Quote by Kurt Vonnegut
The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon.Our government's got a war on drugs....But get this: The two most widely abused and addictive and destructive of all substances are both perfectly legal.One, of course, is ethyl alcohol. And President George W. Bush, no less, and by his own admission, was smashed, or tiddley-poo, or four sheets to the wind a good deal of time from when he was sixteen until he was forty. When he was forty-one, he says, Jesus appeared to him and made him knock off the sauce, stop gargling nose paint.Other drunks have seen pink elephants.
Summary
This quote satirically criticizes the state of power in the world, particularly the United States, by highlighting the precariousness of having individuals with names like Bush, Dick, and Colon as influential figures. The quote also discusses the irony of the government's war on drugs while alcohol, a legal substance, is one of the most widely abused and destructive substances. By referencing former President George W. Bush's history with alcohol, the quote further emphasizes the contradiction and the absurdity of drug policies. The mention of other individuals experiencing hallucinations while intoxicated adds a touch of humor to the critique.
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