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World Peace in One Year, Or Less
June 05, 2004
Do let's hear it for the bubble lady of Berkeley, and Gary Golightly, the bubble man of Seattle. Our family met Gary a few years ago at Seattle's Greenlake park. His customized purple van was blaring oldies in the parking lot. His goatee was tinged purple. He had his photo album handy, including shots of his 60-foot bubbles (blown through a toilet seat) amidst the minarets of Moscow. I daresay I grokked his aura. Gary Golightly mentioned he had recently worked a divorce party, north of Seattle in Marysville, where the ex-spouses split eveything down the middle, including the silverware. Literally down the middle. What exactly you would do with half a spoon, I'm not quite sure. But apparently it was the symbolism that mattered, not the functionality. It was not immediately clear whether United Nations negotiators had been involved in the settlement. At any rate, Gary Golightly told me that the key to world peace, in his view, had much to do with bubbles. They make everyone stop and smile. Perhaps he was right, and we are all missing something here. Could Raytheon, Rockwell and Boeing possibly be awarded contracts for the manufacture and global deployment of mammoth bubble-ators? Could the work be directed to a Haliburton spin-off, instead? Wouldn't faze me. What position would Kerry and Bush take on such a bold initiative? Or is the proposed plank in the Washington State Democratic Party's platform, calling for a federal Department of Peace, preferable? Posted by Matt Rosenberg at June 5, 2004 09:35 PM Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Comments:
First of all, I didn't know we were supposed to have parties when we got divorced. (but I can see how it would be a cause to celebrate for some) Guess I just missed out! :) Gary may have a palatable idea here! What if he were to add animal balloons to the mix, [http://clowns4all.com/balloontwists.html] before people complain that the bubbles aren't long lasting? Animal balloons make me smile. More smiles would make a better world. Although I don't think either party is ready for the progressive thinking that Gary shows. What is a Department of Peace going to accomplish? Wasn't that one of the ideas for establishing the U N ? We see how well that worked out. Posted by: rross at June 6, 2004 07:59 AMPost a comment
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