Meet Joe Lunchbuckett

I thought I would start off my first blog by introducing myself.


“An Average Joe Runs For President In 2004!”

Before telling you anything about myself, I'd like to make one simple, yet profound observation. Never before, in all of human history, has an average human being, armed ONLY with an incredibly inspiring idea, (next to no money, and absolutely no friends in high places), had the opportunity to actually run for the most powerful political office on earth, and have the logistical potential to reach tens of millions of voters around the nation (and around the world) and to seriously effect the outcome of the upcoming Presidential Election .

So my run for office, is hereby dedicated to all the Average Joe's and Josephine's out there who have gone before me, who, for lack of means, were unable to get their message out to the people, and were effectively muzzled by the financial gatekeepers of the system, the controlling few who buy and sell human futures like so many bushels of soybeans on the commodities exchange. The internet has changed all that, and it's given people access to other people in a way that they've never had before. Let us now celebrate, and take advantage of this incredibly golden opportunity to actualize true freedom and true democracy. Sieze the Day! In fact Sieze the Moment, and do it RIGHT NOW! JLB

OK, Now I'm Ready To Talk About Myself...

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Joe L. Buckett and I’m running for President of the United States in 2004. I hope that you will seriously consider my candidacy for the following reasons.

First, I’m just an average guy. That is to say, I'm not condescendingly intelligent like… well, you know who. On the other hand, I’m not incredibly stupid like… well, you know who. I’m in between these two extremes. I’m average, much like you.

As a matter of fact when I graduated from high school back in ’65 I wasn’t voted the student most likely to succeed or most likely to fail. I was voted “the student most likely to be average” by a vote of my fellow classmates. So I’m not Rodney Dangerfield who gets no respect. But I’m not given all kinds of unearned respect like…well you know who. I mean if there were 101 people in my graduating class I would have been ranked number fifty one, with fifty people above me, and fifty below. I’d be right smack dab in the middle.

Along these same lines, I’m not wealthy like both you know who’s, nor am I poverty stricken either. And just like you, I’d love to be wealthy, but I know the odds of that happening are exceedingly poor. On the other hand I’m scared to death of being very poor, and I know the odds of that are much greater at the end of every month when I check my bank account, and the red ink on my credit cards. Does that sound painfully familiar to you? Yes, I thought it might if you’re average, just like I am.

Now I’m not tall and I’m not short, nor am I particularly athletic. I’m about 5’9” tall and I carry an extra 30 pounds of extra weight, mostly around my midsection I know it’s mainly the result of bad eating habits, but the more fat and calorie filled food is, the better I like it. And being very average, I just can’t say no to temptation.

Now I’ve never been considered ruggedly handsome, but I’m not ugly either. I mean I’d love to look like James Dean, Brando (in his prime), Sean Connery, Brad Pitt, or Russell Crowe. But I don’t, and I never will. Yet I’m not grotesquely ugly …no Hunchback of Notre Dame or Frankenstein Monster either. I’m just average. I don’t turn a lot of heads when I’m walking down the street, or through the airport.

I’m 54 years old, so I’m not young and I’m not old. I’m a baby boomer who has a college degree , a BA in Education, like approximately 50% of the American population. In school I got average grades - not good, not bad – average. I taught school and coached for 17 years, and most of the students and athletes I came into contact with were also average – much like me. So we were all in there together working, playing, wasting time…being average.

Politically speaking I’m totally disconnected. I don’t know the Governor of my state (IL). I don’t know any of my Congressmen (there are currently no women from IL). I see “W” on TV all the time, but I don’t know him, and God knows he doesn’t know me from Adam Smith. I know who the mayor of my suburb is, but wouldn’t know me. Disconnected…does that sound familiar to you?

Now I am a male, not a female. It’s kind of hard to be completely average when it comes to gender. But I also think that women should have equal rights in the market, just like guys. I don’t think there should be a discrepancy between a guy’s wages and a girl’s wages if they’re doing the same job, with the same degree of efficiency. I mean, even an average guy can understand that, right?

And I’m ambivalent on abortion. On one hand, I sure don’t want the government telling a woman what she can and can’t do with her own body, her reproductive organs. I mean that’s a little invasive wouldn’t you agree? But I disagree with convenience abortions. Abstinence still works if you want to avoid pregnancy. On the other hand, I can understand a woman wanting to avoid bringing a child into a world of grinding poverty. On this issue, I’m just plain confused, probably just like you. So much for my thoughts on women’s issues. After all, I’m a guy.

Equally problematic to my average-ness is the fact that I’m white, not black, brown, red, or yellow. So I’m a member of America’s historically most dominant race…the Caucasian race, which makes it almost impossible for me to really understand and represent the average Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American person.

However if you pull the lens back far enough to see the big picture, you’ll quickly recognize that it’s not color, gender, age, nationality, ethnicity, etc., etc., that really distinguishes one group of humans from another. The great divide, the real separation between church and state…is the economy stupid!!

In this regard gender, creed, and ethnicity all blend together and suffer from the same disease. In this sense I can feel your pain, and I can empathize with you...if you're average too.

P.S. Oh, and if you want to know details about the one incredibly inspiring idea check out (http://www.joelunchbuckett.citymax.com/page/page/601748.htm).

Or if you get real ambitious, check out The Shovel Story, Part I and II on that web site.

P.P.S. I'm the "The Ownership Candidate," and I want your vote in 2004!! A vote for Joe is a vote for OWNERSHIP!