Out of Context

Time, like sheep counting themselves be counted, slowly passes after Hobart’s arrest. Frieda eventually assumed control of the Globo-Warriors by popular demand, Proctor making an able secretary and Hobart found minimum security to involve far too much free time. The ‘Lucky Bastard Fishing Club’ party proved to create far more connections for Frieda than she could have imagined. Proctor learned a great deal about soliciting sex from models. Predictability and expectation proved once again that they are not the same thing, they just tend to come to the same conclusions. As always to any generalization there are curious exceptions, this one being a surprising little scheme by Proctor after the Prop 415 drama blew over. The idea came to him as he used the boob statue to help him relax and pee. A few patent papers were signed by a very puzzled Hobart on the way to his squash lessons at minimum security. Some very unknown pharmaceutical companies began to fund the Globo-Warriors. And suddenly some curious drugs came out on the market. Specifically targeted towards those showing ‘clinical obsession with political agendas’, the drugs began to find customers in a wide variety of places. Corporations began having their Public Relations experiment with the liberal inducers to create a balanced image. Liberals suddenly became stunningly efficient at organizing and executing their agendas as their leaders began to dose up on conservative stimulants. As Canadian companies begin to cheaply copy the drug and distribute it on a massive basis, the entire nation became fascinated with “seeing how the other side lived”. Liberals admitted that maybe they’d been a little over idealistic about some things. Conservatives, grudgingly, acknowledged that perhaps narrow mindedly focusing on one goal didn’t always work for the best. Profits dropped, general happiness remained the same. Profits increased, general happiness still remained the same. Perhaps strangest of all, an unprecedented number of unilateral bills began to pass through Congress. The President, despite using the power of veto numerous times, was continually voted down by 3/4. Politicians were elected based on their ability to perform the job and help the community. The forest and the trees were separated, combined again, then named entirely different things. Hobart, still in prison for the first (as all firsts must inevitably suffer), spoke little to anyone as he watched the changing world. He sent out only one brief e-mail.