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litter, pollution.

It's criminal...

And you know it.

McIver talks about wanting

to provide equal opportunity

for all of Seattle.

What the hell

is he talking about

when he supports

ideas like these?

He's totally in bed with

the construction bozos,

which is why he's pushing

for this so-called light rail

which, by the way, is just

brave new world double-speak

for a 100-ton

heavy rail catastrophe!

Sorry. I just...

Mass transit is a social

justice issue, folks.

You provide a safe,

reliable way

for someone to get

from home to work,

and what you're really doing

is providing

a safe, reliable way

for that person

to earn a living,

to connect with others,

to live a life of community

that includes all of us,

not just the rich!

McIver talks about

the committee

to approve the committee

that approves

other committees.

This is just

off the charts awful!

You're one

of those committees!

Extend the monorail.

Elegant and inexpensive.

The monorail beautifies

the neighborhoods it serves.

It brings humanity

to the fore,

and anyone who opposes that

might as well be the devil,

as far as I'm concerned!

[ Applause ]

Thank you, Mr. Cogswell.

Come on! Let's go!

Now I'd love to bring up

my neighbor, Jim Charleston.

I f***ed up!

I called him the devil!

That was so stupid!

Somebody's

gonna quote that.

Somebody's

gonna quote that.

God, this is over.

The whole thing is over.

It's over!

God, why did I say that?

I was so sweaty

up there.

Why was it so hot

in there?

It was stupid.

Did you hear me?

I sounded like Nixon.

First off, no one

is gonna quote you.

Yes, they are.

Grant, no one

is gonna quote you

because there were no

political reporters in there.

Trust me, I looked.

And I actually thought

you sounded pretty good.

No, I didn't.

No, don't do that.

Don't lie to me.

F***!

And McIver,

what the hell was that?

He sounded like angels were

coming out of his mouth.

He's got

a whole team of guys

that are writing

his speeches for him.

It's...

hey, so that's grant

and that's Phil.

Guys, this is Kevin

and Willis.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm sorry. I'm really

awful with names.

Oh, no sweat.

I'm Wayne.

We met at the rally

in the alley.

We handed out your flyers.

Oh, right.

You had the

che Guevara t-shirt?

Yeah, totally.

Dude, grant,

that speech was just, like,

so f***ing awesome, man!

It was just like grant

is the only one

who's willing

to stand up to McIver

and say, like, stop

spewing bullshit.

Bullshit.

McIver is out there

just, like, saying

lies, lies, lies,

and grant's just, like,

shooting it down

with truth,

truth, truth.

Why don't you

spew truth?

And f***ing, you know,

hold my hair back

while I spew truth.

That's a good slogan.

You should have seen it.

He was possessed, em.

Applause, everything.

I can't do it.

I can't walk out on him.

I can't.

But you can walk out

on being a writer?

And a weekly is

a great place for you.

F*** the stranger.

I thought you wanted us

to not look like

college students anymore

with six roommates.

[ Man laughs ]

Sorry.

Sorry, guys.

I have to do

what I believe in.

And grant

is what you believe in?

Cool.

[ Overlapping voices ]

Do you have a second?

I just want to ask you

about grant...

hey, you guys are doing

great, by the way.

[ Overlapping voices ]

Hi, how are you?

Can you help us?

Can we just get

a minute of your time?

No, thank you.

Hi,

do you like politics?

Um, no.

I don't like politics, either.

They're f***ing bullshit.

And I'm going over there as

well, so this really works out.

There's this one politician,

though, grant Cogswell.

He's f***ing awesome.

He's, like, teaching

all the other politicians

to, like, have a heart

and feel and love.

He's sort of like

the wizard of oz

if he were

all the characters.

Well, what do you

want me to do?

Oh, just sign this,

and I also need

your phone number

and then I can

just let you know

about political rallies,

elections,

and just, like,

nonpolitical endeavors.

Cogswell for president!

Let's get him

in the white house!

Come out with me,

imagining

take a ride

just past that neon sign

[ Shouting and cheering ]

We are fully

tweaked, my friend.

You want some?

It's laced with speed,

'cause, you know, speed.

All right. Sorry.

Guys, I need you

to wake up. Come on.

Come on.

I got to get to work.

Guys, guys,

again, it's work.

All right.

Here, watch your head.

Watch your head.

Thank you, Emily!

[ Urinating ]

[ Snoring ]

1st man on TV:
Can you see

if there's a lot

of debris downstairs?

2nd man on TV:

Um, no, no.

Oh, my God!

Woman on TV:
Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Whoa, what are you

doing in my room?

What time is it?

I did not see

a plane go in.

I just saw

another plane.

[ Telephone rings ]

Hi.

It's me.

Oh, my God, have you heard?

Yeah, horrible.

What do you know?

Nothing.

Just the same as you.

I'm just watching the news.

Dan baylor

from nbc news...

no, no.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

I'm gonna go.

Oh, my God!

Stupid motherfuckers!

Don't they know

we got nukes?

They picked the wrong

motherfucking country.

Where the hell are you?

We're supposed to be talking to

the leash law people right now.

Turn your television on.

I don't have a TV.

You been to my house

800 times. What is this?

Are you coming

to pick me up or not?

You need

to get over here now.

Everyone was running.

People just took off.

Everyone ran.

People ducked into doorways

and people that stopped

looked behind.

[ Crying ]

Good morning.

Thanks for coming.

Hey.

Hey.

I know. Me, too.

Pretty much impossible

to get out of bed

this morning, right?

We got to see those

buildings come down?

And then there's

all those people,

the innocent lives

of families.

I mean, how do we keep

a campaign going?

I don't think we can.

Except I promised

a guy last night

that I'd go give blood.

So I went over

to the red cross

and the line,

the line was...

The line

was around the block.

All us poor stupid people,

'cause who are we gonna

give our blood to?

And then there's the flags.

There's flags everywhere,

and I got to admit,

you know,

I didn't like...

I didn't like the flag.

I just... I mean,

what was it invented for?

For us to salute to

like we're

a bunch of eighth graders

or to go off to war under

like Vietnam

and pearl f***ing harbor?

What do we do now,

nuke somebody?

Who are we supposed to kill?

And then...

I don't know, you know...

I start thinking about

this little monorail

and, uh...

And I start to kind of know

exactly what

we're supposed to be doing,

and that's to put one foot

in front of the other

and say no to the terrorists

and say no to the violence

and the destruction of things

and say yes to

the building up of something.

It doesn't matter

what it is.

It doesn't matter.

And when someone

asks you why,

why now?

I don't know.

I mean, I guess you

got to tell them this:

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