25 June 2012 · 9:31 pm

The Roots of Humor

The Proprietor

I said they’d stolen the 2000 election in the Supreme Court and Florida.
They laughed.

I said invading Iraq was an unconscionable mistake.
They laughed.

I said the Koch Brothers were trying to push stealth initiatives in dozens of states.
They laughed.

I warned what might happen with five conservative male Catholic Supreme Court Justices.
They laughed.

I’m a funny guy.

Courage.

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  1. Wild Bill
    26 June 2012 at 12:40 pm

    It’s not much fun being right, and laughed at, I know, but we can keep flailing away and finding one more that will listen and understand, and then another. It’s slow for sure, but those of us who can see a bit more clearly, and have a conscience, know it’s our duty to help those wandering in the fog. There’s a lot of dangerous stuff in that fog, created by those who would steal our democracy and turn us all into their slaves. Keep up your great work, you are appreciated by more than you know.

    • Hart Williams
      26 June 2012 at 3:34 pm

      Thanks, Bill. The “being laughed at” is a matter of complete indifference to me. I’ve had enough practice not to give a damn.

      (When I dropped out of TCU to move to LA and become a writer, literally every adult authority figure that I knew told me I was utterly crazy and insisted that I reverse my ridiculous position. Thirty-six years, two novels, dozens of screenplays and thousands of articles, interviews, short stories, news pieces, essays, etc. later, not one has ever apologized..)

      My point is that I’m going to keep doing what I do, no matter WHAT anybody says. Finding examples to fit in the joke was easier than falling off a log. I just needed four to make the joke work. ;-)