To echo the words of Sting, who is on the TV right now being accompanied by Mr. Stevie Wonder, it's a brand new day.
You've probably already heard it a million times today, but I'll say it again, today marks a day when anything can happen. It's a testament to America's resilience that millions have shown up in droves to welcome the new day.
Were there this many supporters out for Bush? Nope. That's because many of the people who voted for that ass were too lazy to get off of their asses to show support. They were the bible-thumpers, bigots, bile-spewing conservatives, and various other mislead people.
Anywho, enough of that..let us put the hatred and ignorance behind us. It's a new day, a new direction, and new hope.
Yes, We Indeed Can.
P.S. The president's gay-neighborly agenda has been posted.
Since it's coming on Thanksgiving, I'd like to give thanks that that nincompoop, Lady Maverick, is not going anywhere near the Oval Office any time soon.
A couple of recent events have become more than just a blip on my radar over the past couple of days that gave me that feeling like when you are driving in an ice storm and stop at red light only to look in your rear view mirror and see the car behind you starting to skid before coming to a stop inches from your bumper. Your heart stops for a minute and then you think, "Whew, that was close!" Yeah, that feeling.
First, there was last week's turkey-killing:
Palin gives an interview about the heavy-handedness of politics while turkeys are being slaughtered behind her ... on camera. I just love the look on the guy's face like "hrm, should I be doing this right here, right now? Ahhh fuck it."
Then there's this article, the highlight of which was:
"I worked with President Ronald Reagan since his first days in the California Governor’s Office, and I can tell you that I see so many similarities between President Reagan and Governor Palin." - chief strategist, Sal Russo
Ok, I agree with part of that...though Reagan had alzheimer's, Palin is just idiotic.
Yep, I'm glad that is all over with, at least for another couple of years...
I wiped the sweat off my brow too knowing that the moron maverick would not be second in command considering that she thought Africa was a country and not a continent. Asleep during Geography class maybe Mrs Palin ?
"the world is barren enough, and stacked against love". Nice. Let people overjoyed at the prospect of marriage have their goddamned day, I say. religion over happiness? It's just sad. Sad is the only word. Yet at the same time isn't enough.
So Tuesday was both a happy and a sad day for civil rights and equality. I was happy to see some diversity get elected to the White House as it truly shows that we, as a country, is able to accept someone with a different skin tone than almond. That is definitely a huge step for the country.
Of course, in the dance of politics, when there's one step forward, there's always another step back. Fundamentalist Christians, the Church of Latter Day Saints, and some other wackjobs spent enough money to save the economy in order to force discrimination into a couple of states' constitutions. Apparently us 'Mo's were too much of a threat to their church.
Now, if you figure, both sides spent more than $100mil on this initiative, which could have almost rescued a bank or two. We also have an economy in the toilet, thousands of people dying in two wars, and a few other crises here at home and people were wasting money on writing more discrimination into our lives.
Oh, and by the way the passing of this amendment will cause the state to lose around $10mil a year in sales taxes from the thousands of marriages that would happen if marriage stayed legal.
I just can't understand how the country can be so progressive and then backwards at the same time. It's such a big blow and I'm actually really disappointed. I never thought these states would pass these bans. Especially CA? WTF?
Ok, so in a little more than 24 hours, our country's fate :vote obama: will be decided by the asses, er, masses:votedemocrat:.
So all of you Joe the Whatevers, get out there and vote :obama: and tell the world it's time for a change; that we (America):bidentoo: are mature enough to handle that responsibility.
Now, there are a lot :mccain sucks donkey dick:of incentives to vote:
Making a Change
Feeling Good
Make a difference
Make it Right
Other things Michael Jackson sang about in Man in the Mirror...
But, if you need more incentives:
Starbucks: Free tall coffee from 8-10am
KrispyKreme: Free Donut
Ben and Jerrys: Free scoop of yummy goodness from 5-8pm
Chik-fil-a: Free Chicken Sandwich (if you are into eating at places that push for right-wing christian values)
Eat N' Park: Free Coffee
So there are plenty of incentives :be a maverick, vote democrat: to vote this year. And you know, I'm looking to you to make that change... For once in your life:palin is satan:.
