| I've reached the point where I no longer care what anybody thinks about how 'sensitive' or 'politically correct' I am. I know that most of my entries here over the years have been roughly as tactful as the pictures of Britney Spears' twat, but I've always tried to be at least halfway nice to people who happen to disagree with me. Recently, more often than not, I've tried to become more moderate and see both sides of the issue impartially. But I'm done with that shit. The Democratic Party is, collectively, the most inept group of politicians ever assembled. That would make most the sheep of the Democratic Party eligible for most Special Olympics events, because who the hell could get hypnotized by a bunch of shmucks who don't even stand for anything? Nevertheless, I begrudgingly continued supporting them through this election because they were, at the time, the only alternative to those who threw us into the foreign policy shithole in which we currently reside. None of the morons who ran with a (D) behind their names had to do or say anything before November; they were elected solely because they stood on the other side of the President when it came to the war in Iraq. That's it. Look at Bob Casey, for example: Gilbert Grape could've mopped the floor with that guy in terms of personality. He's in office because A) Rick Santorum is an idiot, and B) He took a position against the war. So, in turn, this whole 'First 100 Hours' thing is bullshit. I'll admit the minimum wage thing is a nice gesture -- it's been a decade since it was raised, for the love of Christ -- but it's not going to make Joe Schmoe working paycheck-to-paycheck want to work any more or any less. You want to improve America in 100 hours? Reform welfare and give some real incentive for Joe Schmoe to get off his ass and contribute to the economy, as well as his own shitty life. $2 more per hour isn't going to motivate you. And ethics reform? You've got Harry Reid running your operation in the Senate, and he's got ties to dirty money all over the place. Jack Murtha, the 'lead Democrat' opposing the war, is on tape saying he didn't want a bribe, but he would 'think about it for later.' And the party refuses to take a stand against William Jefferson, who had $90,000 in lobbyist money hidden in the fucking freezer in his office. Who are they kidding? New ethics rules just gives people more incentive to find ways to get around them. All of this, however, I wouldn't really shit or sneeze at if the party would do something about the war. Over 60% of the population is consistently polled as being against continuing this war. The only reason any of these assholes got elected is because of the war. To tell you the truth, the Democrats should count their lucky stars Bush is such a stubborn SOB that he's refused to get out of this mess sooner, because if he'd come to his senses and realized we don't stand a fucking chance to end a 1,000 year conflict in a matter of months, the GOP would have a complete stronghold on every branch of government. Again. For once, the Democrats not standing for anything actually helped them! So what are they going to do about it? Nothing. They're going to throw this 100 hours thing in our faces like it was some big fucking accomplishment, and instead of doing what they were elected to do -- get us out of this conflict, or at least take steps towards doing so -- they're going to let the President do whatever he wants -- again -- and continue to fund the war. Oh, they'll talk a good game about how they're against the troops surge, against the war in general...but will one of them take a stand politically and vote against pouring more money into this failure? It doesn't sound like it. They're already making excuses. Pelosi said something the other day that was the equivalent of, "The President is trying to rush this through because he knows we're not going to vote against its funding." Hey you dumb bitch, how is that his fault? He knows that none of you actually give a damn about the will of the people, so he's going to put your backs against the wall and hope you don't actually grow a conscience. And what do you know? Nobody will. So far, Hillary Clinton -- voting for funding. Joseph Biden? Voting for the funding. Actually, anybody who is anything in the Democratic Party (and that list is incredibly short) in congress has shouted at the wind for four years now about the war, but still refuses to vote against funding it. It's the equivalent of telling Jack the Ripper that you 'strongly disapprove' of him tearing somebody's intestines, and then handing him a steak knife: in other words, enabling this war is just as bad as initiating it. Even Barack Obama is talking like he's going to vote for the funding. This is a guy that I came really close to writing an entry about because he's about the only thing left in politics that's remotely inspiring -- not only that, but I would dedicate my life to helping the first black President get elected, even