My arrogant opinions about politics, culture, science fiction, and whatever else I feel like talking about.

Update

        When I went to sleep this morning, it was still seesawing, but at last report Coleman had squeeked through with a margin of around five hundred votes out of 2.4 million cast.  Hurrah!

        By the way, every once in a while you get a glimpse into someone's soul, which frequently ain't pretty.  Last night on Fox, Karl Rove told of his one and only with meeting the buck-toothed bigot Franken.  Al walked up to Rove and said "Hi, you're Karl Rove, and I hate you."  Rove's reply was that he didn't hate Franken, having just met him for the first time.

        It's incidents like that which reveal the squalid heart of "leftism".  Keep it in memory.  And when someone tells you that it was a joke, ask them to imagine a Republican walking up to a Democrat and saying 'I hate you'.  Ask them how funny they'd find that.  Then tuck the reply away in the databank under "double standards", with a cross-reference to "hypocrisy".

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A Request

        Normally, I like research projects, but I'm a bit busy currently.  So if any of you know of a Presidential election the news media described as not being "historic," drop a reference into the comments.

        Meanwhile, be of good cheer.  Whatever problems you have in life will vanish soon.  The Obamessiah will make everything right.

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our new messiah™

Hey, I Hadn't Thought of That!

        My dear sweet wife K. just explained Obama's victory: it's all the fault of "24." Once we had a black President on tv, we got one in real life.

        Makes sense to me.

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I Almost Feel Sorry For Them

        It was really sort of pitiful, watching them count down to the moment that the polls closed on the Left Coast, and they could admit what we all knew.

        It says something interesting about "democracy", that the thought that that 'my guy' can't win means people won't bother to vote, and the thought that 'my guy' has won/will win makes people turn out. It says that people aren't voting to choose the right man as much as they are gathering together with the rest of the monkey tribe.

        As "Odd John," the title character of Olaf Stapledon's great sf novel said, the thought of human beings running anything much bigger than a village is pretty laughable.

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Oh Well, At Least We May Not Have Insult Added to Injury

        Al Franken is losing to Norm Coleman in the Senate race here in the People's Republic of Minnesota.

        And in a win for 'bigotry', that is, honesty, Florida, Arizona, and California have banned gay 'marriage'.

        Still, I do regret my father didn't live to see this election.  Partly because I miss him, and partly because he would have ranted honestly about the horror of a nigger becoming president.

        Of course, as his liberal son, I don't share his bigotry, and I don't care that Obama's black.  I just care that he's going to be a disaster.

        The bright side in all this, of course, is that when things go wrong, the Democrats will be to blame.  Also, S. Minneapolis isn't high on the terrorist target list.

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If Straight-Lying John Had Really Been Straight-Talkin' John

        The Consession Speech We Would Have Liked to Hear:

        "Well, friends, this is the time of night when I'm supposed to come out here and smile insincerely, and talk about what an honor it's been, and congratulate my opponent, and all the while not mention that losing really blows.

        "Well, it does, blow that is, and I wish like Hell I was out here declaring victory.  I'm not.  But I'll live.

        "As for my opponent, I thought of making a vicious, undeserved personal attack, but I'm not on his transition team, so they can help him get ready for office without my aid.  I wish him good luck, sincerely, 'cause he's sure as fuck gonna need it.

        "Meanwhile, I thank all of you who voted for me, sent me money, and campaigned for me.  As for the people who didn't, I hope you get better than you deserve, voting for that idiot.

        At moments like this, I'm comforted by H. L. Mencken's definition of Democracy: 'The theory that the people know what they want, and deserve to get it, good and hard.'  I only regret that the rest of us got it too.

        "Good night, all. Remember, 'This, too shall pass.' And God help America."

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The Aftermath

        I thought nothing could disgust me more than the choices we faced in this election, but I was wrong. Listening to the commentators blather about what it all means is worse.

          Let me tell you what it means.

        1) People are idiots.

        2) We've elected an empty suit to the Oval Office.

        3) People dream of "unity," which invariably means 'those people over there should start thinking like me.'

        4) The Republicans well deserve their nickname of 'the Stupid Party.'

        Most people haven't given a damn about race for a while, and of those who do, there are more who are automatically pro-black than pro-white.

        There, that clear everything up?

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Apocalypse Lite Now

        As I type this, I'm quite sick with a nasty cold or flu.  For this illness, I sincerely and heartily thank God.  The general malaise keeps me from thinking to much about this.

        I'm not sure what's worse: the thought of Obama as President, or the thought that a miracle may yet occur, and give us Straight-Lyin' John instead.  I am reasonably sure that I'm glad I was raised as a Catholic, though: it keeps me from committing suicide.

        Welcome to Hell.  The next four year will be interesting times indeed.  I'd write more, but I have to go practice looking happy while chanting "Duce, Duce!" "O-bah-ma!  O-bah-ma!"

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