On Pat Paulson

An Idle mind is truly the Devil’s playground. I’ve been busy but not really occupied the past several days. Work and the shop have occupied my skill sets but not truly engaged my mind. This can create a tough situation in which the wheels spin freely, but the gears are disengaged. Cold showers can only do so much to alleviate the problem.

So I thought about American politics, the parties, the candidates, and all the rants tending towards maximum neferocity and dishabille. It’s a minefield out there. It’s gone beyond the point of just looking askance at things.

Then it occurred to me: The American system of Government has sprung enough leaks to sink the ship of state. In fact, many people are suggesting just that. Action was needed. 

Then I noticed that I hadn’t heard from the Absurdist Party’s perennial candidate in a number of years, Pat Paulson. You may remember him—always the staunch absurdist. Who can forget such stirring invective as “To get to the meat of the matter, I will come right to the point, and take note of the fact that the heart of the issue in the final analysis escapes me?”

In doing some further analysis, I was shocked to find out that Pat had died some years ago. Pat was always full of direct and proactive solutions to problems. Like his approach to ending the Vietnam War: “Now I ask you: Will I solve our economic problems? Will I ease the causes of racial tension? Will I bring a peaceful end to Vietnam? Sure, why not?“

Where is he now that we really need him!