St. Hubbins Joining the Political Arena?

Being an avid wannabe rock star, Carsenio St. Hubbins is considering political activism as a valid way to prove he is a legitimate rock star. He struggled of course with the question of whether a true rock star would even enter the political arena. Looking at those from the musical realm who are politically active, he couldn't help but wonder if perhaps those stars are not rock stars but merely pop stars. When thinking of this distinction his mind was filled with images of Bono and Coldplay and their political stances and activism. Carsenio truthfully struggled for at least five minutes debating whether these two could be considered rock stars. According to The Carsenio St. Hubbins Dictionary (yet to be compiled and published), a rock star is defined as "one who rocks" whereas a pop star is defined as "someone who is popular who does not rock and since they are popular could by default mean they truly suck." St. Hubbins' feelings on pop culture will be addressed at some time in the future. Honestly, Carsenio does think Bono can rock and in spite of their immense popularity he still loves U2- probably the most mainstream St. Hubbins will ever go. He has to be careful though when he mentions he loves U2- he always mentions their best stuff was in the Zooropa and Pop eras when they were at their weirdest just so people don't think St. Hubbins condones U2's more mainstream efforts. With that, St. Hubbins has granted me permission to return to topic.

While struggling with whether he could be a rock star and a political activist at the same time, he remembered the example of Ted Nugent and his pro-firearm activism. Ted Nugent is one guy St. Hubbins would define a rock star in his dictionary although St. Hubbins likes his politics more than his music. Carsenio also recalled the VH1 ads with many rock and pop stars lobbying to find a cure for autism and realized if they can do it so can he. Seeing rock stars like Dio, Roger Daltrey, Dee Snyder and pop stars like KISS all doing it really drove it home for St. Hubbins.

Having now decided he will become more politically active, now all St. Hubbins needs to do is choose a platform. He will certainly not go with anything that is currently popular so you won't see St. Hubbins promoting being Green, free trade, aid for Africa or curing autism. Rather, he is going to take a more Nugentesque approach and lobby for things which could be deemed outside the box. He is considering lobbying for the reversal of NAFTA (sticking it to those free trade promoting communists also known as Coldplay), or for throwing the United Nations off our soil and turning their building into a giant outhouse for the homeless. He is also currently considering lobbying for promoting less diversity and repealing political correctness as it is growing to the point that even his breathing will soon be considered politically incorrect. Other options include developing a strain of AIDS to control the pigeon population, vaccinating children so they won't get Cooties when they go to school, and declaring Michael Moore a danger to our nation and imprisoning him at Guantanamo. Of course if you have any causes he should promote please send him your suggestions. Carsenio St. Hubbins has pledged he will consider all suggestions and promises not to mock any of them- publicly that is.

In closing, Carsenio has provided this written statement from his own napkin:
"Every unspecified time period, uncounted numbers of people or other living or non-living things have to deal with some sort of social or other type of issue which has to be stopped or promoted depending on whether it is good or bad for the unspecified parties involved, animate or inanimate. Failure on our part to stop or promote these social issues could be disastrous or beneficial to this unspecified geographical area or to the unspecified entities which reside therein. I pledge to do my part to be more active in this arena so our children can live or not live in a better unspecified geographical area. Together, or divided if the cause requires it, we or just I can initiate change or maintain the status -quo, depending on the issue. Thank you for your support, Carsenio St. Hubbins"
He has promised when he decides on a cause he will issue a more specific statement. Carsenio hopes in the meantime the above statement will suffice until he has a cause to be politically active in. Stay tuned for further updates.