Was at "Soulful Cup" in Corning yesterday morning and as I left I observed a young male in a yellow t-shirt and a large bandana on his head with a marijuana leaf on it sitting outside the door. He was engaged in an excited conversation with an obvious Corning Inc employee. The young'un was explaining that if Obama were to lose the election then,
" The revolution is coming, man. You won't even know what hit you."
he went on to advise the corporate type,
"you need to get the word out to think about that when your people vote".
He again said that the "revolution" was inevitable if Obama "had the election stolen like the last two". At this point I stopped in front of him and he looked at me. Now, mind you, due to work assignments I look pretty shitty right now. My hair is longer than ever (24 years with a high and tight) and it actually hangs down past my collar, I have a 3-5 day growth all the time and affect HD clothing to keep up the persona. I am what is generally referred to as imposing. My boss was behind me and he is similar in size and dress, he also has 28 years experience doing what we do. The young revolutionary pothead says to me,
"who you votin' for man?"
I looked at him with my most disinterested look and said,
"I'm and old paratrooper, who do you think I'm voting for?".
He says to me that I need to think about it because the "revolution" was coming to my "doorway". I laughed at him and he asked what I found so funny. I told him I really looked forward to any revolution he and his friends could put together and he asked why. I looked dead at him and said;
"It'll be a target rich environment, I love killin' hippies." and walked away.
I did see him later, in the same spot ( found out he's a staffer for Eric Massa, the election office is next door ) and he was just a'glarin. I blew him a kiss. Fuckin' Hippies.