Yesterday I went out to the music store with my daughter and bought a copy of Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie.
It makes an excellent addition to the rather eclectic set of music I've exposed my daughters to, which includes 30,000 Pounds of Bananas by Harry Chapin and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.
But as we were in the car last night listening to Arlo Guthrie talk about the draft, and his suggestion that people walk into the draft board office singing the first stanza of the song, it occurred to me that we could do that at the polls next week... and it would be fitting given the current administration and the setiment among the general public about the war in Iraq.
If just one person did it, they'd think he was crazy.
If two people did it together, they'd think that their ballots probably had hanging chads and wouldn't take 'em.
If three people did it, the Republicans would claim that it was an attempt to rig the election and appeal to the Supreme Court.
But if fifty people did it, they'd think it's a Movement! Yes, the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement!
So next week, when you go to the polls to vote, step behind the curtain and belt out:
"You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant."
And then listen for the chuckling of aged ex-hippies.
And by the way, if you haven't listened to Alice's Restaurant in a decade or more (like me), I encourage you to dust off your old record and give it a spin this week.
6:42:26 PM  ; ;
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