Change of Plans and the Election
Nov. 4th, 2008 11:10 amAunt Tudi is sick today, so I'm home with her and we're planning on selling our souls come Friday. I'll get paid Friday, which means we'll have a tad more money. I'm applying for more jobs. It never fucking ends.
I've decided to sell my bodhrán. I never play it anymore, and I haven't been part of the Celtic music community in about 10 years, so it's time to let go. I have no idea how much it may be worth, but I'll let it go for cheap, probably at the flea market this coming weekend. I'm probably selling the little TV/DVD player the Father Unit gave me. I don't need it, really, and I've been holding on to it because it was one of the last things the Father Unit gave me before he passed away. But I don't think he'd want me to have the TV, but be homeless, so there you go. I hate making decisions like this. And I hate letting go of things. I've got a pack rat nature. It goes against every cell in my body to relinquish stuff, even when I don't need it.
Election madness has taken over the nation. It looks like McCain has gotten a lead on Obama in North Carolina. I'm so ashamed. For a while there, I really thought that my home state was going to go the way of sanity for the first time in ages. But no. Now, if Asheville decided the vote in NC, I have no doubt that Barack Obama would win by a landslide, because Asheville is cool like that, being full of Hippies and Liberals of all stripes. But Asheville is but a speck in the vast conservative wasteland that is the American Southeast. It's bloody depressing.
Aunt Tudi and I voted week before last, so we don't have to fight the crowds today.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
green_goblin7t voted this morning and wrote me in for the office of water commissioner. It kinda gave me the sniffles. ::dabs eye::
It's heartening to see so many bloggers posting that they've voted. It's also heartening to see that we're actually having the election. I honestly didn't think we'd be allowed, so I'm very glad I was wrong. I write this very guardedly, but maybe there is hope.
I've decided to sell my bodhrán. I never play it anymore, and I haven't been part of the Celtic music community in about 10 years, so it's time to let go. I have no idea how much it may be worth, but I'll let it go for cheap, probably at the flea market this coming weekend. I'm probably selling the little TV/DVD player the Father Unit gave me. I don't need it, really, and I've been holding on to it because it was one of the last things the Father Unit gave me before he passed away. But I don't think he'd want me to have the TV, but be homeless, so there you go. I hate making decisions like this. And I hate letting go of things. I've got a pack rat nature. It goes against every cell in my body to relinquish stuff, even when I don't need it.
Election madness has taken over the nation. It looks like McCain has gotten a lead on Obama in North Carolina. I'm so ashamed. For a while there, I really thought that my home state was going to go the way of sanity for the first time in ages. But no. Now, if Asheville decided the vote in NC, I have no doubt that Barack Obama would win by a landslide, because Asheville is cool like that, being full of Hippies and Liberals of all stripes. But Asheville is but a speck in the vast conservative wasteland that is the American Southeast. It's bloody depressing.
Aunt Tudi and I voted week before last, so we don't have to fight the crowds today.
green_goblin7t voted this morning and wrote me in for the office of water commissioner. It kinda gave me the sniffles. ::dabs eye::It's heartening to see so many bloggers posting that they've voted. It's also heartening to see that we're actually having the election. I honestly didn't think we'd be allowed, so I'm very glad I was wrong. I write this very guardedly, but maybe there is hope.
Just days away.
Days.
And, as an air of guarded hope begins to settle upon the heavy shoulders of so many of us here in America, my heart is stirred just a little, just enough. Enough to recapture that feeling shared by My Friend Todd and myself when we watched the election results unfold on our TV as we ate pizza, drank beer, and high-fived to the announcement of every state that aligned with Bill Clinton.
The closer we get to Tuesday, the more I hope, and the more I fear. There's still the chance of another "terrorist attack" that will change everything. I can't imagine that the Fascists would let the power they've usurped and built over the past eight years just slip through their fingers without a fight of some sort, or a ploy to rig the outcome of the People's Will.
I can't believe we're so close to finally getting rid of that cock-eyed tyrant who has held our country hostage for so long.
Days.
And, as an air of guarded hope begins to settle upon the heavy shoulders of so many of us here in America, my heart is stirred just a little, just enough. Enough to recapture that feeling shared by My Friend Todd and myself when we watched the election results unfold on our TV as we ate pizza, drank beer, and high-fived to the announcement of every state that aligned with Bill Clinton.
The closer we get to Tuesday, the more I hope, and the more I fear. There's still the chance of another "terrorist attack" that will change everything. I can't imagine that the Fascists would let the power they've usurped and built over the past eight years just slip through their fingers without a fight of some sort, or a ploy to rig the outcome of the People's Will.
