Dave Neiwert (Orcinus): Deciderata (Bush parody version of Desiderata)

[Dudley_DUright]

Go smugly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in stonewalling.
As far as possible, leave no chance of surrender
and be on superior terms to all other persons.
Speak your truthiness loudly and garbled;
and never listen to others,
especially not the wise and the well-informed;
they can all just go to hell.

Seek out loud and aggressive persons,
they are a vexation to your critics.
Constantly compare yourself with others,
so that you remain vain and bitter;
for you always must be assured there are lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements, even if they only consist of catching large perch, as well as your plans, even if they go to shit.

Keep covering the tracks of your own failed and calamitous career;
because if anyone ever clues in to your incompetence, your fortunes will change in time.
Abandon caution in your business and political affairs;
for the world is full of trickery, but no one is better than you.
But let this not blind you to what use in virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of suckers.

more...

http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/05/deciderata.html

Link to original of Max Ehrmann's original Desiderata:

http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu/desiderata.html

[Lindsay]

1. Brilliant!

Thanks for posting - I don't go to his blog as often as I should.

[Dudley_DUright]

2. It is not my first stop of the day either, but he does great work

and is definitely a brilliant guy.

[Demeter]

3. k&r

What a lovely Mother's Day gift! Thanks for the posting.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Best send up of that since Deteriorata in the National Lampoon

!!

[Vidar]

5. Poifect!