manifesting a manifesto

i looked up manifesto on dictionary.com today:
man·i·fes·to   n. pl. man·i·fes·toes or man·i·fes··tos
A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature.

i just used the word because i think it sounds cool (it's up there with brouhaha and diatribe). i'm probably one of the last people you should expect declaring anything of a political nature. this is impressive when you consider that i lived in washington dc for 6 years where everything is about politics. whenever the subject would come up with my friends, i would either stick my fingers in my ears and yell, "lalala" until they were done, or i would aggressively change the subject by listing the different ways that scooby-doo was a drug-influenced show (what really was in a scooby snack anyway? i mean, really)
actually i came across the word manifesto during college when, in fear of further unabomber attacks, the washington post and the new york times published his manifesto. my friends and i kept it, and would read excerpts every so often because it was entertaining. none of it really made sense to us.
anyway, here are a few of my public declarations that may or may not be of a political nature nature...
1. drugs are bad.
2. fried food is bad, but tastes really really good.
3. people who only talk about politics all the time and won't drop it until you agree with them are really annoying.
4. baseball is good. especially the oakland a's. but not the yankees. or the dodgers. they suck.
5. fantasy baseball is for geeks. therefore, i am a geek.
6. coyote ugly is one of the best utterly meaningless movies to watch ever.
7. someone needs to pay me to write things like this for the rest of my life.
8. even though america has of a two party system, compared to the whole political spectrum they are practically identical and don't seem to represent the interests of your average working class joe anyway.
9. i only utter one vaguely political statement every 4 years, so i'm set.
10. writing term papers when i could be outside at the beach is bad.
11. under no circumstances are you to ever pass by a kids' lemonade stand without buying a cup. not doing so renders you a cold heartless human being.