I just saw this on the Daily Show, and I thought it had to be a joke. It isn’t:
All he is saying is, give peace a chance.
That’s what Denver activist Jeff Peckman serenely replies to the critics and naysayers who blast his singular scheme for reducing stress in Denver: He wants to require the city to implement communitywide stress-reduction measures – such as mass meditation sessions, piping soothing music into public buildings, and serving natural foods in school cafeterias. And he’s gathered enough signatures to put the proposal to a public vote on Nov. 4.
Entitled “Safety Through Peace,” Initiative 101 ambitiously claims that by employing techniques proven to reduce stress, the city will “help ensure public safety by increasing peacefulness.” Moreover, it declares that reducing Denver citizens’ stress levels would result in “reduced war and terrorism,” plus a net financial gain for the city.
I don’t have anything to say that will be funnier than this actual ballot initiative.
Andrea Harris
“Piping soothing music into buildings…” Has this man never been subject to Muzak? Or — an even more appalling thought — he has the complete collected works of Yanni.
The Commissar
That’s why they’re called “Moonbats.”
Fighting terrorism by feeding Denver schoolkids soy burgers.
Kimmitt
We could do worse than to try to feed our kids reasonably well.
Like, for example, mass-meditation sessions.
Actually, that sounds kind of nice. Not world-changing nice, but neighborhood-park nice…
tom scott
This guy sounds like a graduate of this school posted on Zogby Blog.
Students will learn about “endangered species, what is going on with the ozone layer, global warming,” Spencer-Scher said. They will also “learn the lessons of how many people live on our planet earth today…see that there are a lot more people than there were many, many years ago, and a lot more people means there’s less lands available for wildlife.
Geez, wonder if this is Saudi funded too.
Imam Psycho Muhammed
Sounds like a great town to go to to do some robbin’ and muggin’.
Rich
Are you sure you don’t have this city confused with “The Peoples Republic Of Berkley” in Kalifornia? This is too much like the “Left Coast”.
don
I saw that too. Too Funny. He’s so ridiculous John didn’t have to add anything. Clarification on the music – he wanted to pipe the music in at night while the buildings were empty, so when the people come back in the morning, the building would be a nicer environment, having absorbed the good aura from the music. Opposing POV from a councilman was funny too, basically calling the guy a moonbat.
Robin Roberts
If I didn’t think this initiative was completely stupid, Kimmitt’s endorsement would have convinced me of its abject idiocy. Fortunately, I’d already come to that conclusion.
Kimmitt
Thank you for your kind words, sir. If a person such as yourself finds me disagreeable, I must be doing something quite correct.