Parents be warned…Your president wants your kids to succeed

Have you heard that Obama has the audacity to want to encourage kids to to take responsibility for their education, pay attention in class, and God forbid… follow their dreams! He’s got a lot of nerve and some concerned parents aren’t going to take this lying down. No way they’ll be letting their kids get exposed to that garbage!  If their kids get wind of his socialist “education is important” propaganda their kids might actually get motivated or learn something or  maybe even become  critical thinkers and then their chances of becoming paranoid right wing nuts would be severely reduced. That would be a real travesty!

I mean get a load of this speech! If even a few kids take this message to heart all heck just might break loose. Who wants a bunch of kids running around feeling personal responsibility? That’s not even the American way!

Concerned parents take heed…your president wants your kids to try hard and do their part to help solve the nations ills one day. Attitudes like that could shake the very foundations this nation was built on so do your part to protect them because your inaction on this could have real consequences.

 

Be warned ...these could be your kids!

President Barack Hussein Obama…say it with me

Say it with me America…. President Barack Hussein Obama….Say the whole thing. Get everyone used to hearing it. It’s okay. It’s time to erase the racist, (religionist, cultureist or whatever) connotation some republicans were trying to attach to our president elect’s middle name. That’s the name that his parents gave him and he should be proud of it. And we shouldn’t let them try to demean his name ever again. We should be proud to say that America finally managed to elect a president with a name that doesn’t sound like he was a descendent of slave owners.  (I was amazed as I looked through the list of all the past presidents at how many of them were named John, George, William or James*.) It feels good to know that now a name that is about as ethnic sounding as they come will be associated with one of the most prestigious positions in the entire world. Take that, Bill Platt, you racist bastard! So how did it feel on November 5th when you woke up and your presidents name was Barack Hussein Obama…..Ooooh it burns don’t it! Watch the video below. Then laugh in his racist face.

 

* I have nothing against these names. I was just making an observation. My own father and brother are named George, my grandfather, uncle and a younger cousin are named James

Introducing the 44th President of the United States!!!!

It’s official! I’m typing this through tears of joy. As a matter of fact I’m still too busy celebrating to really write a post. I just felt like I needed to say something to acknowledge this historic day. YES WE DID! YES WE DID!

Your 44th president elect

The Home Stretch

With only one week remaining before the next president of the United States is chosen I just want to ponder a few questions about the whole election process.

Why do politicians make specific promises while they’re on the campaign trail? It seems like the most honest approach a politician could take would be to tell the people “Look, I don’t know what the future holds, but I promise to do what I think I have to do to make things happen.” That’s about all anyone can promise to do without knowing what they will be faced with once they get the job. I’m waiting on the first candidate to take this approach. They will probably get my vote.

Why is the president still chosen by electoral college instead of popular vote? Has no one recognized the fundamental flaws of this system? It would be different if the populations of all states were more or less homogeneous. But people in large cities often have different ideals than people in small towns. The electoral college essentially discounts the value of votes cast by people in large metropolitan areas like Atlanta who might vote completely differently than the rest of the population of Georgia.

Why do they air so many stupid commercials? Are people really swayed one way or the other by these ads? All of them are biased toward the candidate who made the commercial so it seems like a television ad would be the worst place to get unbiased information to make an informed decision.
Can anyone answer these questions for me?

At any rate we’re in the home stretch of this thing…. thank goodness. And we won’t have to go through this thing for another 4 years. Hopefully a week from today I’ll be getting ready for the Obama victory party.

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On a completely unrelated note…I so wish I was at one of those Thriller dance gatherings that they did in recognition of the 25 year anniversary of the release of the Thriller video. That looked like so much fun!
Am I the only one who was terrified by that video when they were a kid though?

Sarah Palin scares me

I have been trying to stay off the Palin bashing bandwagon, but with the unrelenting coverage of the recent VP debate I can’t seem to get visions of this scary chick out of my head. So I’m writing this post as a form of therapy so hopefully I can sleep well tonight without anymore frightening visions of the American way being lost on a wink and a nod.

Could she be America's worst nightmare?

She’s got this mix of narrow mindedness, ignorance, power hungriness, and blind ambition, with a heaping scoop of religious fundamentalism thrown in to create the perfect recipe for a worst case scenario leader. Toss in her support for the NRA and warmonger spirit and we could be facing the end of the free world as we know it if she ever gets a chance to sit in the big chair.

The nasty comments that she recently made accusing Obama of “palling around with terrorists” were evidence that she will say anything regardless of how baseless the statements are if she thinks she can get a leg up. Fortunately I think most Americans are swift enough not to fall for her dirty fear mongering political tactics.

I know I shouldn’t be shocked by anything I see in this country anymore, but I did find it a little shocking that the people who were defending Palins performance in the debates were saying that she seemed like someone they would like to sit down and have a beer with. Since when does being a great drinking buddy qualify one for the position of second in command??? I can think of a lot of people I would drink with who I wouldn’t want running my home owners association let alone the country. And Lord help us if McCain and Palin get the white house because people think Palin is cute and energetic. They’re actually calling her performance a win because she didn’t totally screw it up. What??? When the qualifications for the vice presidency get dropped below the requirements to be Miss America I know that America is on a slippery sleigh ride into ruin.

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Exactly what is this look saying??

On a completely unrelated note…what the heck is this look about? I’ve been seeing guys (and some girls but the guys are the most confusing) wearing picnic blanket scarves around their necks. Is this a statement or something? I think I’m starting to be glad I’m getting out of touch with fashion.