I seriously need to STOP going to websites full of people who are perfectly happy saying they won't vote in November cuz their candidate won't be on the ballot...or worse, will vote for McCain. I wonder how many people regret sitting out the election in 2000, or voting for Nader, because "Gore and Bush are exactly the same! Democans! Republicrats!"? That certainly bit them on the ass. Haven't we learned ANYTHING? Refusing to vote because you don't like the choices brings fucking countless dead Iraqis and over 4500 dead soldiers - and if you refuse to vote this year, you can double, triple, quadruple that number. Who wants blood on their hands? McCain has plenty of it to go around.

I LOVE horses and I hate horse racing (BECAUSE of shit like this), but I cant help it:


Clinton: bet on the filly


and now...


Big Brown wins Derby; filly Eight Belles euthanized

did the Red Wings just sweep the Avalanche?


FUCK YEAH WE DID.


na na na na
na na na na
HEY HEY HEY
goodbye!

western conference finals here we come!

Last night as I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear.
And pranced and partied all night long.
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow tall?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems swell, and then . . .
The nighttime Whatifs strike again!

-Shel Silverstein

I'm totally going to stick that on my bedroom wall. Gotta remind myself of the absurdity of my worrying :D

Imagine that you were REALLY BUSY last night and didn't finish up what you were doing until around 4 am. Now imagine that you felt like you really needed a shower, but it was just SO late and you could take one tomorrow. Now imagine that tomorrow rolls around and you go into the bathroom, but when you turn on the water, no hot water comes. Now imagine that you put your clothes back on and trundled downstairs to the basement to check the water heater to find that the pilot light is out and water is gushing out of the bottom.

The only upside to all this is sponge baths are really not as bad as I had previously thought.

http://onebigtorrent.org/


could that POSSIBLY be any more perfect?


I dreamt I was in high school. again. I've been having these dreams sporadically for 4 years now - ever since I left HS. They're not the same dream, but the same theme. for the first couple of years, when I was still reasonably high school aged, it was okay, but I kept having them and then they shifted to dreams about being ridiculed for going to back to high school when I was so damn old and struggling to relearn everything I forgot. It's getting REALLY unnecessary now to still be having them, and I wonder if these dreams are going to continue even after I'm in college...or even longer. *shudders*

what I have learned from photos.cx random image search: there are a lot of truly hideous people who take pictures of themselves. and their genitalia.


fact: at any given time, half the world is below average intelligence.

Why didn't Hillary run in 2004?


At the time I thought perhaps she wanted to spend more time in the Senate so she would be more experienced. But now of course I've discovered she thinks she has 35 years of experience. Surely 31 years would have been good enough. Surely she wasn't waiting for the magic number of 35. So why didn't she run? Is it because she was afraid she'd lose? Was she terrified of the Rove machine she is now emulating? ...or is it because she knew Bush would fuck up the country SO badly over the next 4 years that democrats could shit and call it gold in 2008 and the country would buy it? Somehow, I think it's the latter. It's the only thing that really makes sense to me. And this begs the question, did they want Kerry to lose, so she could run now? Compare/contrast Bill Clinton's support of Kerry in 2004 to Ted Kennedy's support of Obama in 2008. There's no contest. Kennedy is going all out, Bill Clinton did what was expected, nothing more.


She missed her chance. Sometimes I feel kinda bad for her, actually, even though I am fucking DELIGHTED with how well Obama is doing. It sucks to dream for something your whole life and fail right before you achieve it, especially after it had seemed like a lock. but she missed her chance. she could have done this in 2004, and she chose to wait it out. She waited out a lot of her life, actually. And now it is passing her by. Thems the breaks.

why is the question always "how come Barack can only win caucuses?" (misleading, since he hasn't only won caucuses, and some caucuses he won, like MN and ND, actually vote by ballot like a primary)...why is it never "why can't Hillary win caucuses?" I knew the excuses would come, because they always come. it never fails. Again it was the caucus narrative, only this time not only were Obama's victories the fault of young people, black people and caucuses, but now it's because his supporters don't work. it couldn't be because his supporters DO WORK...at getting out the vote...and organizing his campaign locally so more people understand the caucus and can go and vote...no, he won because his supporters are entitled trustafarians or lazy bums.

and I DIDN'T just read someone say the reason Obama wins caucuses is because "male Obama supporters intimidate and bully female Clinton supporters"...only yes, I did. pardon me for not first crying you a river and then pulling out my hair to weave a bridge for you. what a grave disservice to women. it's just another excuse in the resounding litany of them, but it manages to insult pretty much everyone, which is actually rather impressive if you think about it.

in the end, all I have to say is:

WHOOOOOOOO GOBAMA!


and also:


PLEASE WIN MAINE!

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/02/07/gore-to-endorse-obama/

now, I don't believe the article itself, but this quote crossed my eye:

Politcal Machine's Tommy Christopher spoke to Clinton National Finance Committee co-chair John F.X. Graham. Graham said, "I haven't heard that at all, but after the Kennedy endorsement, I don't think this means much at all. Obama only won in Republican states, he can't carry California, New York, Massachusetts."


*blink*blink*blink*


are there really people out there who believe Obama would lose California, New York and Massachusetts if he were the democratic nominee? REALLY? what kind of xenu-juice are they swilling?

I CANNOT BELIEVE the spin coming out of Super Tuesday. Well, I can, but it's both sad and amusing. First Obama won Iowa because "it's just young people!" Then he won South Carolina because "it's just black people!" Now he won 13 (possibly 14) states to Hillary's 8/9 because "it's just rural voters lol." I don't understand - who matters to the Democratic Party? Is it just traditionally democrat middle aged and elderly white people? How many new memes do there have to be discounting why Obama wins? Next up: OBAMA ONLY WON BECAUSE PEOPLE VOTED FOR HIM ZOMG!

Isn't that the fucking point?

i am so nervous i'm shaking :/ the last time i was anywhere near this nervous were stanley cup final games for the detroit red wings, and this is just a MITE more important, don't you think? if i weren't a teetotaler...i'd need a drink badly right now.

my theory is, Star Wars is ALWAYS a good metaphor for life.

Barack Obama - Luke Skywalker. No, he's not Han Solo, but we don't get that lucky. Instead we get a lawful good crusader for our rights, someone who will rescue us when we're frozen in carbonite and who can put aside the pursuit of power converters for the sake of his duties.

Bill Clinton - Lando Calrissian. He's smooth, he's suave, and he'll sell you to your dearest enemy to protect his interests.

Hillary Clinton - that borg of Lando's with the mechanical shit attached to his brain.

John Edwards - no, he's not Han Solo either. again, we're never that lucky. instead, he's Chewbacca. Everyone loves him. Everyone wants him to be their copilot - or vice president, whatever. He's tough. He'll tear your arms off if you beat him at space chess. But no one's going to let him actually pilot the Millennium Falcon.

Bill Richardson - C3PO. He's just such a NICE GUY...but you still want to reach behind his back and shut him off when he prattles off about how good he is at etiquette and diplomacy.

John McCain - Senator Palpatine, pre-Emperor. I mean, he seems like a nice guy, right? ...OH SHIT

Mitt Romney - He's a stormtrooper, and so is his family. White as the driven snow and identical from the helmet to the boots.

Mike Huckabee - Sandperson. He hails from deep within the middle of nowhere and he wants to spank you with his stick for being a bad boy. Very tribal and easily defeated, but don't get complacent. Sometimes they come back in greater numbers.

Mike Gravel - wait, he hasn't dropped out yet?

I believe that the Clintons ARE still top of the polls, but I am hopinghopinghoping that they are nonetheless overrepresented by people only calling landlines. in 2004 I remember that being an issue, and throngs of unpolled shadow voters were supposed to be coming out to vote for Kerry. that didn't happen. but it's been 4 years and every year that passes sees more and more people switching to cell phones only. my house has no landline, and it has 2 Obama voters. if they polled every landline in Michigan, they'd miss us.

Polls have already been proven to be off SEVERELY this year, but it jumps from candidate to candidate.

Obama for America to me show details 2:57 PM (1 minute ago)

Congratulations! Your pledge inspired Fran C. in Seattle, WA (slatook@yahoo.com) to make a donation to the campaign.

Here's what Fran C. in Seattle, WA (slatook@yahoo.com) had to say:

Hi Sarah,

Together we donated a total of $50.00 to our next president!!


this brought the warm-fuzzies hardcore. :D of course, it was supposed to!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22881387/

Christine Beatty, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's chief of staff, said Monday she is resigning amid allegations that she and the mayor lied under oath about an affair.

In a letter to Kilpatrick that was released by his office, Beatty said she believes she can no longer effectively carry out her duties. Her resignation takes effect Feb. 8.


