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Livonia’s Glenn Moon: Even Jesus can’t help but to Facepalm

Vermin Supreme giving an interview during the 2008 primaries

I can’t believe this went so long without me noticing it. Being involved in politics for as long as I have, I’ve seen some really screwball candidates. But at long last, I think I may have found a candidate who is even more absurd than the infamous Vermin Supreme.

Now, to Mr. Supreme’s credit, he can form coherent sentences in the manner in which the average Joe would say such things…he just says stuff that we would never say. But hey, he was running for president of the United States (and one of the few people I’ve ever met who was also a fan of Imperial Emperor Norton I). Livonia City Council Candidate Glenn Moon on the other hand, not only says things that no mentally competent person would ever say, but he says them in a manner in which prepositions are completely optional and has invented his own nomenclature.
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Puttin’ People on the Moon

All the talk of the moon landing last week really got me thinking about how little things have changed since then. So many of our economic, social, political, etc. problems are just as bad if not worse.

We can marvel at the achievement of sending man into space, but we simply do not know what to do about Detroit. In 1967, the people rioted, and the city burned. Two years later, we were on the moon. It’s astounding when you see where the focus is and where it isn’t.

This all reminded me of a song by the Drive-by Truckers, called Puttin’ People on the Moon off their Dirty South album (support the artist and buy it here). The story is about how the people outside of Huntsville, Alabama were hurt by the depression caused by the Marshall Space Flight Center. But it could very well be the story of Detroit: Misfortune befalls a man on so many levels, and to make it worse not only does nobody care, but people close-bye are accomplishing great things.

So I made a video, featuring the song Puttin’ People on the Moon and gave it a little Detroit twist. Enjoy