As of late, I have often found myself sitting and thinking, what could people possibly be thinking? What do they see in John McCain or Barack Obama? It’s like choosing a meal of fast food or candy. They are both readily available, widely popular, and neither is good for you. In fact, if I turned on the TV today I’d probably see a Barack Obama ad before a Wendy’s ad. The problem is, if you can only choose between eating fast food or candy, neither is healthy for your body, especially when it is in desperate need for nourishment.

So what do you do?

Well, the most obvious choice would be to pick the lesser of two evils. Both will probably eventually make me ill but at the current moment it won’t do much harm. Two, you could just not eat. It’s simple, but eventually everyone has to eat, so it would do you much good for long. Lastly, you could decide break out of the mold and eat healthy for once. We all know that in America this is not a very popular choice, but in the sickly state we are in, someone’s got to do it.

Ok, so let’s say that you are leaning towards eating the healthy bananas and lettuce. But then, you start thinking, “Well, I’m going to die some day anyway, so it’s really just a waste of appetite to eat this healthy food when I could eat a much tastier burger or chocolate bar. Or you might start thinking, “Well, everyone else is eating burgers and candy bars and I’ve eaten them all of my life, so changing now won’t really make much of a difference.” Or you might be saying to yourself, “Eating only fruits and vegetables? But my friends will think I’m crazy!”

So after all this pondering you decide to grab the snickers bar because it was easy, satisfying, and sweet. But what happens not to long after you eat it? Stomach aches, nausea, and sometimes, if you have to many snickers, vomiting. So maybe the candy wasn’t such a good choice after all. But would the burger have been any better? Sure it’s not sweet, so maybe you wouldn’t have gotten nauseous, but don’t forget that you could just as easily get food poisoning from bacteria strains inherent in the meat that your system is not designed to handle. And if that doesn’t happen, your cholesterol is bound to raise so high and your arteries are bound to get so clogged that you’ll either end up with heart disease or a heart attack. But who cares, right now, it’s good, it’s easy, and it’s everywhere.

So what happened to the one guy that did choose the banana? Everyone pointed fingers and called him a kook. Well, what if this guy was right? What if the bananas will clear out his system and give him a fresh start? What if a painful and horrible death isn’t inevitable? Maybe we should start listening to the guy that chose to eat the banana?

Or……..

We can keep on being suckers for candy.



The Analogy Revealed:


Fast Food Represents John McCain

We’ve been told over and over again that it’s horrible for us (for the past 8 years), and we want change in our diets. However, there are still a handful of people that say that the burger is a good, hefty meal, and will make us strong. So, they continue to eat burgers, even if it has actually been ruining their health for some time. Many people believe that John McCain would be a better choice than Barack Obama for a few reasons. One, he will never accept defeat in a war (though Obama has also many times openly stated that he too wants more troops oversees). Two he will not openly state that he will raise taxes (but will ultimately have no choice if he wants to enact his $1 trillion worth of spending programs and hide the inflation tax by “raising government revenue.” He is not a socialist (Neo-Cons are just as much pro big government as are Democrats). So both are pro intervention oversees, pro big government, pro big spending, and pro loose monetary policy.

So, you tell me where the difference is and I’ll give you back your burger.


Candy Represents Barack Obama

It’s easy, comes readily packaged, and tastes oh so sweet. Everybody loves candy, and so do I. Therefore, if everybody loves the taste, then it must be good for me. Having a little candy now and then couldn’t do any harm, and in fact many have bolstered about the positive qualities of chocolate, releasing endorphins and making me happy. In reality, the great taste and short-term effects of candy are simply but a tease, for what is to come down the road is far from tasty.

Likewise, Barack Obama makes many deceiving promises about great programs to help middle class America, and tax cuts for middle class Americans. But, this is only the initial tasty part. You must ask yourself, where is this money coming from, isn’t our country broke? Actually, the national debt is steadily growing over $10.5 trillion, and I’m not even sure that this figure includes the $1.8 trillion that the Federal Reserve has added to their balance sheet: the stimulus package, take over of Fanny and Freddy, the bailout of AIG, the housing bailout, etc. Where is all of this money going to come from for all of the great programs that Obama is talking about? It’s simple, the Federal Reserve will print however much is needed and will willingly fork it over to the government to spend as it wishes. What does that mean for middle class America? Wiped out by the hurricane of hyperinflation and a devalued currency. Well, so much for going surfing.


Healthy Food Represents Third Party Candidates

Eating healthy is widely unpopular, and many have even completely shut out the thought of eating it as it is often branded tasteless. But, have they actually ever tasted a fully ripe banana and come to realize how satisfying it can actually be? Or, the benefits that can be reaped from healthy living? In today’s society, it’s simply out of the question. The same way that voting third party is strictly taboo by pop culture. If people only knew that we could clear the system of all its corruption and start fresh and create a healthy and thriving government, they would all vote third party instantly. But in the same way that there is no big money in marketing bananas, to take down the current system would mean a major loss of wealth and power for the elite few that have held steadfast it for some time.

So, in conclusion. why not try something new? Give it a chance, and have a meal of bananas.