I don’t update this site nearly often enough to make this anything more that self-administered therapy, but what the hell? I have a few things I need to unload.
- The weight loss effort has hit a definite stall. Not losing any ground, but not gaining any either. Very frustrating. Yes, I know it will pass in time, but it still sucks.
- Haiti. Am I the only guy that can’t tell much of a difference in the “Before” and “After photos of that country? Don’t get me wrong, I have strong sympathy for the people of that country. Like nearly everyone else on the planet, I’ve made a donation or two because Lord knows those folks need all the help they can get. However, it wasn’t exactly paradise before the earthquake hit. I think most of the blame can be assigned to the corrupt, ineffectual leadership in Haiti.
And speaking of corrupt, ineffectual leadership…
*pause while I unlock the mental barrier which has been containing my anger*
- This country is doomed.
The ‘American Experiment’ is a failure. “We The People” are too short-sighted, too self-righteous, and too uneducated to make a Constitutional Republic succeed. Unlike many of the voters who voted for Barack Obama, I don’t think he’s the second coming of Christ. I actually believe that if he got everything he wanted passed through Congress it would be a Bad Thing. On the other hand, the Republican Party has gone from Clown Shoes to the completely absurd.
In government’s zeal to confer rights and privileges on their corporate supporters that individual humans do not enjoy, this country has become run by ‘The Highest Bidder’. (We can thank the Supreme Court, and the Republican-appointed majority, for this one…)
The Republican Party has become content to be the kid in the back of the classroom who shouts “nuh-uh!” whenever someone else tries to make a point. If they can stop Obama from doing anything until the mid-term elections next year, all they will do during the campaign is say “See? Obama can’t do anything!” and ask the voters to put them back in charge. And “We The People” will fall for it. If you are one of those people who takes Limbaugh, Beck, or O’Reilly seriously, please… shoot yourself. I’ll be the first to admit that they can be fun to listen to sometimes. I am a big fan of Rush’s “Demonstrate Absurdity by Being Absurd” routine. However, if you don’t realize that they bend and distort facts in order to support their own skewed world view then you lack the mental faculties necessary for effective exercise of your sovereign responsibilities in the political process. (Translation: You’re too fucking stupid to vote.)
And the Democrats… How, exactly, can you be so ineffective when you have a 60-40 majority in the Senate and a clear majority in the House? Are you that scared of a filibuster? Call their bluff and make them do it! Make them stand on the floor of Congress for 48 hours and read a phone book or something. Use some tricks of parliamentary procedure and force cloture. For god’s sake don’t back down from a fight! You want to know why voters are becoming upset with you? Because you are the spineless cretins that your political opponents say you are. Brew a few dozen pots of coffee, and camp out in the Senate chambers until the GOP runs out of steam on their filibuster. Make them talk for a week if you have to. Congressionally speaking, there isn’t one Democrat in either house with the will, leadership, or charisma to take the fight to the GOP. Obama is the balls, brains, heart, and soul of the Democratic party right now, and would-be Presidential candidates would be well served by getting out there and kicking some butt right now.
Oh yeah, one more group…
Libertarians/Ron Paul-ites/None of the Above’rs
The reason that nobody votes for you is that you don’t run a candidate who can play the game. I’m not saying you have to play by “their” rules, but you should at least know enough about how things are done in Washington to avoid tripping on yourselves once you get there. Find a candidate who can engage people and has a touch of charisma, then hire the best political strategists you can find. Wade in to the muck in Washington and get something done. Otherwise, you’re a bunch of dilettante debaters whose Ivory Tower theories will never have the chance to be proven right or wrong. Raise some money and win an election or two, then maybe you’ll be taken seriously enough to get your ideas into the minds of voters on a more regular basis than “Some pissed off techno-dweeb’s blog of rage” (you know… like mine.)
I am not sitting in front of my TV watching politicians talk about their latest plan to “save us”. The only thing I ask of our political leadership is to keep things fair for all of us so that I can succeed on my own merits. I don’t want to hear phrases like “Too Big To Fail” in the future. I don’t want to hear politicians talk about “what’s fair for…” anyone that isn’t an individual (preferably ALL individuals) in our country. “They” are spending way too much time and energy defending and serving interests other than the people of this country. Why do I tell you this?
Because “They” are all crooks. Every single one of them. The whole rotten structure of our government is run by a bunch of opportunistic whores who would shoot their own kids if it would get them the votes they would need to stay in power. Do you know whose fault it is that they are still there?
Ours…
and that is why we’re doomed.
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