Take The Power Back - GoTJ for POTUS

Day 2,476, 22:05 • Published in USA USA • by PilotPhil

It has been a while since I was inspired to write. A long while as a matter of fact. I have mostly been sitting in the bar drinking and two-clicking for quite a while now. I have certainly enjoyed my bartender…



…but I think she is getting a little tired of me just sitting on my a$$ day after day. I always pay my tab but I think she really wanted me to find someplace else to go for a while. I decided to take a trip out to see our new Socialist Freedom Party president, Ghost of Tom Joad at his hideout. He had interesting news. We sat down with a big bowl of some of his amazing homemade soup…



...and he gave me the lowdown.

GoTJ: “I am gonna run for president.”

PilotPhil: “You already are president man, haven’t you been paying attention? We voted you in already, you are losing your mind dude!”

GoTJ: “No I mean President of the United States.”

PilotPhil: “of America?”

GoTJ: “Yup.”

PilotPhil: “You really are losing your marbles! You can’t be President of the United States of America!”

GoTJ: “Why not?”

PilotPhil: “Well, the establishment won’t like it. The entrenched elites in this country will never allow it.”

GoTJ: “Something has to be done, this country and this world are dying and people are leaving in droves. We need to take this country back and let all the people have a voice. Not just the chosen few but everyone.”

PilotPhil: “Maybe you should take a nap, I am getting out of here. Thanks for the soup.”

I headed out confused and bewildered. I could not believe that GoTJ had already cracked up. I wandered around for a while and started looking for another watering hole where the bartender wasn’t tired of my $hit yet. I found this place…



…went in and ordered a beer. Not a fancy microbrew like I ordinarily drink, just a regular beer. Budweiser. I looked around and saw a lot of people drinking Budweiser. Almost everyone actually. Just a room full of regular people drinking regular beer. I didn’t see it at first, but after an hour or so and a couple more longnecks I realized that most of the people in this bar, and in this country are just regular folks. I finally saw what GoTJ meant. All of these every-day-Joes were the ones that he was talking about. These were the people he wanted to help.

About that time this chick…



walked across the bar and put a couple dollars in the jukebox and played this…

Take the Power Back

Zack de la Rocha was singing directly to me. He was right, it was time for all of us to take the power back from the establishment. It was time for everyone to stand up and demand their voice be heard. It was finally time…

I finished my beer and headed back over to GoTJ’s. I knocked a couple times but he didn’t answer the door. I knocked once more, harder. The door swung open and he was fast asleep on the sofa. I grabbed a couple Budweisers from the fridge and shut it loudly enough to wake him up. He was a little startled, but I handed him a beer. We both took a long pull on our regular beers.

GoTJ: “What now? Back to insult me some more? I am all out of soup.”

PilotPhil: “No man, you were right.”

GoTJ: “About what?”

PilotPhil: “All of it.”

GoTJ: “OK, what does that mean?”

PilotPhil: “It means I’m in.”

Help Ghost write a new chapter in the people’s history. Vote Ghost of Tom Joad for POTUS!!!

The Boss Fight

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss