Yes We Can

And Yes We Did.

I have to say, I found both Senator McCain's concession speech and President-Elect Obama's acceptance speech both very touching.
I think McCain seemed more like the McCain that many Republicans said they felt was missing throughout his campaign. I think if he had been as eloquent, kind and insightful throughout his campaign, things might have turned out differently for him. I am saddened by the behavior of his supporters at his gathering however, as I think it showed a tremendous amount of disrespect for Senator McCain that his speech was marred with boos and angry words at the mention of Barack Obama, and I think you could tell it was irritating and saddening McCain that his supporters were setting a bad example for his party.

Obama's speech was very touching, and seemed to have a bit of a somber note. Whether that was from the realization that he is now in charge of grabbing the wheel of this nation as it sloppily hugs a proverbial cliff in many regards, or because of dealing with the loss of his grandmother before she saw this momentous occasion I'm not sure, but it was a very well prepared speech. I think he conveyed a sense of community by saying this was our win, this was our nation.
In contrast to McCain's supporters, the attendees at the Obama celebration conveyed a sense of respect for McCain and his campaign when they were mentioned during his speech.

At the end of the day, I was proud to have both participated in and witnessed a truly historic day for our great nation.

Brainwashed Idiots: Confirmed

I have confirmed evidence that Republicans (at least the vocal online type) are idiots.
In an attempt to get many viewpoints, I regularly visit news organization's websites whether it's CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC. It's no secret that Fox points so far right they couldn't look left to save their lives, and I regularly look at their article's comment sections.
One particularly funny manufactured Anti-Obama article today was talking about how Obama asked 3 reporters who's newspapers endorsed McCain to not fly on his campaign jet anymore. The article does accurately state that it's because of additional staff needing room on the plane.

Now, here is the typical Republican commenter's post (excluding the racist comments or the ones calling him a terrorist)

Comment by steve mieczkowski October 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pm

Just another instance of the Thug Obama camp flexing thier muscles. WAKE UP AMERICA, this is what we have to look forward to if The Chosen One wins.

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Comment by Zeke October 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pm

Obama is obviously a tyrant in the making and this is just the start of it. This man can not be the next President of the US. If he can censor the media what do you think is next?

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Comment by Tasha October 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pm

ABSOLUTELY!! 100%!! A clear vision of what is to come if this “LIAR” is elected as our president. He will ban everything and ANYTHING that does not support his corrupt idealisms. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

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Okay, so you get the idea. Multiply these comments by 500, pepper in racism, cries of communism, socialism, terrorism and religious intolerance and you pretty much get a sense of what the comments section on that article looks like.

This had me laughing my ass off. Why, you may ask?

It appears that none of the turd fergusons even bothered to read the article.

Being Fox biased, the title of the article was an Obama attack, as was most of the content, then at the end of the article, the last 2 sentences also say that John McCain has done the same thing to reporters on his plane in the past few days.

Oops! Silly Republicans. Were you saying those things about Obama, or McCain? Care to change your point? Care to clarify?

Fight | Unite

I've been listening to both Barack Obama and John McCain's speeches today, and here is a brief summary of both.

McCain:
"Fight! I'm a fighter! Lets fight! I'll fight for you! I'll fight you! Maverick! Fighting Mavericky Maverick! FIGHT FIGHT!"

Obama:
"Unite! Unite! There is no blue or red America. There is one America! Unity! Lets be as one! Unite!"

I have to say I like Obama's 'closing argument' speech more than McCains. His seems a bit... divisive.

An Honest Question

Let me start off by telling you about what I did this evening, because this question requires a bit of back story. I went to my parents to visit while my sisters Kristy and Kelly were there this weekend.
My sister Kristy and I went outside to look at my paint job on my car, since she didn't get to see the finished result when it was being painted (by her husbands body shop) since they left for vacation at the time. Upon seeing my Obama bumper sticker, she told me:

"I cant believe you have that man's bumper sticker on your car. I ought to rip that off."

Okay, now I was intrigued. I asked why she felt that way, and the answer floored me.
Apparently, her church regularly preaches to them that Obama is a Muslim terrorist, and the Antichrist. He's plotting to destroy America from the inside, planted by the Muslim extremists.
Yes, you heard me right. This is being preached by a church.

This raises a couple questions for me.
Number one, why on earth is this church taking it upon themselves to be spreading this kind of misinformation and slander?
The real question I want to ask I'll get to in a moment.
Needless to say, I tried my damnedest to convince her that the church was spreading propaganda, but I don't know how much damage I was able to undo.
Through this conversation, we eventually landed on my argument that even if Obama were a Muslim, what difference would that make. I made the point that America is made up of Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics and a whole colorful rainbow of creeds. What would be the problem with a little Muslim boy or girl who lives in the Unitest States wishing to grow up to be President someday?
The answer I got really made something in my head kind of click, and I can't really explain how it made me feel.