I can't believe we're so close to finally getting rid of that cock-eyed tyrant who has held our country hostage for so long.
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All I can do is hope that it comes to pass, that Barack Obama will bring some sanity and grace back to this depressed land and her people. I hope that his presidency will persuade the world that Americans aren't a pack of single-minded, Redneck knuckle-draggers and that we're deserving of forgiveness for the transgressions of our so-called leaders. Another hope of mine is that Mr. Obama doesn't follow too closely in the footsteps of JFK, and get himself killed by the Republicans. It's difficult for me to imagine the America we would be living in today, had JFK not been assassinated. I don't think the face of the country would be recognisable. I'm certain it'd have a much happier expression than it does right now. Hopefully, Barack Obama can do something to change it, if left alone by the Fascists to do the job the people want him to do.
Although I'm probably preaching to the choir, I feel it needs to be said. Come Tuesday, go vote. So what if there's a long line and an even longer wait. Can you wait four more years to try to change what will probably be irreversible by then? No. Put in your time and cast your ballot. Even if you're not wanting to vote for anyone, just consider it a vote against the least likely candidate. Just vote. Vote as if your life depends on it because, really, it may just, at least your way of life. Don't let the Fascists and their Dominionist cronies keep us all under their thumb any longer. Eight years is enough. Too much. If the voting isn't rigged, let your voice be heard.
I'm begging you.
::seethe::
Oct. 15th, 2008 10:47 pmAfter coming home from a hell of a night at work, I see that living wrinkle being pissy toward my lovely Barack.
I have a question for you, you lock-jawed Fascist dead man walking: How can you, after just touting yourself as someone who is all about less government in the average American citizen's life, justify and support governmental intrusion into every woman's private life and, literally, her private parts by destroying her right to choose? Can you answer that for me, Mr. McCain't? Can you? Huh? Or have you already forgotten what I'd asked with that one-celled fleck of mush you call a brain, you geriatric piece of shit?
I hate you. I hate you so much, my head is nigh to popping.
I've already told Aunt Tudi that, if she hears what sounds like an over-ripe melon popping in the hot Georgia sun, it would be my head calling it a day, thanks to John McCain's shit-slinging. If I can make it to election day without keeling over from a supreme anxiety attack, it'll be a miracle.
I have a question for you, you lock-jawed Fascist dead man walking: How can you, after just touting yourself as someone who is all about less government in the average American citizen's life, justify and support governmental intrusion into every woman's private life and, literally, her private parts by destroying her right to choose? Can you answer that for me, Mr. McCain't? Can you? Huh? Or have you already forgotten what I'd asked with that one-celled fleck of mush you call a brain, you geriatric piece of shit?
I hate you. I hate you so much, my head is nigh to popping.
I've already told Aunt Tudi that, if she hears what sounds like an over-ripe melon popping in the hot Georgia sun, it would be my head calling it a day, thanks to John McCain's shit-slinging. If I can make it to election day without keeling over from a supreme anxiety attack, it'll be a miracle.
America, the new dictatorship
Oct. 4th, 2008 02:50 pmStephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital Management was on CNN saying that, without the bail-out that passed in Congress yesterday, we'd find ourselves in a dictatorship very quickly. I agree with him on a certain level. Without the bail out, the dictatorship would be sudden and violent, much less subtle than what the current controlling body wants. With the bail out, it will get the rest of the money it's been stealing over the past eight years, enough to fund a monumental "terrorist attack" on American soil before the November elections, and to spend establishing a new order in the United States after the elections have been suspended indefinitely. We'll all be too poor and overworked to rise up and protest or fight our "rulers" by then, and we'll peacefully acquiesce to the New America presented to us. That's how the dictatorship will be accomplished.
All this is theory. It's a very frightening theory. As I've said before, I hope I'm wrong. We've got a month to see if I am.
All this is theory. It's a very frightening theory. As I've said before, I hope I'm wrong. We've got a month to see if I am.
Debate and Concern
Oct. 2nd, 2008 10:35 pmAfter working 10 hours, first at the dollar store, then at Sally Foster, I come home and see the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Satan in a Dress. Already, my stress level is out the roof.
It was strange at the Dollar Store. Nine out of ten people who came in had something derogatory to say about the current economic situation and the lack of leadership our Fürher has displayed in all this, especially since his policies and decisions are the reason our economy is in the toilet. Some people were pro-McCain, but most everyone was keen on Barack Obama and were passionate about going to vote in November.