if it meant it would end in disappointment (which it probably would). If he votes for funding this war after speaking out against it since its inception in 2003, in the words of Stephen Colbert, he's dead to me. In his book he speaks about a 'new kind of politics:' that should include not being a pussy and standing up for the people who elected you. I could go on and on about why this war is a disaster, but frankly, I don't think it's even worth discussion anymore. I have no time anybody who supports it; if you still support it, you're an imperialist prick with a Chicken-Little complex about terrorism. That's where I stand on it. If people really do still read this site and want to disagree, feel free, but the days are gone when I'd spend two seconds trying to refute your bullshit. The entire conservative agenda in this country no longer angers me -- I find myself laughing more than anything. I watch Fox News and laugh...then I turn on Hannity's radio show and I laugh some more. It's all hilarious to me; you guys are so cute. But what's finally allowed me to reach my wits end is the realization that there's nowhere to turn in a democracy anymore. And I don't just mean this democracy -- I mean democracy in general. When you give people the power to effectively decide the policy direction of the most powerful nation in the world, bad shit is going to eventually happen. Plato once said he didn't like Democracy because it "leads to rule by the stupid, who while they may have fine rhetorical skills, have no true knowledge." I'm starting to think he had the right idea. Look at some of the jackasses who try out for American Idol: those people have the same power in this country that you do. Paris Hilton has the same amount of say in this country as you do; and look where it's gotten us. This country is fucked if we don't change something fast. I'm not recommending any sort of revolution (not yet, at least), but someone has to do something. The Democrats aren't going to do anything about it because they're dickless, and the Republicans are never going to change; for instance, Dick Cheney said, in regards to the election, 'polls change everyday.' Essentially, the neo-conservative agenda is 'Fuck what everybody else thinks, we're going to do what we want to do anyway.' And the so-called 'liberals' in congress are just going to let them do it because they're too afraid to lose their power. If the last few years have proven anything, it's that stupidity rules this country. It took the voters' stupidity to get us in this mess, and anybody who thinks that anybody currently in power is interested in doing about it, they're just as mentally incompetent. I'm so sick of people that sometimes I think there should be some sort of secret police established to beat the stupidity out of them. For instance: the environment is one of the most important issues in our world today, I don't care if you're liberal or conservative. Global warming is a fact, and if we keep disregarding its repercussions, we're all fucked. So why do people continue to drive SUVs, refuse to recycle, and litter and shit? Most of these people don't care that they're effectively contributing to the demise of the planet, so I think we should have some sort of 'Green Police' (headed, of course, by Al Gore) that will pull a Rodney King on anybody that drops their Big Mac wrapped on the ground in public. Bingo: no more littering. Some people might find that extreme: but what do you do to a dog if it pisses on the carpet? You either send it outside or smack the hell out of it with a newspaper. Problem solved: no more piss on the carpet. At this point, I no longer think the people in this country deserve a distinction higher than dogs, especially the jackasses who drive SUVs. I have a friend whose desire is to run for public office someday. He's about as sick of this shit as I am; in fact, he's all but ruled out running because he knows that if he were to run, he'd be sucked into the system and be at the whim of all of you morons. I told him that the sad thing is, he can't make a difference by just standing in the middle of the street and yelling at people about how stupid they are; in order to make any kind of a difference, even a tiny one, you have to sell out to the system. You have to play the game if you want any kind of influence in the direction of this country; if not, you're just another person shouting at the wind. Maybe my friend and I are foolish for simply shouting at the wind (which this post effectively is doing), but at least I'm not going to waste the rest of my life pretending that I can make a difference in this fucking country. I love the concept of America to death, and if Barack Obama somehow comes to his senses and doesn't sell out, I'd still be willing to dedicate my life towards getting him elected. Otherwise, the 2 people who read this are just going to have to deal with me bitching for the next few years. There was really no point to this post. Fuck you. |