P.S. If you vote for Satan :and by Satan, I mean McCain:don't expect a Christmas card this year.
i NEVER watch leno, but last night for some reason i just had this feeling like i should check and see who the guests were. so when i saw it was her i made sure to catch her segment (dude, pausing live television is possibly the best invention ever, second only to the vaccine for polio). in conclusion, wanda sykes is awesome and also delicious.
::UPDATE:: Watching the Debate and I have to say "NUCLEAR!!! IT'S NUCLEAR, DAMNIT!!!". Oh and John McCain doesn't know how to win a war. He was a prisoner of war...apparently he's not too good at the war thing. Seriously!
I couldn't believe it! She got it right the first time and then just kept going back-n-forth, as if she wasn't sure which was correct. How freakin' hard it, really?!
So that is a nice little capstone for this disastrous excuse of a presidency. I don't try to get political; there are a lot better people than me when it comes to going after the president (Jon Stewart...my hero), but some have asked me about how I feel about where the economy is going.
Well, it's going to the rich people. The stock market is taking a beating, but that's cuz all of those rich people who have stocks are selling them off very cheaply. Yes, they're taking a hit, but they are also getting the cash out of it. They were the ones who thought making the economy better would happen by giving more money to the rich (trickle down, my ass!... mmm... er... Fight Trickle-Down Economics) and then having those rich loan money to people who didn't have any...at low interest rates. Really fuckin' brilliant.
Us po' people are sitting back and watching our retirement plans being beat up like the geeky kid on the playground (poor guy, I know how that feels). I mean, I'm sitting here watching the market and watching my retirement plan lose about 20% of the cash I've thrown in there to help protect me when I'm older. Not cool. We're also watching people without retirement plans, those whose entire investments are their homes, lose their homes.
Those rich folks don't know what the fuck it's like. Chris Rock said it nicely on Larry King, "The choice is you got a guy that's worth $150 million with 12 houses against a guy who's worth a million dollars with one house...The guy with one house really cares about losing a house, because he is homeless. The other guy can lose five houses and still got a bunch of houses."
8 years ago, our economy was doing much better than what 12 years of Republican Regime left us in. Remember what that did to us? We were so poor by the time George H.W. came into office that we had to resort to grunge music. I mean, even our celebrities were poor and dirty (RIP Curt).
I's our fault, though, really. We were the ones who didn't have enough of George H.W. ("Boy, they were big on crematoriums, weren't they?" - at Auschwitz, Sept 1989) Bush so we voted his son, George W. ("You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." - to divorced mother of three) Bush, into office. We're dumber than they are!
So with that, I leave you with: Vote Democrat...Specifically vote Obama for President. Our economy and civil rights depend upon it. Don't even get me started on the civil rights part...
No, I haven't gone republican. I've just changed my tune on the other "candidate." I used to think she was full of hot air and was nothing but a dumb blonde (no, not Hillary), but I think she has come out with a smart energy plan and a rather intelligent response to the hate ads by the competition.
I hate Michelle Malkin. But I do believe she's just one of those people who just says things because she knows it'll piss people off and she'll be famous, without actually thinking about it.
So I did my thing this morning and got up early to go vote. Yey me! :)
I have to admit that, up until I woke up this morning, I didn't know who the hell to vote for. The candidates have me mixed on so many different issues and their latest run of ads has really pissed me off. I mean seriously, don't take away my fun viagra and women peeing on sticks commercials so that I can hear that "he said, she said" crap!
