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Last election rage, I swear to Someone.
Nov. 5th, 2004 06:17 pmKnow what's really starting to piss me off?
People who read posts about Bush being an asshat and his supporters being idiots and reply with something like, "Hey now! I voted for Bush, and I'm not like that! No, I'm pro-gay rights, pro-choice, and anti-war. I voted for Bush because..."
And then they state their reasons, which more or less boil down to:
1. Kerry is indecisive.
2. Kerry is a smug, self-important bastard.
3. Kerry wants to take my guns away.
To which I reply:
1. And Bush's particular brand of decisive is better how?
2. Sure, Kerry might be a bit of an asshole. Hell, even some of his supporters thought so. But- this is the important bit, so listen very very carefully- he's not fucking stupid. Ever hear Kerry say "It's obviously a budget, it's got a lot of numbers in it"? No? How about "Sometimes, when I lie in bed, I think of Hop On Pop"? Or "misunderestimated"?
3. Yes. Because your gun's right to stay in your hand is far, far more important than a queer's right to marry and have children, a woman's right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy, or a middle easterner's right to not have their fucking head blown off.
And you people who voted because of what your Tarot cards said, just... just don't ever reproduce, okay?
Michael Moore tells us why we shouldn't slit our wrists.
( In other news, Kristin Kreuk is a babe. )
Apparently I'm doing better in ACS than I'd thought, averaging a 92. Next term, thank every and any god there be, all the group work will be over and we'll be into the interesting stuff. Slavery, the civil rights movement, stuff like that. I still think I'm the only white person in that classroom who understands- and acknowledges the existence of- white privilege. Maybe because I hang around too many bohemians. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, PEOPLE!!!!
Which reminds me. The other day there was this song on the radio, some godawful poppy oldies crap, which had a bit in the chorus that went: "If there's a question/Love is the answer!"
So of course I started thinking about that.
"What's the square root of five?"
"Love!"
"Who shot Tupac, and why haven't they been caught?"
"Love! Come on, can't you ask a harder question than that?"
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"LOVE, PEOPLE, LOVE! ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE! LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE!"
"Waitaminute. Are you coming on to me?"
"... Love?"
"Creepy bastard."
Froggy and James-the-tenner-from-the-GSA are all snuggly and cute. Am suffering from Lonely Single Syndrome, which is weird because I just got over Unhappy Significant Other Syndrome. Damn Syndromes.
"My GRAMMA says it's okay to like BOYS!"
Man I wish my grandmothers were like that. Alas, even the cool one who got excommunicated and was once thrown out of a bar for refusing to sing God Save The Queen is a tad homophobic, and the other one... er... is the kind of person who has many many ugly statues of the Virgin and cooks people salmon for breakfast. So sad.
People who read posts about Bush being an asshat and his supporters being idiots and reply with something like, "Hey now! I voted for Bush, and I'm not like that! No, I'm pro-gay rights, pro-choice, and anti-war. I voted for Bush because..."
And then they state their reasons, which more or less boil down to:
1. Kerry is indecisive.
2. Kerry is a smug, self-important bastard.
3. Kerry wants to take my guns away.
To which I reply:
1. And Bush's particular brand of decisive is better how?
2. Sure, Kerry might be a bit of an asshole. Hell, even some of his supporters thought so. But- this is the important bit, so listen very very carefully- he's not fucking stupid. Ever hear Kerry say "It's obviously a budget, it's got a lot of numbers in it"? No? How about "Sometimes, when I lie in bed, I think of Hop On Pop"? Or "misunderestimated"?
3. Yes. Because your gun's right to stay in your hand is far, far more important than a queer's right to marry and have children, a woman's right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy, or a middle easterner's right to not have their fucking head blown off.
And you people who voted because of what your Tarot cards said, just... just don't ever reproduce, okay?
Michael Moore tells us why we shouldn't slit our wrists.
( In other news, Kristin Kreuk is a babe. )
Apparently I'm doing better in ACS than I'd thought, averaging a 92. Next term, thank every and any god there be, all the group work will be over and we'll be into the interesting stuff. Slavery, the civil rights movement, stuff like that. I still think I'm the only white person in that classroom who understands- and acknowledges the existence of- white privilege. Maybe because I hang around too many bohemians. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, PEOPLE!!!!
Which reminds me. The other day there was this song on the radio, some godawful poppy oldies crap, which had a bit in the chorus that went: "If there's a question/Love is the answer!"
So of course I started thinking about that.
"What's the square root of five?"
"Love!"
"Who shot Tupac, and why haven't they been caught?"
"Love! Come on, can't you ask a harder question than that?"
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"LOVE, PEOPLE, LOVE! ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE! LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE!"
"Waitaminute. Are you coming on to me?"
"... Love?"
"Creepy bastard."
Froggy and James-the-tenner-from-the-GSA are all snuggly and cute. Am suffering from Lonely Single Syndrome, which is weird because I just got over Unhappy Significant Other Syndrome. Damn Syndromes.
"My GRAMMA says it's okay to like BOYS!"
Man I wish my grandmothers were like that. Alas, even the cool one who got excommunicated and was once thrown out of a bar for refusing to sing God Save The Queen is a tad homophobic, and the other one... er... is the kind of person who has many many ugly statues of the Virgin and cooks people salmon for breakfast. So sad.