Election Season!

In just over a week voters will take to the polls in Japan in what is shaping up to be an interesting election. For the first time in well over a decade, the LDP’s iron grip on the government seems to be faltering. Will the voters side with the main rival, the DPJ? (A great in-depth series over at Mutantfrog Travelogue).

Or will they choose the shiny new Happiness Realization Party, the political wing of the shiny new religion Happy Science? Their impressively batshit-crazy promotional video might convince those voters who might not be won over by the usual suspects.

Screencaps:

Here’s a list of the highlights, for those not willing to waste 6 minutes on watching the video:

* Salarymen sit in an office watching news bulletins about North Korea launching missiles.

* Large explosions are being reported in Osaka and Nagoya.

* Missiles are headed for the Kanto region. Patriot missile batteries have failed to shoot them down.

* Panic grips the office, but it is too late. The flash of a nuclear explosion covers the screen and Tokyo is reduced to a radioactive wasteland.

* Viewers are then urged to consider the facts. North Korea has a lot of missiles with the range to hit Japan, and its only a matter of time before they can mount nukes on them. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that Kim Jong-il isn’t preparing to launch them at Japan!

* And don’t forget China! They’ve got a huge military and they are supporting North Korea, and they’ve got missiles too!

* By 2020, China could possess more military power than the United States. (As the shot zooms in on the deck of an aircraft carrier, we discover that it is Chinese!) If this happens, it is possible that China could advance on Taiwan and Okinawa.

* After the seizure of Taiwan, it is likely the Chinese fleets could block the vital sea lanes that supply Japan with its food and fuel. The current Japanese government has no concrete plan in place to deal with such a situation.

* If nothing is done to stop this, Japan will become a colony of China/North Korea!

* What can you do to prevent the utter and complete destruction of the Japanese nation? Vote for the Happiness Realization Party. They want to drop the pacifist clause from the Japanese constitution, build up Japan’s defenses, and strengthen Japan’s alliance with the United States.

(lifted from Japan Probe)

Oh look, here’s their happy science happy Manifesto in happy realized English!

Can you imagine if Scientology formed a political party? This is probably what it would resemble.