As most of us know, the country is being run almost completely by wing nuts on both the left and the right. Almost all of the news we get is nothing less than propaganda filtered through these two sides, and there's nowhere for moderates to find sensible, rational views and unbiased news. So if we want to make a change for the salvation of our nation, we're going to have to find a way to make being a moderate seem cool. And I think perhaps I have thought of a way.
Remember the band The Jam back in the late 1970s and early 1980s? They were "Mod". Well, how about rebranding moderates as "Mods". Then all the Mods could put loads of rear-view mirrors and fog lights on their scooters (like in Quadrophenia), and scoot around and around Washington, D.C. in a big group like a motorcycle gang until we intimidate them into being more sensible and moderate about our politics and policies. (There is nothing more intimidating than a gang of scooter riders! You know it's true!)
Now, that last part was a joke, but how about the idea of rebranding moderates as Mods? That might be a cool way of branding this ideology (or lack thereof) that could be salable to the youth culture. (Hey, they're going to need something to join once the country goes bankrupt and both extremes are discredited for their recklessness and failure.)
Join the sane, for a sensible future: Be a MOD!
This is what Mod originally meant, before we changed it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_(subculture)
And how about this for a slogan: "MOD: We're only extreme about rear-view mirrors and fog lights, but we're reasonable about everything else!" (This is what I'm referring to):
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2668/3824642149_389fb4de64.jpg
Or is that too much moderation? How about this: "We're extreme about being moderate!" Or maybe: "Mod: Moderation to the extreme!"
Hey, maybe The Who and The Jam could play benefit concerts for the new Mod movement?
