the new voting process.
This announcement was brought to on behalf of the Political Organization Of Pumpkins (POOP) and I approve this POOP
Oct 15 2010 The Great Pumpkin Pilot (PP) voting event
We decided to have a Pumpkin Pilot (PP) and hired a professional voting official to run the pilot. Dangle Lynn Chad was last employed in Florida during the Bush/Gore elections. Ironically Dangle hasn’t been able to find employment since.
Here is the Dangle Lynn Chad report.
The PP did not go well.
- Dick Cheney was visiting NH during the pumpkin pilot and was hunting on the river. He accidentally shot all the pumpkins with a Blue D. He apparently mistook the pumpkins for ducks. He also wounded 3 secret service men, 4 farmers, 5 cows, and 6 little old ladies attending a baptism on the river.
- The NH Fish and Game made us remove all pumpkins from the river that had pictures of Hillary and Pelosi because they were scaring all the fish.
- The Red R pumpkins couldn’t find their way to any destination.
- Pumpkins with Obama pictures kept going upstream against the current.
- A bunch of pumpkins with a T for tea party ended up in the river. We put them in the “tupid” pile.
- Finally only a handful of pumpkins made it to the finish line. They were pumpkins marked with a B for Bush with stickers that said “Mission accomplished” and “do you miss me yet”
Needless to say the Pumpkin Pilot was a bust.