K, so this is another stream-of-consciousness blog post from yours truly. I have nothing in particular to rail on, just a mess of stuff bouncing around my head.
First off, it's really fuckin' annoying when I'm trying to listen to my MySpace playlist as background for blogging, and the goddam player pauses for no apparent reason. Yes, I know my POS PC is getting low on virtual memory, and that my bandwidth is as fast and consistent as George W. Bush's stream of coherent thought & speech, but for fuck's sake, c'mon! Fuck it, I'll listen to iTunes as I write...
Second, I've been watching the NBA Finals, and no matter how many people sing the paeans of Kobe Bryant, he ain't MJ. Yes, his performance in Game 1 was some Michael-esque, but allowing O-town to get so close in Game 2, and win Game 3 just wasn't something Jordan woulda done. I recognize that the Bulls didn't sweep Finals series, and that they lost games along the way, but not when they seemed so close. And rarely did they look so apathetic & unprepared as LAL did in Game 3. And let's remember it took LAL OT to win game 4. Let me also point out that Kobe & Michael were both mentored by Phil Jackson, so it's not the coaching, it's the players & performance. Kobe is one of the top five players in the NBA today, but a challenger to the Jordan Legacy or title of Greatest of All Time/Greatest to Ever Play the Game? Puh-leeze; get that shit outta here.
Third, I was on Facebook earlier tonight, and saw a person in my friends list cast a vote on the performance of Barack Obama, and they disapproved. They said (to paraphrase): a "change" for the worse, how can that be good? Well, the person who posted this is none too bright, and attempting to counter their stupidity is futile. But let me point out that the havoc wrought on our country has taken place over eight years. Do you realistically expect BHO to turn things around in 6 months?
I think I can safely say that the consumer confidence index is higher now than it has been in quite some time. I'm not gonna get into Presidential approval ratings, as I believe the number that disapprove of Obama is vastly higher than the number that approved of Dubya in his waning days. And that would be since what, 9/11? And let's be real, Bush & Shotgun Dick had a whole second term to shit all over the Constitution in their pursuance of info from detainees of the War on Terror. They also had ample time to fist the rights to privacy of Americans by interception & monitoring of communications among regular citizens. I'm not gonna even get into the economic clusterfuck they lubed up through the typical Republican path of deregulation.
Don't get me wrong; I don't think that either party is perfect. Yeah, I've voted Dem since the first election for which I was eligible, but neither party gives We the People all that we deserve. But take a look at the US economy & international standing at the end of the last eight-year Democratic reign, and the last eight-year Republican reign, and tell me: where were we as a country better off? If you look at the overwhelming majority of votes in the popular vote from last November, and the number of reds that voted blue, that should tell you a little something about the communal state of mind at the end of the last Bush's rule. My last political comment for the night is that after George H.W. Bush's four-year run, and Dubya's eight-year debacle, would we dare be so foolish as to vote for Jeb Bush down the line? God I hope not.
I was heartened to hear that President Obama declare June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. We're all Americans, and more importantly, human beings. We all want to love & be loved, have families, the opportunity be happy, succeed and prosper, and find peace. And this should not by one iota be affected by sexual orientation (race, religion, or any other factor). So, big props to Barack Obama for making his proclamation. We have many Anglo holidays, celebrate other religous or sectarian holidays, recognize other ethnos-related days or months, it's high time this happened too. If you strip away economic status, gender, marital status, wash away the color of skin, ignore the respective alter worshipped, or choice of partner, we're all the same. And it's wasy past-due that all are treated as such, from marital rights or civil unions to equality when it comes to health insurance and the ability to get it, the opportunity to adopt a child, etc. And if you're one of the narrow-minded few that has a problem w/this, you need to straight up unfuck yourself. Now.
Allrightythen, well that's my soapbox, and I'm stepping off it. Time to pour another drink, and find some trash TV to watch. Hopefully, at this time eight weeks in the future I won't be blogging & drinking, but swimming in my own pool & drinking.
Live right, and be happy. Peace out.
No comments:
Post a Comment