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Sunday, January 6. 2008
Out of Touch
Here it is, the day after my birthday, and I’m wondering if I’ll survive the night and if I do, will the trouble be worth it? Haven’t been this sick in decades, a while anyway and at my age, with my health issues, getting sick like this can be deadly.
But I want to live, bottom line. On my MySpace page I received so many well wishes from so many wonderful friends, more than a few of them hotties, I’d like to get that kind of attention forever!
So, I’m drinking bicarbonate of soda and water. Haven’t eaten anything all day — must be doing wonders for my diet! — but that feeling in my stomach, we call it nausea, just lurks there daring me to have some chicken broth.
Ever have these Sci-fi type daydreams where you think your body is conspiring against you? The lower intestine gets together with the colon and voila! Yer shittin’ beverage every ten minutes for four hours. Then of course your sphincter gets enflamed and every dribble of intestinal fluid, which contains it’s own acids, sends your understanding of fear and pain into new dimensions of sensory perception.
I was reading Sabrina Fox’s blog. She’s a very special exhibitionist and revels in being tied up and … err … handled in ways I’ll not explore here! I’m thinking she doesn’t like this type of suffering either!
Just for pure licentiousness, Sabrina’s birthday comment on MySpace was the best of all!
So, despite the physical suffering this week, I did manage to make it to work (except for Saturday when my sphincter was spewing fluid every ten minutes) and watch the Iowa Caucuses. It was surprising to see Barack Obama walk away with the win so handily. Never doubted he could win, but not by such incredibly large numbers. My man Dennis Kucinich didn’t even get a bump on the log. That’s okay.
Senator Chris Dodd has pulled the plug on his campaign. Hard to say what Senator Joe Biden will do. Former senator John Edwards is pretty happy he came in second — a distant second — but he beat Senator Hillary Clinton.
The Clintons, the former president in particular, were visibly shaken by the loss. Not just coming in third, but so far behind Obama that recovering in New Hampshire will take Herculean effort on their part. The race in New Hampshire is a dead heat between Obama and Clinton.
The high point of the Iowa Caucuses for Hillary Clinton were the number of Democratic voters who showed up Thursday in sub-freezing weather, pretty much to beat her, as opposed to the Republican voters who barely showed up. Must agree with New York’s junior senator, that’s a good sign for the Democratic Party.
Here’s what bothers me about the media coverage of Senator Obama’s win in Iowa. That state, where my mother was born, has an African-American population of about 3%. One of the whitest states in the union. Obama wins overwhelmingly and so the big question being bantered around by the political pundits is: Is the American voting populace colorblind? It’s been my opinion the majority of Democratic voters anyway, have been colorblind for decades. The strong showing of the Reverend Jesse Jackson in the 1980’s was the big indicator there. That pretty much made him a player in the Democratic party, a leader with some political muscle.
The problem isn’t with the Democratic voters, it’s with the leadership of the party that has, since 1984, chosen expediency (they call it elect-ability) over substance.
How many times have we seen Shirley Chisholm or Maxine Waters as
potential nominees for the Democratic ticket? But the powers that be wanted to quash that notion lest they put up candidates who aren’t “electable.” So, we get the very “electable” Senator Walter Mondale in 1984 and former Massachusetts governor … geez, what is his name? … 1988 … the forgettable Michael Dukakis.
The leadership of the Democratic Party has no clue what “electable” means. The party got lucky in 1992 when goofy maverick Ross Perot split the Republican Party with his independent campaign. Turn around is fairplay; in 2000 consumer advocate Ralph Nader split the Democratic Party and despite getting more votes than G.W. Bush, Al Gore, Jr. lost the race. Well, he didn’t “lose” it as much as have it taken away by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The leadership of the Democratic Party has been toothless for so long, ever since Reagan won in 1980, we get candidates like Dukakis and Mondale, most recently senator John Kerry. When the Democrats finally, sparingly, won control of Congress in 2006, it wasn’t so much because of the party’s efforts, but more because of Republican scandals. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hardly the firebrand the Republicans make, or try to make, her out to be. She quashed the impeachment efforts long before the Democratic Majority was sworn in. Call me cynical, but I’m guessing that was a condition of her ascendancy to the top seat in the House of Representatives.
“We don’t have enough votes to override a veto!” STFU! Do what your constituency expected when they voted you into control of Congress.
On the other hand, the Republican voters in Iowa chose as their candidate a man who doesn’t believe evolution is real. Here’s an opportunity to pound home the fact the front runner in the Republican Party is very out of touch with the vast majority of voters; out of touch with reality. But, the Democratic leadership is such a bunch of pussies, they’ll ignore it, afraid of offending the religious voters out there.
Well, to Hell with them! They aren’t voting for Barack Obama anyway, his name sounds so … Muslim. They won’t vote for Hillary Clinton either, my god, she’s a Clinton and the rumors are she’s been a murderous lesbian since her husband of convenience first entered politics. Wish I was making this up, but you’ve visited the wacko websites that want us to believe Bill and Hillary have murdered dozens of people in their nearly 30 year political career. And she went to that woman’s college, so she must be a lesbo!
The irony is, the Republicans will have no problem using Obama’s name against him, will have no problem planting disparaging stories about Hillary Clinton based on the Internet fantasies about her sexual orientation and alleged murderous past; just as they did to John Kerry in 2004 with the Swift Boat Veterans for Extensive Lying.
The Democrats, on the other hand, won’t jump on a verifiable fact: Mike Huckabee is so out of touch with reality; publicly stated it in a debate, he’d rather your kids be taught mythology as science in public schools. But the Dems won’t because they don’t want to offend the “values” voters, the religious nuts.
Hard to see them winning the White House in November, regardless of who the Republicans choose as their candidate in the general election, with that attitude. Step up to the plate, point out their flaws. Reclaim the American electorate.
Now, I gotta go evacuate my bowels again. Life is grand!
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This is my last post for a while. I’ll be offline for a bit. Housing change.
But I want to live, bottom line. On my MySpace page I received so many well wishes from so many wonderful friends, more than a few of them hotties, I’d like to get that kind of attention forever!
So, I’m drinking bicarbonate of soda and water. Haven’t eaten anything all day — must be doing wonders for my diet! — but that feeling in my stomach, we call it nausea, just lurks there daring me to have some chicken broth.
Ever have these Sci-fi type daydreams where you think your body is conspiring against you? The lower intestine gets together with the colon and voila! Yer shittin’ beverage every ten minutes for four hours. Then of course your sphincter gets enflamed and every dribble of intestinal fluid, which contains it’s own acids, sends your understanding of fear and pain into new dimensions of sensory perception.
I was reading Sabrina Fox’s blog. She’s a very special exhibitionist and revels in being tied up and … err … handled in ways I’ll not explore here! I’m thinking she doesn’t like this type of suffering either! Just for pure licentiousness, Sabrina’s birthday comment on MySpace was the best of all!
So, despite the physical suffering this week, I did manage to make it to work (except for Saturday when my sphincter was spewing fluid every ten minutes) and watch the Iowa Caucuses. It was surprising to see Barack Obama walk away with the win so handily. Never doubted he could win, but not by such incredibly large numbers. My man Dennis Kucinich didn’t even get a bump on the log. That’s okay.
Senator Chris Dodd has pulled the plug on his campaign. Hard to say what Senator Joe Biden will do. Former senator John Edwards is pretty happy he came in second — a distant second — but he beat Senator Hillary Clinton.
The Clintons, the former president in particular, were visibly shaken by the loss. Not just coming in third, but so far behind Obama that recovering in New Hampshire will take Herculean effort on their part. The race in New Hampshire is a dead heat between Obama and Clinton.
