Mind Games with www.pirg.org!

A public interest research group representative was in my neighborhood soliciting donations and wanting to know about my opinions about drilling in the arctic refuge and other enviromental questions. I explained to him that I was a republican and that I supported President Bush etc...

Of course I was standing there wearing my John Denver t-shirt. I think he was confused!

The thing I find remarkable about PIRG is the fact that they are PAID activists.

You will often see ads in newspapers in college towns (if not other areas) soliciting students or recent grads to go to work for PIRG.

IMHO it doesn't say much about PIRG's appeal that they have to PAY people to "spread the word" as it were.

We lived in Kodiak, AK about 5 years ago and had one of these guys come to the door. Real pushy, wanted to argue with me about most everything. Just could not believe anyone might disagree with his programed speech.

After a few minutes it was obvious he was not from AK, and refused to tell me where he was from, said that didn't matter.

Where do they find these people?

Ah, we have the little commies on our campus here in Brooklyn. NYPIRG is so entrenched, we'll never get rid of them, sob.
As a lark, and that I never pass up free grub, I attended one of their meetings, total libidiot farce...this is two to three months after 9/11 and they're talking about working for "the rights of undocumented aliens"...yeah, sure, well, didn't 19 "undocumented" (re: illegal) "aliens" (re: guys who aren't from here) kill thousands of American citizens and LEGAL aliens who were here doing nothing more than working an honest living?
Worse, they decried the "unfair budget cuts on CUNY". Well, my response was this: There is a war on, we all have to get used to it. Hey, if I had my druthers, and if they'd take me, I would re-up. But seeing as how I have an unexplained siezure condition, the Army might take a dim view of having to make sure I have a steady supply of Dilantin.
Needless to say, though I am freindly with some of those from NYPIRG, I still have on more than one occasion told them to "wake up and smell the napalm".

Another T-shirt and effective ploy that works...
Eat Me Raw, Bozo! (Blood red on black), and put the shirt on...

HINT #1: Be sure and have your CD player cued on Zappa's "Suzy Creemcheese" track (don't forget to up the volume).

When any of these looney folk(s) show up, smile, be real nice, let them sit in the front room, give them some iced tea, nod your head in agreement for a few minutes, then tell them you have spiked the tea with huge quantities of "a new and wonderful and super-powerful" form of LSD that you thought "Propagandists like them would admire".

Hit the play button on the CD player for Zappa, begin to jump up and down and scream at the top of your lungs, "Eat Me Raw, Bozo(s), and bite down on the fake blood capsules you saved from last Halloween...

Since most door to door folks are in LaLa land, use a bit of slight of hand to trigger the other computer to play the 16 minutes of a woman screaming for her life (speakers in another room or part of the house close to the front room) that you downloaded from Audio galaxy or wherever (remember to use tuned high volume for that one, also).

At this point, your uninvited guests may want to leave the premises, so be prepared for bits of broken things that are easily replaced, like the clay Frankenstein model on your coffee table.

Hint #2: Warn your mailman, they get enough grief and don't need to be run down by a bunch of mad loonies running out of your abode.

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