Tag Archive for 'America'

THIS IS REAL

Published
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Gary
on November 5, 2008
in Declaration and News
. 4 Comments

I LOVE MY COUNTRY.

For half my life, a Bush has been in the White House. For a third of my life, the second Bush has been driving my country into the ground, and all I did was stand idly and watch.

Now, in one fell swoop, Republican tactics of divide and conquer are obsolete. Confidence in the American process, our unique ability to heal the greatest of tragedies, has been restored. Greatest of all, Obama has made it okay to be optimistic. After a decade of cynical, sardonic, pessimistic American culture, he’s made it okay to hope.

The next four years are going to be a bumpy, harsh time—for our economy, for our society, for everything we are. With Obama at the head, I look forward to it. We’re privileged to be alive here, now, an amazing time half a century in the making.

BIDENBATTLE

Published
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Gary
on October 3, 2008
in News
. 1 Comment

Surprisingly, given the events of the past week, Palin more or less held her own—she used complete sentences, copious winks, and the word “maverick” to satisfactory effect.

Then there’s Joe Biden, who owned almost every issue and every rebuttal. Unlike Palin, he always answered the damn question—directly, concisely, with copious evidence and a rhetorical right hook. He was firm, responsive, and always clearly knew exactly what he was talking about. Frankly, he did a better job than Obama did last week. His only potential flaw is that the camera caught him smirking at Palin a few too many times, which might have turned off some of our more delicate, otherwise completely deaf independent voters.

VEEP Debate!

Our Fucked Nation, or, The Darkest Time of Night

Published
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Gary
on September 17, 2008
in Thoughts
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You know, may be this is it. May be this is America’s last stand. McCain’s beating Obama in the electoral college with nothing more than simple lies and naked deceit. Wall Street has completely imploded—we bailed out AIG for $85 billion; Lehman Brothers has gone bankrupt and Merrill Lynch was swallowed whole by Bank of America. The war in Iraq costs us $238,425 per minute. Sarah Fucking Palin.

Ladies, Gentleman, the whole world pities us.

Factors in the Democrat’s favor this year: a disastrous economy, an unpopular war, an incumbent president with a 30% approval rating, far more money and better organization than the other side, a candidate who is charismatic, smart, accomplished and eloquent, an opponent who is old, out of touch, disliked by a large portion of his own party and a Washington insider when people want change.

Factors in the Republican’s favor this year: the Democratic candidate is black.

Result: the race is dead-even.

No matter who wins, you can learn a lot about America just by looking at where the race stands today.
-“ND¢” on Metafilter

This is what will happen if Obama and McCain score exactly the same states Kerry and Bush did in 2004. Look at that huge sea of red. (I hope you had a bucket ready.)

If McCain wins, what in the fuck are we going to do? I don’t know about you folks, but my entire damn life is in this fucked-up country. We all joked about moving to Canada the first and… and second time Bush won—this time, I wonder if it really would be in our own self-interest. Do you want your life’s wealth in a failing currency? Do you want your house, your land in a failing country? Really, Canada’s not far enough. Perhaps the scariest thing is that there isn’t a square foot on this planet outside America’s fetid grasp—I don’t think there’s such a thing as outrunning Uncle Sam’s shadow.

Everyone: pray for the debates. Successful debates. Pray that, against all evidence, a strong performance by Obama won’t somehow translate into more points for McCain.

Actually, you know what, pray for Barack Obama. Pray as hard as you fucking can. Is there anyone here who can even begin to imagine what it’s like to wake up as Obama, day after day, to have to get out of bed knowing that another dump truck of Republican bullshit is ready right outside your door—all because you dared try to give Americans a better government, a better life than what they actually deserve? The fact that Obama knows this and gets up anyway, gets up and walks outside and willingly faces an unimaginable nightmare for what he believes in—that’s the last thing that keeps me going.

How the Republicans Could Rule America Forever

Published
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Gary
on September 4, 2008
in Thoughts
. 4 Comments

I don’t think it would be too hard:

  • Split the country.
  • Cut funding to education. Republicans depend on an emotional, irrational, uninformed vote.
  • Be perpetually at war. Wars appease the Republican base, and are an excellent source of Veterans, the lifeblood of the Republican Party. An American can do nothing greater in life than wear a uniform and put bullets in foreigners for the ultimate material gain of the Republican ruling class.
  • Block immigration. Immigrants are a valuable Democratic constituency, and conversely dilute core Republican constituencies. The presence of immigrants spawns pesky compassion for the other
  • Promote cheap oil and thus suburban development. Cities are breeding grounds for liberals because it’s in cities that the benefit of compassion (social programs, mass transit, tolerance) becomes clear.
  • Lie. Lie and lie and lie until people doubt the truth. Make your messages simple and emotional, and repeat them until people don’t remember how they came to believe them.

    • If this sounds a bit Orwellian, that’s because it is. The rousing cheers Sarah Palin got tonight at the RNC made me want to vomit. It’s hard to believe that this was once Abraham Lincoln’s party.

    McCain & Dumbfuck Politics

    Published
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    Gary
    on August 15, 2008
    in Criticism
    . 3 Comments

    McCain’s ads demonstrate that it’s really not that hard to convince people of pretty much whatever the hell you want.

    His basic formula: take a fact, add his campaign message, and repeat it again and again. The truth of the former becomes associated with the subjectivity of the latter. Bingo, people believe both. Add in some good ol’ “he’s not like you, he’s different!”

    For example:
    Narrator: “Obama is a celebrity! Obama’s bad for America!”
    Dumbfuck American: “Well golly, that Obama sure is a celebrity… he must be bad for America! Imma goin’ vote me some McCain!”
    Gary: “No, Dumbfuck American, those two things have nothing to do with each other. Don’t you see, your sadly binary reptilian brain has once again made a false connection between ‘difference’ and ‘incompetence’!”
    Dumbfuck American: “But, he’s popular! That’s a fact and a fact is true! You liberals are destroying the country with your lies!”

    It’s the foundation of successful advertising, and a depressingly strong foundation it is.