*sigh* this is why Detroit is such a mess. They elect corrupt politicians who spend more of their time cheating on their wives and making up for it by using public funds to buy said wife gifts than they do actually HELPING THE CITY. I don't believe Detroit, or Michigan, has any excuse to be as fucked up as it is. We have a LOT to offer. We have two really good public universities in Michigan State and U of M. We have excellent sports teams. We have the longest coastline in the U.S. besides Alaska, but ours is 100% usable. We have a main city absolutely rich in history and musical tradition. Why can't we use all these things for the better? Because our fucking leaders are incompetent and have no idea how to manage it. I know, I know, the auto industry left us in a huge jam - but we should have adapted to it better, we should have read the writing on the wall and started to branch out long before that - or at least change the model of cars we were producing. We should have been the first to roll out a Prius, we should not have been lauding our gas-guzzling SUVs while Japanese automakers were observing the changes in the wind and making cars that fit what the future requires. In fact I believe Michigan is an omen for the rest of the nation. What Michigan screams out loud and clear is get your shit together, because you are losing jobs and need to adapt ASAP.

What I see in the country today is desperation to reclaim the status quo, the business as usual, before recession. That's not good enough. We should be working like busy bees on how to get ourselves off the foreign oil umbilical cord, because I see that as our biggest problem. High oil prices are hurting everyone, and they won't be coming back down. We buy oil from countries that hate us, and they use that same money to fund terrorists to attack us, which we then bleed our own money to attack back. It's fucking madness. If we could do what Americans have always done and fucking innovate a little, we could export new technology anywhere it wants to go. China is DESPERATE for energy. They are canvassing Africa for it. Why couldn't we sell them what we invent? Because it's just easier to sit in a sinking ship and pray that you're imagining it. Michigan thought so.

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=349

Okay, let’s drop another hint for those taking notes: What famous Tennessean might we see soon from California to New York Island, so soon after getting out ahead of his party’s presidential candidates to support gay marriage?



...OMG.

if that were true (Gore for Obama before Super Tuesday) i would cream myself!

least favorite talking point: durrr democrats want to raise your taxes!

all politicians want to tax the shit out of you. how do you assume that republicans are gonna pay for the wars they're so fond of? the over 1.5 trillion dollars Iraq is going to cost us? are they gonna rub a lamp and hope a genie pops out with unlimited fundage? any politician that campaigns on lower taxes and more war is a dirty liar, because sooner or later someone is going to foot the bill for this shit, and if it's not going to be you, it's going to be your kids and their grandkids. it took over 50 years for Britain to finish paying off bills they owed the US for WWII, and that was under 100 billion dollars.

god bless the internet. to say that I am having a fucking blast downloading movies would be an understatement. I never used to be much of a movie watcher. I could spend hours playing Final Fantasy whatever, but spending a couple hours watching a random movie would be beyond me. I only started pulling movies down off the internet a year ago, and even then I was only watching maybe a few a month. then recently a friend got me into a private torrent site and all of a sudden I discovered the joy of 500 kbs download rates. I'm at around 1 movie per day now, sometimes more, rarely none, and I absolutely love it. of course I have to justify it to myself by saying they wouldn't get my money ANYWAY, so why does it matter if I download X_x yes, I know, cognitive dissonance is a bitch.

speaking of cognitive dissonance: John McCain. I like the guy, and I agree with some of his stands, but he is SO pro-life. I hate that people who care about whether or not a politician supports their right to abortion are considered single-issue voters. I'm not a single issue voter, but considering abortion and contraception a small issue is HIDEOUSLY DEMEANING to women. for many women, it's the difference between the pursuit of happiness and illegal seizure of your own body. I encountered this a lot with the (wonderfully subdued, lately) Ron Paul fanboys, too. Every time I brought up his archaic views on abortion, evolution, separation of church and state, I was told that those "aren't really big things anyway, don't you want the PATRIOT act repealed?!" well, yes, I do, but not at the expense of my OWN FUCKING BODY.

1) i think we should replace the world's weapons with nerf guns. i want to see battles duked out with fierce foam weapons.

2) i'm not following the campaigns as well as i should be right now, because frankly i am not happy with the vitriol and no one is saying anything i want to hear - like what they're going to do about foreign oil dependency or whether or not i'm finally going to be getting health care for the first time in a decade. i've been to the doctor three times since i was 6. the last time, i was 11. i would really like to go again. what hillary/obama/edwards said about (insert political figure here) is not relevant to my interests.

3) also, i am afraid obama is gonna lose.

4) i cannot believe heath ledger died :(