Obama's win and short, successful ascension proves one thing: racism is not a strong force in this country. This is the America I always lived in, the way I have always conducted myself. Color of skin shouldn't matter one whit in anything. I didn't vote for Obama - I voted for Baldwin; I thought he had better ideas. But here's my point: Color was not the determining factor for me. Apparently, it wasn't either for the gross majority of Americans. After all, we did come out in record numbers, didn't we? Same goes for Clinton and Palin. Sexism isn't a buggerboo, either. Though these isms were clearly palpable when I was growing up, during That 70s Show, they were already shaking at the knees. It reminds me of when Run-DMC took Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" and issued the first recorded rap-rock fusion. Yes, it was groundbreaking. It was also inevitable.

I have been called naive, blind, cynical. I am none of these. Though I do have famously obvious personality quirks, I have kept the faith and maintained my idealism. If in one breath you argue that race shouldn't matter and in the very next breath you argue it should matter for any person "of color", you're the blind cynic. Martin Luther King, Jr, fought for a colorblind society. Hear that? Colorblind.

Nice to see that the country has finally caught up with his dream. After all, I've been a believer since the start.

A new day has dawned, people. I say this mainly because I recently woke up. But notetheless, history has been made. I'm behind our new president. I'm an American, and this is the way my parents raised me.

Now comes the hard part, dunnit? Are you big enough not to gloat, not to proceed with an air of superiority, not to cry "racist" at every turn? Obama's landslide proves the lie that Republicans are nothing but mean-spirited goons. If the majority of you are on this site were right, the 'Pubs would have at least come close to stealing the election. You just sat there, seeking proof to your own mean-spirited theories, that Republicanism=evil. You are wrong. You are also wrong about America being a racist country. If it were, this historic election would not have happened.  Somehow I think many of you will still refuse to admit that. (Although they are still some pockets of racism, like American Indians, where we most assuredly are. Democrats are probably worse than Republicans in this one. Sadly, it all comes down to political clout.)

So now we ALL have to work together. Accept the fact that there are people who have different opinions and outlooks than yours. Don't dismiss them because they do. And don't just take your ball and go home when you feel that you have they power and they, whomever they may be, don't.

Time will tell. And God blessed America!!!!

So I'm heading to the polling station on my bike. Those of you who know me, know that bicycling is my preferred means of transport. I rode my bike solo across country in 2001. I head to work and play with my bike. I go riding with my son. It saves gas and increases my own "fuel" capacity.

So anyway, there's this doofus coming from the polling station, which is on a one-way street. And he's riding the wrong way, and comes around the intersection where I'm about to turn onto the one-way street - and I'm going the right way! Not only does he almost hit me, he curses me out!

Hey, I'm glad that he voted. But he's definitely one idiot I will be watching out for.

And out of idle curiosity (mind you), I wonder whom he voted for?

"Go out and vote. It will make you feel big and strong."

...just read on facebook a comment from one person who begged another person not to vote for McCain. I mean, begged.

Why should friendship have anything to do with out voting preferences? Why should anyone's character come into question because we have a difference of opinion?? That's inexcusable.

I wrote this last night and it bears repeating: "You should be proud to be able to come to your own opinions and standards of judgment. It shows you're alive."

Happy day, people! No matter what. Happy, happy day!!!!!!!

"Liberal" - Open-minded, willing to entertain others' opinions and suggestions.

"Idealistic" - holding on to a standard of excellence, (THUS: not surrendering it to the conflicting desire of the group.)

"Prejudiced" - having an opinion or feeling not based on reason or logic/
"Racism" - a belief or doctrine in the superiority of one race over another
(THUS: opinions and feelings can be changed, doctrines not. This country is not racist (not toward Blacks, anyway) .

With only a day to go, it's pretty obvious by now that Obama is a shoe-in. The next 4 years will be heralded as a change in an orgasmic fury of bliss. And I use the mixed metaphors deliberately; a change is gonna come, no doubt. But it won't be the party the rank-and-file are expecting. Of course, this society of ours continues to be dominated by obtuse fools who refuse to acknowledge that the change has come, and has been here for awhile. Obama, Clinton, Palin.... They all represent that America is the land of equal opportunity-. But we remain mulish camps of monolithic people.