Because they would believe in a different god than her god, and that would be wrong.

Myself not being a person of religion, I don't know the answer to this, and I know most anyone who is reading this who knows me is not a person of any strong religious ties either, so I ask this in the hope that maybe some anonymous reader who is could answer it for me.

Does being loyal to a certain religion in this day and age make you intolerant of other religions?

I really want to know. Myself being agnostic I understand that there are many deities worshiped by many different groups, and thats okay. What I really do want to understand though is if being religious and dedicated to one group makes you see others as 'wrong', or if this is simply another product of the apparent radical approach that my sisters church takes in 'teaching' their congregation?

Why Do Republicans Think Every One Is Out To Get Them?

In other words, why are they such whiny little bitches? Such professional victims?

Heres some of the things I've read about recently:

Republicans are outraged at the joke from this weekend's Family Guy where Stewie was wearing a Nazi uniform and a McCain pin. The matter is amplified by the fact that it was their 'only fair and balanced news' Fox's network show.

John McCain is outraged that Barack Obama has raised over 600 million in private financing because he says that much money (which Obama earned fair and square after rejecting public financing which McCain took) will inevitably lead to corruption.

The Liberal Elite Media (CNN, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC... everything but Fox News) is out to get them, and they're outraged. They are 'in the tank' for Obama and it's part of a giant conspiracy to elect Obama.

Colin Powell has been transformed from a respected retired official to a 'pathetic worthless horrible man who's only backing Obama because they're both black'.

The entertainment industry is out to get Republicans by all banding behind Barack Obama for some kind of large conspiracy.

Theres way more, but It's all getting mixed up in my head into a giant right wing hairball.

I hope they know they are making themselves look like gigantic crying babies. Ugly babies, too.

If you're ever bored, head on over to foxnews.com and read the comments on one of the several sure-to-be-there anti-Obama headlines. The conspiracy theories and whining is great for a chuckle. ;)

Check out this gem of a comment from "nosocialist" on the article about Obama's record campaign fund raising.

"Obama supporters please take off your blinders and see that we're not upset about the amount of money he raised. Surprised? Yes. The fact is that we know most of Obama's supporters are lower income, lower education level because they're voting for the handouts which leads us to believe that the money is coming from shady sources. That's all. Show us the list of donors is all we're asking. Feel free to keep sending in your $150 dollars, it's your welfare check to spend as you see fit."

Here's another goodie in the same article that has nothing to do with the content of the article, but is just spewing made up crack induced frothing. This one is from 'sausage30a'

Obama’s October Surprise: He is a citizen of Indonesia, and of the Islam Religion. At 10yrs of age, he went to Hawaii, and became a naturalized citizen, and was able to get a US Passport. He was registered under the name of Barry Sotero-Indonesian-Islam Religion/Date of Birth 1961. He attended primary school in Indonesia. One has to be a native born US citizen in order to be president. That’s why Arnold cannot run for President either. Why is the State Dept. not investigating this? Our community will not vote until Obama can produce his authenticated Birth Certificate with a raised seal on it. You can run for the Senate/Congress but not President. He needs to show us who he really is. This might be the “straw that broke the Islam Camel’s back. Why is the media not researching this? Do you want to be the cause of a major hysteria in this World? Katie Couric, Bob Shaeffer, why did you not ask this important Question? Where is Obama’s from? Tell us please. There might be DNA out there to prove he might not be a native born candidate, and possibly a reward for his captor. Was Larry Sinclair, his lover, part of this cover-up plan?

Mixed in between all these right wing circle jerks are more Republicans who have to audacity to say the Democrats are creating a divisive society by their comments and attitude during this election, completely ignoring the raving mad republican shit balls peppering down all around them. Stupid stupid Republican fuckers.

You know what assholes? I like to think I'm an open minded person who tries to see from multiple perspectives, but it's your divisive diarrhea mouthed comments that have divided me off from any desire to seek to understand your positions and ideas. At least for now.

I can safely say that after reading these and hundreds of similarly minded comments, my sticking to the Democratic ticket no matter what for as long as I am a citizen of this country has been galvanized. I wouldn't in a million years want to be on the same side as these paranoid, hate filled, close-minded anal warts.

Yeah, I know. responding in anger to anger and stupidity doesn't solve anything and lowers me to their level and makes me fall for their trap or whatever else other life lesson I can't think of right now, but I'm in an eye for an eye kind of mood right now.