The high point of the Iowa Caucuses for Hillary Clinton were the number of Democratic voters who showed up Thursday in sub-freezing weather, pretty much to beat her, as opposed to the Republican voters who barely showed up. Must agree with New York’s junior senator, that’s a good sign for the Democratic Party.
Here’s what bothers me about the media coverage of Senator Obama’s win in Iowa. That state, where my mother was born, has an African-American population of about 3%. One of the whitest states in the union. Obama wins overwhelmingly and so the big question being bantered around by the political pundits is: Is the American voting populace colorblind? It’s been my opinion the majority of Democratic voters anyway, have been colorblind for decades. The strong showing of the Reverend Jesse Jackson in the 1980’s was the big indicator there. That pretty much made him a player in the Democratic party, a leader with some political muscle.The problem isn’t with the Democratic voters, it’s with the leadership of the party that has, since 1984, chosen expediency (they call it elect-ability) over substance.
How many times have we seen Shirley Chisholm or Maxine Waters as
potential nominees for the Democratic ticket? But the powers that be wanted to quash that notion lest they put up candidates who aren’t “electable.” So, we get the very “electable” Senator Walter Mondale in 1984 and former Massachusetts governor … geez, what is his name? … 1988 … the forgettable Michael Dukakis.
The leadership of the Democratic Party has no clue what “electable” means. The party got lucky in 1992 when goofy maverick Ross Perot split the Republican Party with his independent campaign. Turn around is fairplay; in 2000 consumer advocate Ralph Nader split the Democratic Party and despite getting more votes than G.W. Bush, Al Gore, Jr. lost the race. Well, he didn’t “lose” it as much as have it taken away by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The leadership of the Democratic Party has been toothless for so long, ever since Reagan won in 1980, we get candidates like Dukakis and Mondale, most recently senator John Kerry. When the Democrats finally, sparingly, won control of Congress in 2006, it wasn’t so much because of the party’s efforts, but more because of Republican scandals. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hardly the firebrand the Republicans make, or try to make, her out to be. She quashed the impeachment efforts long before the Democratic Majority was sworn in. Call me cynical, but I’m guessing that was a condition of her ascendancy to the top seat in the House of Representatives.
“We don’t have enough votes to override a veto!” STFU! Do what your constituency expected when they voted you into control of Congress.
On the other hand, the Republican voters in Iowa chose as their candidate a man who doesn’t believe evolution is real. Here’s an opportunity to pound home the fact the front runner in the Republican Party is very out of touch with the vast majority of voters; out of touch with reality. But, the Democratic leadership is such a bunch of pussies, they’ll ignore it, afraid of offending the religious voters out there.Well, to Hell with them! They aren’t voting for Barack Obama anyway, his name sounds so … Muslim. They won’t vote for Hillary Clinton either, my god, she’s a Clinton and the rumors are she’s been a murderous lesbian since her husband of convenience first entered politics. Wish I was making this up, but you’ve visited the wacko websites that want us to believe Bill and Hillary have murdered dozens of people in their nearly 30 year political career. And she went to that woman’s college, so she must be a lesbo!
The irony is, the Republicans will have no problem using Obama’s name against him, will have no problem planting disparaging stories about Hillary Clinton based on the Internet fantasies about her sexual orientation and alleged murderous past; just as they did to John Kerry in 2004 with the Swift Boat Veterans for Extensive Lying.
The Democrats, on the other hand, won’t jump on a verifiable fact: Mike Huckabee is so out of touch with reality; publicly stated it in a debate, he’d rather your kids be taught mythology as science in public schools. But the Dems won’t because they don’t want to offend the “values” voters, the religious nuts.
Hard to see them winning the White House in November, regardless of who the Republicans choose as their candidate in the general election, with that attitude. Step up to the plate, point out their flaws. Reclaim the American electorate.
Now, I gotta go evacuate my bowels again. Life is grand!
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This is my last post for a while. I’ll be offline for a bit. Housing change.
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