 

I will not vote for him. I once was his biggest fan, even campaigning for him in the classroom. But not now. He has naively made too many contradictory promises, he threw himself a Vanity Project major network celebration last week, with money garnered from a broken campaign pledge. He has decided to talk tough, even thuggish, on Pakistan, even threatening the war he so strenuously disavows.  He panders to the Israel lobby and pro-lifers and gun-toters, even though his record on these subjects suggests far otherwise. He is elitist - a small-town boy made good, he now hobnobs with the urban intelligentsia. He looks down his nose at small town residents.

 

I will not vote for McCain.  I wish that the SNL version I saw of him a couple of days ago was just normal, everyday McCain - but it's not. A man with a steady flow of that kind of charisma, eloquence and self-deferential wit needs to be in the White House. But there are no comers, are there? Maybe Ron Paul is, but he dropped out because - and Obamamaniacs, take note - he wanted to put his money to better use. McCain more and more seems like a grumpy old man, sniping at a candidate  who's about to give him a whuppin'. And who probably followed some bad advice on the way to that whuppin'.

 

(Heh. Can't you imagine the conversation 'twixt Palin and McCain? "Sarah, really, just drop out. Please. We goofed." "Uh-uh, no way John. I'm going places.""But Sarah, you can't see Russia from Pennsylvania Avenue." "Nope, and I can't see that many stars as I would in Alaska, either. But I will see one in Washington; My own. Rapidly ascending." "Will you at least make fun of yourself on SNL?" "Nope. Ain't gonnadoit.. wouldn't be prudent.")

 

The truth of the matter is, it's the bulk of Obama's frenzied fans that turn my stomach sour, not so much the man himself. Obama just doesn't seem ready yet - but Obamamania? When I started on this blog, the insults and outrageous assumptions about me came flying! Now I'm just ignored - as this piece may surely be as well. Obamamaniacs ignore the gaffs their man makes, as well. They share the Bush mentality: if you're not with us, you're against us. Here is a short list of words I've read and heard to describe people who questioned Obama and his campaign: "racist," "bigoted," "lacking in mental acuity," Republican," "conservative," "backwood," "blind,"  "Bush fans," "fearmongers," "traitorous," "of a certain ilk," "doltish." Never any credit for a person simply thinking independently.

 

Have people on the other side been just as bad? "You betcha," he said with a wink. But I thought this was the Season of Change. To tell you the truth, all I see is a mentality of "It's Payback Time!"  And to go further into the truth, I've been facing and fighting against that sort of inane mindset all of my life.  I've often been ridiculed and ostracized because I elect to go my own way, and can just as easily criticize the teams on both ends of the field. This is why I have taken such exception when so many smug doofi got together to beat up on McCain and Palin not on the issues - but on insubstantial trivia, making full use of the words I listed above and many others.

 

And whereas McCain has quieted the few bigots in his assembly crowds, Obama has never done the same to his supporters. He believes the lies and taunts they come up with. Lord knows McCain should have done the same to his campaign management, that Palin should have done the same herself.

 

But I've been in McCain's position, ostracized and shouted down by bullies. So yeah, he's had my sympathy. I still think he's a decent man - despite every show and magazine in the country talking potshots at him. I still think Obama's a decent person. But neither one deserves the White House now.

 

So whom do I vote for? I must admit I know precious little of Chuck Baldwin. I know Ron Paul says to support him, but I would have had to have known this guy for at least a year before I'd consider anything so drastic. But after much consideration, I decided to vote for him anyway. Why? I know he can't win. My vote will say there's more than one choice between two candidates - that I don't have to settle for the same old distortion the media and the public forcefeed me every 4 years. There are options, other viable candidates. And what Paul and presumably Baldwin have to say makes more sense than the clueless rhetoric coming from the Obama and McCain camps.

 

Hey, Obama is for universal healthcare. I fully support this. McCain wants to walk softly and carry a big stick. I'm for that, too. But after waiting a year for either one of these guys to deliver the knockout punch and fully sway me, I know now it ain't coming.

 

So to all you self-congratulatory, liberal elite out there, enjoy the party. And get ready for what's to come. Obama's going to be breaking far more promises soon, and there's many tough choices that will have to be made. I pray that we in this country can finally unite and emerge victorious. But we love to pick sides - and the way things have been going in this country, I have my doubts.

 

With only a day to go, it's pretty obvious by now that Obama is a shoe-in. The next 4 years will be heralded as a change in an orgasmic fury of bliss. And I use the mixed metaphors deliberately; a change is gonna come, no doubt. But it won't be the party the rank-and-file are expecting. Of course, this society of ours continues to be dominated by obtuse fools who refuse to acknowledge that the change has come, and has been here for awhile. Obama, Clinton, Palin.... They all represent that America is the land of equal opportunity--. But we remain a monolithic people.

