Sometime today I'll be starting an extra blog for all of my political rants. I hadn't meant for such posts to take over from the music, but neither did I anticipate there'd be so much to blog about in that regard. Things have gotten so bad so fast in my country, a lot of folks are in shock. I've written about the hundreds of thousands of votes stolen in my state of Ohio, and now such efforts are popping up all over the country. The Republicans have a two-part plan in regard to voting: 1) Keep voters away from the polls, and 2) If that doesn't work, play games at the polls. Those games include forcing people to stand in long lines, forcing eligible voters to use provisional ballots, and the like. The New York Times and the Cleveland Plain Dealer have come right out and condemned the practice. In time, our big-town newspaper might grow some backbone and take a stand. Wouldn't surprise me.
In short, the level of corruption is unprecedented, and it represents the death of democracy. Literally. Not that the American public can be bothered to show any concern. Oh, well--our rights are being taken away. Gee, I wonder what's on American Idol?
Anyway, no more political rants here. They'll happen at my new, as yet unnamed, blog. And my apologies for getting so far off the musical track.
Try to understand--those of us who care about our country are still trying to get the number of the truck that mowed us down. We're hoping this has all been some sort of elaborate and cruel practical joke. Something designed to test our citizens' devotion to democracy. We've flunked, big-time.
Lee
5 comments:
Lee: Rant all you want. I think there are a lot more of us ranters than the idiots that haven't figured it out, but no one is talking about it in the media. We get to vote for Last Comic Standing, American Idol, and America's Got Talent. Isn't that more important and enough freedom for us malcontents.
I am very involved in local politics in my NJ town. Last fall, a friend and fellow (ahem) mere housewife defeated the local democratic machine (yes, and here there is a dead heat between parties as to who is more corrupt). We/she/them created an amalgam of people from the middle of the road of both parties - career politicians of the Democratic and Republican parties - in order to impress the powers that be that WE, the voters, are in charge, not those that think they control US. If this does not start happening on a national level, we is all skrewed bigtime, because we are quickly turning into Russia Lite.
(Given all the Mobil stations out here are now "Lukoil" in big red letters, We can't even argue about who won the Cold War. Hint: not us. Hint: "The rich get richer and the poor get children ain't we got fun!")
All music and none of the Liberal Democrat drivel will be a welcome change!
Anyone that uses the words "drivel" and "liberal"....
So creative. So original. So Rovean. Or is that Rushian. I get them confused - I think one involves gratuitous mention of Ted Kennedy, and the other has to mention a Clinton, usually spelling it "Clintoon" or in some other half-wittedly fashion.
Never mind.
The last Republican to have an original thought was probably Abraham Lincoln.
Evelyn,
Thanks for the supportive words. But a separate blog for my political stuff seems like a good idea, especially in that I can rant at will (George Will), which I love to do. Which is why I just started one. Announcement to come. (Can't you feel the excitement in the air? Or is that just the August humidity?)
I think "Anonymous" has used his liberal drivel line before, unless that was another "Anonymous." Who can tell?
Well, Ike wasn't so bad, either. And I just read a brilliant quote by Dwight--he apparently predicted the path his party was about to take. As in, becoming the party run by, and beholden to, the rich. Ike felt this would result in the death of democracy. You were right, Ike. And you had more integrity than any 500 neocons....
Oops. More liberal drivel.
Congrats on your collective (you/she/them) victory!
Lee
Lee (and evelyn):
You are so right. Anonymous' neo-drivel (or is that neo-dribble) is just the language that is used against any political commentary that is anti-Boosh/Rumsfeld/Cheney. I have two neighbors who actually are proud to be working for Halliburton (although one is trying to sell their house... guess they don't like living in an area that is one of the last bastions of the Middle Class in the Denver area, they want to move into the nice, Rrpublican area with houses that are shoddily built by illegal immigrant labor and ruled by HOAs that take away all their rights)...
Anyways, rant on! I have been sticking my little bits of non-conformity into my blogs on occasion, and I think that you'll see that the citizens are not happy with what has happened to the US of A.
I, myself, have gone Libertarian, as the Dems and the Repubs are now only two sides of a very corrupt coin (see: Hegelian dialectic), just like the whole liberal-conservative thing... all means to pit two sides against each other, while the corporate facist fat-cats get rich and make life miserable for the rest of us.
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