That is all. As you were, comrades.
This is the first time in my lifetime that Indiana has gone blue. I’m very proud of my state and my country right now.
I’m about to go park myself in front of the TeeVee with some leftover Halloween candy, to watch election returns. I have a feeling I’m going to wish I’d asked for tomorrow off, because I’m going to be up way past my bedtime. I’m too excited to sleep, though, so what the hell?
In other news, I haven’t had caffeine in over a week. It’s kind of mind boggling.
That is all. As you were, comrades!
I talked to my brother yesterday, and somehow, the discussion wandered off into music, and then to John Prine. We grew up with a huge variety of music–from folk, country, and classic rock to heavy metal, glam, and disco. And our step-dad listened to a lot of public radio, so there was a good bit of classical added to the mix, too.
Jesus don’t like killing, no matter what the reason’s for.
When we were kids, the grown-ups would hang out, playing guitar and singing folk songs. John Prine’s music was always a favorite. It’s just as good–and relevant–today as it was then.
I was listening to this one in the car this morning, as I was driving out to Unionville. It made me weepy.
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose.
I’m not particularly religious, but that line has always struck a chord with me. All those men and women who volunteered to go to Iraq. All because of a big, fat lie told by petulant, little men. And they’ll all come home–the ones who aren’t killed–damaged. Whatever their personal reasons for going to Iraq, and whatever your personal feelings about wars and the ethics of volunteering to fight them, those soldiers deserve to be told the truth about why they’re fighting.
And those petulant, little men want the world to think that they’re good Christians, while all the while they’re lying and stealing and killing tens of thousands of men, women, and children. It’s mind boggling to think that, if the polls are remotely accurate, roughly half the voters in this country are prepared to put our people, our soldiers, and the people of Iraq, through four more years of this nightmare.
I’d like to wake up from this bad dream on Wednesday morning.
From ABC News:
Sarah Palin says she doesn’t know why most women don’t support her candidacy or why others believe she is unqualified to be vice president, but she says that makes her determined to keep fighting.
Gee. It might, maybe, perhaps, possibly have to do with her being an anti-choice misogynist. I’m just sayin’…
A message for Ms. Palin: I don’t owe you a vote just because you’re a woman, especially not if you’re a woman who doesn’t believe that other women have a right to privacy and bodily autonomy. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of reasons why I won’t be voting for you.
Oh, and why might folks might think she’s unqualified? Maybe it’s because she didn’t bother to read the job description before applying for the job?
Just in case there’s anyone out there who has not seen this, I felt it was my patriotic duty to share. Aside from the fact that the man is foul on every level imaginable–and ignoring for a moment the question of why on earth he’s lunging at Obama’s ass–do we have any business electing a man to the presidency who cannot keep his tongue in his mouth? Dude, put that thing away!
Remember waaaay back in 2001? When Bush took office? When he inherited a $128 billion budget suprlus?
That there are Americans out there who actually want 4-8 more years of this horror is mind boggling. What the hell is wrong with people?!
I stumbled across this on YouTube and fell in love.
I am ordering one of these ASAP.
red paper boat 