Political Humor

This is part 4 of a 6 part political humor series by Les James, called Proclamations from the Mountaintop.



Original Image: Light Bulb by Jeff Kubina

BANNING THE BULB: HYPOCRISY IN MOTION

I picked up a hitchhiker in the mid-70’s in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. He seemed a nice enough fellow with his better than average pack, and boots.

I had just gotten off the trail myself and assumed – that’s right, assumed – this guy was only trying to get back to his own car.

Little did I suspect that what he was trying would be my patience. Had I known what was to come I would have prepared better. Ah, no good deed goes unpunished.

Pulling over to the side of the road he came a running.

Become part of the solution.

I was driving a small, late 60’s, four cylinder, British made Ford. Environmentally conscious before it’s time. So room was an issue.

We managed to fit his pack in the back seat and down the road we went.

Almost immediately he began a litany of assertions. A veritable diatribe of condemnation of my lifestyle.

I listened as he denounced my owning the very vehicle he flagged down, and was bumming a ride in. He ridiculed my educational choice of majors and my current job. The wheels on the car went round and round. As did the wheels in my head.

Then it was my turn.

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