Responses to various posts

Ok well I'm glad you are all with me. It is greatly appreciated. I'm gonna post a new blog soon.
In the meantime let me get back to some of you out there:

Trees, Fine you win. My next blog will be about my community work. But I'm really upset that you are making me take a break from pontificating about the election and the financial crisis.

Annonymous you wrote:

"It is not important to consider the alternative, however little the difference may seem? What I mean is, by casting a vote FOR someone, you may, in effect, cast one AGAINST another."

I will answer your question while also responding to the famous TGT who said sarcastically:

"But, yeah, Obama and McCain are like totally the same."

First of all I'm not actually condemning the act of voting just as I don't think people should condemn the act of not-voting. I don't believe that walking into a booth and voting accomplishes a whole lot but I don't think walking into a booth does much damage. The next step for most that follow this line of logic is "well why not vote?" I get it. I just don't subscribe to it for the most part.

I'm not condemning voting, I'm condemning the corporate capitalist, two party power structure and there bullshit elections. I believe that voting for a democrat today is voting for a republican tomorrow. I think people miss is a key piece of what the candidates are saying. If you don't vote for me, vote for the other guy. The republicans and democrats rule the United States of America with a partnership. Meaning they run the country together. Neither party ever challenges that basic principle. Sure Republicans and Democrats probably hope that they win every seat in congress and completely take over the government but they realize in reality that they will always share power. And that works for them. So what I'm saying is, if you vote for Jimmy Carter in 1976 you are also voting for Ronald Reagan in 1980. And if you vote for GW Bush in 2000 than you are also voting for Barack Obama in 2008. People often say imagine where we'd be if Gore had won the election in 2000. It actually isn't that hard to figure out. Al Gore would have been crucified by the republican congress and Fox type media. He would have lost to John McCain who would have run as a moderate and his VP wouldn't be Sarah Palin. I know it's conjecture but not really. This stuff is pretty easy to see. Barack Obama would not have become famous so quickly because the democratic convention in 2004 would have been focused on Al Gore and how awesome he was. (and for the record anything cool that Gore has ever done, didn't happen while he was vice-president and wouldn't have happened during his presidency.) After McCain's victory and four years of BS. The democrats wouldn't have looked to Barack Obama as they would need someone with experience to unseat President McCain, and that person would have been Hillary Clinton. And so now we'd have Hillary versus McCain.

Shortly after the re-election of GW Bush in 2004 I was listening to Rush Limbaugh courtesy of my father-in-law. And he warned his listeners that there will once again be a democrat in office. It's about to happen and guess what, I feel very confident in saying that there will once again be a Republican president. The reason is simple neither candidate challenges the other parties right to be plan B. And they will never change that basic dichotomy because works it for them...

Financial Crisis, Sarah Palin, and all that.

Last time I talked to you all, I took some time out of my day to fix the financial crisis.  I know, you don't have to say it.  It was a deep, well thought out, and clearly formulated plan.  What can I say, I'm a detail oriented person.

If you would like to have a clearer picture of my feelings about the crisis go here:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/25-3

Basically what I'm saying is: "Yeah that's right... what she said."

No seriously read the article, it's written by the amazing Naomi Jaffe.  If you don't know who she is, do us all a favor and find out.  

Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin...

Let me count the ways in which you get on my nerves.  First of all you're making me look bad.  Don't you realize that one of my primary goals in life is to make liberals see that the Democrats and Republicans are all just part of one big party, that only serve the wealthy.  I'm still right, but damn Sarah you make it hard.  I mean wow.  Seriously wow. You basically are the New York times reading, latte drinking nightmare.  And yes I have been known to both read the New York Times and drink a latte simultaneously, but I'm not talking about me.  You know who I'm talking about. Sarah what is the deal? Huh?  My mom was a radical feminist that just so happened to come from the same place as you.  No she wasn't born in Sandpoint, Idaho, she was born in North Dakota and raised in Montana.  You know places where people hunt moose and stuff like that.  And just like you she was one tough cookie.  But I feel very confident in saying this: She would have despised you.  Yeah it's true.  She's the one that taught me that republicans and democrats are just one big party.  But I also feel confident in saying that she would have run to the polls to vote against you.  No I mean run, the only thing that would have happened first is she would have lit up a cigarette and grabbed a cup of coffee, and then she would have ran, no I mean sprinted.  My mom didn't run very often.  So what does all this mean Sarah?  No it doesn't mean I'm voting for Obama.  It just means I wish you would act a little more like a standard politician.  Say things like Gay people aren't sooo bad, and no I'm Tolerant of Gay people doesn't quite cut it, although I recognize that you were trying.  Just throw in a few lines about how you love everybody.  That way I can highlight how Joe Biden is a complet racist, gun carrying psycopath, and not seem like I'm missing something. Like you know the woman that might blow up the world because Jesus told her to do it.  

And also Sarah, this business about palling around with terrorists.  I just want you to know that last night my girlfriend made an amazing point.  Obama is palling around with terrorists because he served on a board of a charitable organization with a former member of the Weather Underground.  She said "doesn't that sound familiar?"  Hmmm "Yeah I guess it does".  Sarah I have a confession, my girlfriend and I serve on the board of charitable organization with a former member of the Weather Underground.  I'm telling you this in confidence, so I better not see you at some press conference talking about me palling around with terrorists.  Because if you do, I will say what Obama will never say.

The Weather Underground was NOT a terrorist organization.  They were a revolutionary organization, far from perfect, but revolutionary nonetheless.  And it was politicians like you, Sarah, that made them necessary.

PEACE!