Remembering Bill Hicks on Politics

In early 1995 his family released a brief essay that Hicks had written a week prior to his death:

I was born William Melvin Hicks on December 16, 1961, in Valdosta, Georgia. Ugh. Melvin Hicks from Georgia. Yee Har! I already had gotten off to life on the wrong foot. I was always “awake,” I guess you’d say. Some part of me clamoring for new insights and new ways to make the world a better place. All of this came out years down the line, in my multitude of creative interests that are the tools I now bring to the Party. Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who’ve helped me. I’d read these words and off I went – dreaming my own imaginative dreams. Exercising them at will, eventually to form bands, comedy, more bands, movies, anything creative. This is the coin of the realm I use in my words – Vision. On June 16, 1993, I was diagnosed with having “liver cancer that had spread from the pancreas.” One of life’s weirdest and worst jokes imaginable. I’d been making such progress recently in my attitude, my career and realizing my dreams that it just stood me on my head for a while. “Why me!?” I would cry out, and “Why now!?” Well, I know now there may never be any answers to those particular questions, but maybe in telling a little about myself, we can find some other answers to other questions. That might help our way down our own particular paths, towards realizing my dream of New Hope and New Happiness. Amen. I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit. (end letter)

Bill Hicks one of the great stand-up comedians had a philosophy, 'Life is just a Ride' that couldn't be truer today for who's driving?  Ever wonder what happens to a president after being elected, you know that first isolated meeting with the elites' who got the president in office in the first place.  Time to know why you're here in office and a few things we need doing first.  Yeah, 'Life is just a Ride' keep an eye on who's driving.

 Andrew Lankes the same person who made puppets for the documentary film "Heart of the King"

           

"Bullies of the World" 

Bill Hicks: "Ya know I'm just so sick of this whole deal, we arm the world, we arm these little countries and then we send troops over there to blow the shit out of them, ya know. We're like the bullies of the world right now you know that?  We're like Jack Palance of the movie Shane."

 Andrew Lankes