You would think she is running for president, with all the media circus that erupted since her vice presidential nomination. Maybe it's driven by the (frightening) thought that "President Palin" is a legitimate possibility, due to McCain's age. Are you scared? You should be.
Now I don't generally endorse fear tactics in politics, since it tends to yield a pathetic and narrow-minded result. But I endorse common sense. And my common sense dictates that the McCain/Palin ticket is the stuff of nightmares.
The only difference between Sarah Palin and an 18th century man is a vagina.
Now, there are some feminists out there who support Palin because she is a woman who has infiltrated the "boy's club" and garnered herself some serious power. Are you serious? I'm not sure which is worse, a single-issue voter or a single-gender voter. I wonder, do those same so-called "feminists" think that a 13 year old girl who was raped should be forced to have that baby? Do those "feminists" think that the right to choose only should apply when you choose life?
Granted, the choice of Sarah Palin as VP is a work of evil genius. The amount of attention dedicated to her has totally revived McCain's otherwise somewhat lackluster campaign. Although some people are fascinated by her in an amusing sort of way, a frightening number seems to actually buy into all her - for lack of a more appropriate term - bullshit.
After eight years of Bush, I thought we as a country were as low as we could get. I may have thought wrong. It's like the American people asked God, "Can we as a country be a bigger joke?" Apparently the answer was "yes."
Some people love to laugh at her utter ridiculousness. Some people love her. And for what reason? It's beyond me, really.
She's. A. Fucking. Joke.
A funny joke, for a while, until you realize people take her seriously. Why not? Why not elect a vp with basically no foreign relation experience to repair our severly damaged world reputation? Why not get someone who doesn't believe in global warming and wants to drill in Alaska to lead us into a "greener" age. Fuck the polar bears! My state isn't melting! Why not give someone with a pregnant teenage daughter the power to destroy sex-ed in schools? Obviously all the money she poured into the abstinence-only programs worked wonders! Why not elect someone who ran her state into significant debt to fix the crumbling economy? Why not ease up on gun laws? There are only a few school shootings a week -- that's pretty good, right? Why not give someone who is interested in banning books the vice presidency of the United States? Our illiteracy rate isn't total shit!
Why not, you ask? Because the McCain/Palin ticket is the Bridge to Abso-fucking-lutely nowhere.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Science... MONDAY!
Hey everyone,
For anyone else who is the least bit curious about the universe (yes, the universe -- if you're not curious, you should be!) here is a brief update on the super-collider-thingamajiggy that's either going help us figure out the big bang and dark matter, or blow us all to oblivion. Okay, maybe "oblivion" is a little fatalistic...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/08/lhc.collider/index.html
For anyone else who is the least bit curious about the universe (yes, the universe -- if you're not curious, you should be!) here is a brief update on the super-collider-thingamajiggy that's either going help us figure out the big bang and dark matter, or blow us all to oblivion. Okay, maybe "oblivion" is a little fatalistic...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/08/lhc.collider/index.html
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