Michael Bloomberg is wanting a third term as mayor of New York. The law indicates that a person can serve only two terms, then they're out for good. It's mirrors the national law regarding the Presidency. But he wants to change that because of the economy. He argues that his experience in financial arenas is something that New York needs right now, so he should serve a third term, given the state of emergency in which our economy is present. This gave me a cold chill right down the old spine. If New York acquiesces to Bloomberg's suggestion, what's to stop Dubya from doing the same thing? I've said it before and I'll say it again here: something will happen that will make us have to put up with that Fascist asshole leading this country into oblivion indefinitely. He's figuratively pissed and spit upon the Constitution since day one and, now, it's so weak from eight years of abuse, it will probably be thrown out the window once Dubya and his Dominionist masters make their permanent presence in Washington official.
I'm so frightened by all this. I'm a Liberal Witch trapped on the buckle of the Bible Belt and I'm watching my country sink into the mire of Right Wing Fundamentalist oppression, and there's nothing I can do to change it or escape the horror to come.
It was strange at the Dollar Store. Nine out of ten people who came in had something derogatory to say about the current economic situation and the lack of leadership our Fürher has displayed in all this, especially since his policies and decisions are the reason our economy is in the toilet. Some people were pro-McCain, but most everyone was keen on Barack Obama and were passionate about going to vote in November.
Michael Bloomberg is wanting a third term as mayor of New York. The law indicates that a person can serve only two terms, then they're out for good. It's mirrors the national law regarding the Presidency. But he wants to change that because of the economy. He argues that his experience in financial arenas is something that New York needs right now, so he should serve a third term, given the state of emergency in which our economy is present. This gave me a cold chill right down the old spine. If New York acquiesces to Bloomberg's suggestion, what's to stop Dubya from doing the same thing? I've said it before and I'll say it again here: something will happen that will make us have to put up with that Fascist asshole leading this country into oblivion indefinitely. He's figuratively pissed and spit upon the Constitution since day one and, now, it's so weak from eight years of abuse, it will probably be thrown out the window once Dubya and his Dominionist masters make their permanent presence in Washington official.
I'm so frightened by all this. I'm a Liberal Witch trapped on the buckle of the Bible Belt and I'm watching my country sink into the mire of Right Wing Fundamentalist oppression, and there's nothing I can do to change it or escape the horror to come.
New Presidential Candidate
Sep. 29th, 2008 04:06 pmRunning on the STFU ticket, I'm so sure.
There's an effort to elect an unknown random person as President... and it's someone we know! Watch this online video about the surprising new nominee:
Jot back a note to let me know what you think!
We can hope that this sign isn't moot come November and that the bastard actually does vacate the White House after his time is up. I know I have all my bits crossed.
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The Debate and Presidential Politics
Sep. 27th, 2008 03:30 pmI'm going to have to be really careful over the next month. After the 2000 debacle, I thought my heart was going to stop from fright. After 2004, I thought my brain would burst from frustration. I get too caught up in the drama of American politics and would like to survive long enough to at least vote before I die from the stress.
Last night I watched the first fifteen minutes of the debate, then slunk off to bed. I couldn't take it. Aunt Tudi taped it and asked if I wanted to see the rest of it, but I declined. I just can't take it. Despite my conviction that the American people will vote for Obama by a landslide, I've the uneasy feeling that McCain will still be our next president. That is, if Dubya gives up the White House at all. What I really believe will happen is there will be another "terrorist attack" on American soil that will lead to martial law in the US. All elections will be indefinitely postponed and we'll be put down if we protest the powers that be doing what they'd planned all along.
Once martial law is declared and Dubya becomes our first dictator, the Dominionist theocracy will be officially established. There will be some serious hell to pay after that.
I hope I'm wrong. I hope my proclivity for conspiracy theories is nothing more than my own paranoia singing another nonsensical song that no one wants to hear. But something tells me we're in for some severe shit over the next couple of months and the only ones to come out as winners will be Dubya and his goon squad.
Last night I watched the first fifteen minutes of the debate, then slunk off to bed. I couldn't take it. Aunt Tudi taped it and asked if I wanted to see the rest of it, but I declined. I just can't take it. Despite my conviction that the American people will vote for Obama by a landslide, I've the uneasy feeling that McCain will still be our next president. That is, if Dubya gives up the White House at all. What I really believe will happen is there will be another "terrorist attack" on American soil that will lead to martial law in the US. All elections will be indefinitely postponed and we'll be put down if we protest the powers that be doing what they'd planned all along.
Once martial law is declared and Dubya becomes our first dictator, the Dominionist theocracy will be officially established. There will be some serious hell to pay after that.
I hope I'm wrong. I hope my proclivity for conspiracy theories is nothing more than my own paranoia singing another nonsensical song that no one wants to hear. But something tells me we're in for some severe shit over the next couple of months and the only ones to come out as winners will be Dubya and his goon squad.
