If You're Ever Going to Die One Day…

If you're planning to die one day,
whether near or far, or

If you're ever going to be sick,

Sick enough for a doctor or a hospital, well, then

It's not too soon, so start now.

Get to know a politician, and

Get comfortable sucking up, now.

Because you can never tell when you might need a powerful politician,

say a Barney Frank, or

Chris Dodd, Henry Waxman or Charley Rangel, or even

Barack Obama if you get really, really, seriously sick.

Those will be the guys who will be able to help you

Get in to see the doctor, or

Get a hospital room, or even

Be approved for the procedure that could save your life but

Isn't approved.

Now, you'll never be as powerful

As the chairman of Goldman, or

The president of Fannie Mae, or

As smart as Tim Geithner or

As cuddly as Barney Frank, so

You better get going and

Start major sucking now,

And get used to being called a Sucker.

For in the end, having made the choice

Better bled than dead,

You'll find no choice was necessary,

The answer, you see,

Is both.

P T Barnum is in the building, and in the House and the Senate and the White House down the street.