all is right with the world
I know some folk that lean toward the red state ideal. I know there are folk out there that think the world is morally going to shit, but I don’t think someone in power should have “hasten the return of Jesus” on his or her to-do list. It seems like that would be fucked up detrimental to global interests. A theocratic world war sounds a little pre-renaissance for my tastes, but that could just be me.
It sometimes seems I’m in the minority. Maybe it’s pitiful standards in schools, maybe it’s the failing economy based on archaic and oversimplified theory, maybe it’s post-911 hysteria, or maybe it’s just the popularity of Larry the Cable Guy. Whatever the reason, I get the impression that the right has a stranglehold on the very people its policies and ideals oppress. I guess the stupid people like morons like scrawny hillbillies like fat wives. Is it too late to divide the country in two?
My basis for this? Three words: Barack. Hussein. Obama.
At face value, because you readers are intelligent and attractive that color looks great on you, by the way, this is hilarious. But, Faux News has pushed this pile of pathetic for almost a year now. Shit, just the other day McCain’s opener tossed it out like he was doing a Chris-Rock-styled monologue repetition is key. If these persons actually believe, after all the statements to the contrary, that Obama is a practicing Muslim because the red base rivals koala bears in smarts, that means, “terrorists’ ally”, we need a rapid and heavy dose of natural selection.
Those on the blue side paint this as a good thing, and it could be. The use of his middle name comes off as a racist and pathetic ploy. Obama’s message and momentum are strong. Screaming “Barack Hussein Obama!” into a mic is like tossing cotton balls at a charging bear. Smart people will sense the anxiety that sparks such a ridiculous strategy. They’ll be forced to look at the issues, at the poor-focused policies of the left against the corporatist policies of the right. It will be more momentum for the left.
I’m not so sure.
This nation is full-up on relatively poor 2006: 6% holds 1/3rd of the money; hell, I’m mid-twenties and making almost twice the median income and ignorant folk. Out of high school, the military is the best option for many. These families celebrate themselves as patriots. They believe two people were created in God’s image. Psst, idiots… natural selection looks a lot like intelligent design. Stop getting your flannels in a knot about it. They believe in Islamo-Fascists. They watch CMT, Faux News and nascar. They don’t read. Racists like Bill O’Reilly tell them what to think. So… good luck… I guess.
At least there are some people who paddle against the current of status quo. This [via through here] could have been a stronger message. However, considering the republicans are dumbfounded as to why they don’t have telecommunications handing them wads of cash, it’s at least funny. As mentioned on the Daily Show last eve, if they hadn’t blindly cooperated with the administration’s illegal tapping, they wouldn’t need the immunity that’s being bartered in the first place.