- Tired of the same old, same old, of deciding where to
go (if still fortunate enough) on that week long vacation, when you are
permitted to visit any place on the global plantation you desire?
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- Exotic lands-Riviera-Spas-Tropical Islands-Safari: Check
those off the list, reserved only for the more moneyed, or kept. A little
closer to home can have us choosing water slides, theme parks, rest stops,
the largest ball of string, or maybe a lollypop cruise complete with whatever
new gastrointestinal disease is on board!
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- Or---you might want to experience the new Reality Vacation.
This is an adventure in survival for the whole family from grandma to the
toddlers. No need for those plaid shorts, black argil socks, sandals or
sun screen. Pack those knapsacks with gas masks, cider soaked bandanas
(for tear gas) jugs of water, protective eye gear, change of clothes (for
pepper spray soaked attire) and you're off.
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 Retina scans,
body cavity searches, triplicate ID, fingerprinting, and DNA samples, will
soon see you aboard the Sunshine Express. Wave goodbye as you fly over
Florida; to the hum-drum, mundane of the haunted castle, fake crocodiles
and costumed pirates, complete with eye-patches and fake hooks, far below
at expensive theme parks.
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- Miami streets, have been cleared, of those who'd thought
to retire to warmer climates; and are now lined with helmeted, club carrying,
rubber bullets, pepper spray, concussion bombs, tear gas outfitted men
in black. The adventure begins as you maneuver through the maze with your
placards, puppets, megaphones, guitars and bagged lunches.
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- This new exciting challenge is called, Operation Freedom
of Speech. Ordinary citizens, laborers, service workers, students, grandmothers,
ministers, and union people are pitted against the Silencers. Those attempting
to march, sing, chant, or drum are hunted down and shocked with stun guns,
sprayed with tear gas/pepper spray, clubbed and handcuffed and dragged
off to jail. Monopoly gone mad. Dungeons and Dragons with real dragons.
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- The object of the GAME, is to make it back to the Sunshine
Express, through mazed alleys, parks, and shuttered stores battered but
free. Helicopters booming overhead, and streets barred with armored personnel
carriers, gives a RUSH to the whole endeavor of outwitting the masked
mad Silencers.
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- The Masters of the Game, secure and guarded behind barricades,
thousands of police, barbed wire and water cannons; watch all this in bemused
disdain knowing, the human resources, the herd, the unwashed masses are
out moneyed and out weaponed. With their "Two Minutes of Hate"
closely contained and monitored, they will soon be back at their clerk,
assembly line, and cleaning jobs.
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- So think about it. Reality Operation Freedom of Speech;
the nerve tingling, shuddering, shivering climatic glee, of a New World
vacation, or a week at a Super 8 and McFun? It's up to you.
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