Barackalypse vs. Bushwhacked: half a dozen of one, 6 of the other…

I am soooo tired of the anti-Obama “jokes”; it’s over people so I think you should get over it, but if you insist then I too, am having a bit of a rant.

I don't believe that "But Bush did it too!" is a valid defense of anything. I do, however, believe that it's a perfectly valid response to people whose perception of reality is completely skewed.

Look, I get that you don't like taxes. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of them either; I think they’re too high, but I also think spending is too high. I understand that you oppose many of Obama's proposals. I don’t agree with everything the guy says either so I can empathize to a certain extent; however, I am baffled that you could go through the past 8 years completely care-free, not the least bit worried about the exorbitant deficit spending and obscene expansion of state power going on until now. I suppose that contrary to what I said in my last blog, color does matter. There are some people that only seem to care if there’s a boot squashing a face if it comes in blue instead of red.

So yes, Bush cut your taxes. He did, however, raise the taxes that your children (someone’s children) will pay. In general people claim to care about children, and I’d go so far as to say that given the pro-life stance of the people I am referring to (not that I think there’s anything wrong with that) I’d think you should care about children a lot. Surely you must oppose any policy that basically guarantees that your kids will pay massive taxes to some Chinese creditors, yes?

A tiny recap on the things you either missed while blinking or that simply didn’t faze you enough to even solicit a blink. The Bush administration:

- Borrowed an obscene amount of money to start a war that will bite us and future generations in the ass. (Please note that I retain the utmost respect for members of the armed forces and am grateful for their service).
- Borrowed vast sums for insane domestic security policies.
- Openly instituted a policy of torture, detention without trial and warrantless surveillance.
- Consolidated federal power over public schools.
- Instituted a massive and expensive program of free pills for the elderly.
- Borrowed another ridiculous sum to bail out Wall Street.
- Acquired equity stakes in various banks, basically nationalizing a key industry, the sort of thing that would cause you to pack your bags and move to Argentina if Obama did it.

None of that scared you in the least. You even voted repeatedly for the party doing these things.

You're only scared NOW? Really? Does anyone else recall the Chicken Littleing of Newt Gingrinch in the early 90s? His nonsense is one of the first things I can really remember from the contemporary political sector (admittedly, it was his name that drew my attention). The man said there would be soup kitchen lines, and then we had the longest peacetime economic expansion in our history.

Yes, I am hopeful for a better future, but I am also a bit cynical on it all so that should give you haters hope. I'm predicting that many of Obama's proposals will come to naught, and we'll basically get the status quo that didn't cause you to so much as bat an eyelash anyway.

Oh, except that the bill for this status quo might be paid by you instead of by future voters. The change I wanted never came to fruition either; that’s life.

*sigh* I feel better now. I was just getting so irritated that I had to rant a bit.

Idiocracy: Cinematic suggestion for all, especially the boy w/the AuH20esque profile name

So Saturday night I sat next to a pregnant girl drinking Mountain Dew like it was about to be discontinued but could grant an easier labor and delivery if she sucked down enough it before it was gone. She was so busy spewing forth racist "jokes" and completely asinine "political" commentary I am surprised she was able to get three big glasses down; nevertheless she did. Wait...did I just judge her based on her beverage consumption? Oh, not really; it's just that it's a little difficult for me not to question your intelligence if you are sucking down Mountain Dew well into your pregnancy while you make insulting remarks toward a specific race or the future president...sorry.

Anyone that knows me even a little bit can tell you that I have zero tolerance for derogatory remarks with regard to a person's race, ethnicity, cultural practices, sexual-orientation, religion, class, etc. I am not going to travel off on some long tangent to that effect as I already did that once here. I am not going to claim that I am superior and free of any presuppositions of people, but I like to think that I try to separate myself from them as much as possible. Admittedly, the first thing that came to mind as I listened to this girl blathering racist nonsense was, "Fantastic; she is reproducing...the future of America is going to look like that." I know it's terrible to think that way, and I hope that it doesn't happen.

Unlike Dew's claims that most black people are the same (her ideas: lazy and jobless), I am going to believe that not all people of whatever her classification is are destined to be the same. While I think it's extremely difficult for a child spoon-fed racism that is chased down with Kool-Aid (insert other sugary beverage...Mountain Dew?) to come out of the household unscathed, free from those bigot-ridden thought processes, I don't think it's impossible. I have hope in the school systems, in the other adults that racist's baby will encounter, in the majority of our society that the child will grow up to be a more loving and accepting individual than his/her parent(s).

Anyway, the whole thing reminded me of a movie that was fairly entertaining so I offer you a clip mash-up here and suggest checking it out. I didn't mention it at the time because I was trying to be nice and not imply that Dew was an idiot directly to her face. I am sure that aside from the racism and bigotry that she is a lovely person and an otherwise good mama.

I don't expect rainbows and unicorns and 100% peace and love in the world, but I do expect people with any sort of education to know that you can not assume things based solely on a person's race, ethnicity, blah, blah, blah.

Anyway, it is time for me to get to work. Here's hoping for a smarter tomorrow, not one reminiscent of a scene from Idiocracy.