Ciencias Politicas

"When I woke up this morning, I had no idea I'd be shooting the president, sleaze bag or not. How could I have known short of calling the psychic hot line at $4.99 a minute plus applicable tolls and tax . . . . It happened so fast and . . . . I'm afraid the walls surrounding my sanity have really been eroding as of late like a mad scientist in a midnight movie or an acid trip when I lick the heroine's lips . . . . I didn't even have underwear on for god's sake." Pete Lewis, "Rude Awakening," Out of Order zine, Issue #12

From the Editorial in Feh! #14 Striated muscles and acetone books, Four thousand quarrymen fishing with hooks; Rice that s been stolen and beans that were bought, The universe bellowing, "‘Tis!" "No, ‘tis not!" Oghma has garments that merit close study; Beelzebub chortled when Jesus got bloody. I am a sinner and here is my sin: I loathe all fat people and hate those who re thin. Yes, yes. Sin. Sin is a great problem. It is particularly troublesome to me, since the religion I have chosen to adhere to, which worships the deity named Gadh,1 is based on this set of precepts: 1. The Purpose of Life is to Refrain from Sinning. 2. Those people who succeed will gain the reward of Heaven, plus cash prizes. 3. Those people who fail will be roasted over quite unpleasantly hot fires, in a large Roasting-Pan, with a copper bottom to distribute the heat evenly, for ever and ever and ever. As a follower of these precepts, my motivation to refrain from sinning is strong, and I strive to be constant in my efforts at all times. I do not want to become a "Roaster," as those who Fail to Refrain are colloquially known. But, alas, I have an exquisitely difficult time of it, because of a second set of precepts that is equally basic to my religion: I. All Things in Life Are Sinful. 2. You Do Things. 3. Therefore, You Are Sinful. In fact, Gadh is quite eager to catch people committing sins. Catching a sinner allows him to say "Ahaa! I have caught you sinning! Now I can send you to Hell!" Catching sinners is very satisfying to Gadh, because it keeps the world safe for Decency.   Reference 1. Alden Nowlan, "The Gospel According to Gadh" Feh! #7, page 12, (also Meshuggah #10, page 17). Gadh is a tribal deity who "abhors drinking, rock music and most books, apparently because of his abiding fear that somewhere someone might be happy." - Simeon Stylites (from Groan: The Morose Poetry of Simeon Stylites)