Anywho, I got up, went to the convent that I have to vote at. This was the highlight of my voter experience. Honestly. Standing in line, waiting for 10 nuns to get the lead out and vote. I almost wanted to smack their wrists with a ruler and say "you're doing it wrong! go faster! don't vote republican!" If I knew that I wouldn't get decked by the 90-year-old crypt-keepers running the show, I would have taken a pictuer. That way, you too can have the visual of 6 electronic voting machines with 6 little habits barely clearing the top. It was like "Happy Feet XXI: Mumbles goes to Shady Pines."
When I recommended a "tea party" at the confluence I should have been a bit more clear. Other people are also calling for locals to dump booze into the rivers, but after further consideration, I feel that there should be some clarification.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board profits from every bottle of booze sold in this state, so by wasting booze, we'd essentially be giving the state even more money.
What I suggest is that we only use booze that is either homemade or purchased in other states. So pack up your hybrid (don't want to give them more in gas taxes either), cross the border to WV or OH, and get some cheap, homeless-quality hooch, and dump it in!
**UPDATE** I find it utterly friggin' hysterical that, after I posted this, I had two hits on the blog from someone at the state. Uh oh! I'm in trouble now! What are they going to get me for? Acknowledging their stupidity? Or claiming to want to muck up the environment.
Actually, I think alcohol in the Ohio River would be a good thing; it might make the crazy fish happier, and eventually it would get to our drinking water via Neville Island and maybe actually clean out the pipes a bit. God knows I won't drink that shit unless it's been filtered!
In all seriousness, PA is pretty ass-backwards about a lot of things. They really need to get with the times, before the rest of us young'uns move to more friendly states.
...Pittsburgh Tea Party, at the confluence, this weekend...bring booze
So, the county council has decided to impose an additional 10% tax on poured drinks. As if it weren't enough to pay 7$ for a martini/manhattan. That's just f'ed!
It's all to keep our public transportation moving. I say if we stopped spending money paying for some damn bus driver to have full family medical coverage until the day they die...or maybe stop paying them over $30/hour to drive the happy bus, then we wouldn't have these issues. It's just a friggin' bus! But I digress.
I know that the bus has been fodder for my blog for quite some time, but it's not worth THAT much money. They just increased my monthly fare by 25%. What more do they want from me? Blood?
It looks like I won't be getting drunk in town any time soon. I'll just have to stay at home and drink myself into a stupor. Wait, how is that any different than normal?
I'll just have to think of the finer things in the 'burgh, brought to us by WearPittsburgh and PittGirl(aka Bitch got her own t-shirt!) at the Burgh Blog (some explanations provided for the 'burgh-impaired):
Pittsburghers put fries on everything...salads, sandwiches, pigeons etc...
Because we can't pronounce "East Liberty"
A phenomenon that occurs in the row houses of the Sou'Side and Bloomfied; people reserve spaces on the street using folding chairs and other objects.
It's "SLIPPERY" Damnit!! What are y'all ignunt?
No Explanation Needed
P.S. For those of you looking for Scottie X-mas gifts, I wear a large (they shrink).
This country was founded 231 years ago on the premise of freedom. Something we seem to like to declare wars on other countries for, yet never fully realize for ourselves.
There will be picnics, there will be fireworks, and there will be the inevitable playing of that hateful Lee Greenwood song. Then some will go back to their homes and be complacent with the state of union. And I say, "Piss on it!"
This is a country founded on freedom but doesn't walk the talk. We still treat certain people as second-class citizens. We still tax the living shit out of people (oh, wait, isn't that why we started the whole war for independence??). We are still far from "free."
I'll just sum this up with a song that is more fitting of this day.
"I salute to you Commander and I sneeze ´Cause I have now an Allergy To your policies it seems Where have we gone wrong, America? Mr. Lincoln we can´t seem to find you anywhere out of the millions From the deserts To the mountains Over prairies To the shores Is this just the Madness of King George Yo George Is this just the Madness of King George Yo George Well you have the whole Nation on all fours"
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It's been a lousy eight years but for me the 21st Century officially started today.
I'm going to just forget the last 8 years happened. I'm so happy for this new beginning. Even reading about Obama's dress code makes me hopeful.
oh hai?
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