 

I will not vote for him. I once was his biggest fan, even campaigning for him in the classroom. But not now. He has naively made too many contradictory promises, he threw himself a Vanity Project major network celebration last week, with money garnered from a broken campaign pledge. He has decided to talk tough, even thuggish, on Pakistan, even threatening the war he so strenuously disavows.  He panders to the Israel lobby and pro-lifers and gun-toters, even though his record on these subjects suggests far otherwise. He is elitist - a small-town boy made good, he now hobnobs with the urban intelligentsia. He looks down his nose at small town residents.

 

I will not vote for McCain.  I wish that the SNL version I saw of him a couple of days ago was just normal, everyday McCain - but it's not. A man with a steady flow of that kind of charisma, eloquence and self-deferential wit needs to be in the White House. But there are no comers, are there? Maybe Ron Paul is, but he dropped out because - and Obamamaniacs, take note - he wanted to put his money to better use. McCain more and more seems like a grumpy old man, sniping at a candidate  who's about to give him a whuppin'. And who probably followed some bad advice on the way to that whuppin'.

 

(Heh. Can't you imagine the conversation 'twixt Palin and McCain? "Sarah, really, just drop out. Please. We goofed." "Uh-uh, no way John. I'm going places.""But Sarah, you can't see Russia from Pennsylvania Avenue." "Nope, and I can't see that many stars as I would in Alaska, either. But I will see one in Washington; My own. Rapidly ascending." "Will you at least make fun of yourself on SNL?" "Nope. Ain't gonnadoit.. wouldn't be prudent.")

 

The truth of the matter is, it's the bulk of Obama's frenzied fans that turn my stomach sour, not so much the man himself. Obama just doesn't seem ready yet - but Obamamania? When I started on this blog, the insults and outrageous assumptions about me came flying! Now I'm just ignored - as this piece may surely be as well. Obama maniacs share the Bush mentality: if you're not with us, you're against us. Here is a short list of words I've read and heard to describe people who questioned Obama and his campaign: "racist," "bigoted," "lacking in mental acuity," Republican," "conservative," "backwood," "blind,"  "Bush fans," "fearmongers," "traitorous," "of a certain ilk," "doltish." Never any credit for a person simply thinking indecently.

 

Have people on the other side been just as bad? "You betcha," he said with a wink. But I thought this was the Season of Change. To tell you the truth, all I see is a mentality of "It's Payback Time!"  And to go further into the truth, I've been facing and fighting against that sort of inane mindset all of my life.  I've often been ridiculed and ostracized because I elect to go my own way, and can just as easily criticize the teams on both ends of the field. This is why I have taken such exception when so many smug doofi got together to beat up on McCain and Palin not on the issues - but on insubstantial trivia, making full use of the words I listed above and many others.

 

And whereas McCain has quieted the few bigots in his assembly crowds, Obama has never done the same to his supporters. He believes the lies and taunts they come up with. Lord knows McCain should have done the same to his campaign management, that Palin should have done the same herself.

 

But I've been in McCain's position, ostracized and shouted down by bullies. So yeah, he's had my sympathy. I still think he's a decent man - despite every show and magazine in the country talking potshots at him. I still think Obama's a decent person. But neither one deserves the White House now.

 

So whom do I vote for? I must admit I k now precious little of Chuck Baldwin. I know Ron Paul says to support him, but I would have had to have known this guy for at least a year before I'd consider anything so drastic. But after much consideration, I decided to vote for him anyway. Why? I know he can't win. My vote will say there's more than one choice between two candidates - that I don't have to settle for the same old distortion the media and the public forcefeed me every 4 years. There are options, other viable candidates. And what Paul and presumably Baldwin have to say makes more sense than the clueless rhetoric coming from the Obama and McCain camps.

 

Hey, Obama is for universal healthcare. I fully support this. McCain wants to walk softly and carry a big stick. I'm for that, too. But after waiting a year for either one of these guys to deliver the knockout punch and fully sway me, I know now it ain't coming.

 

So to all you self-congratulatory, liberal elite out there, enjoy the party. And get ready for what's to come. Obama's going to be breaking far more promises soon, and there's many tough choices that will have to be made. I pray that we in this country can finally unite and emerge victorious. But we love to pick sides - and the way things have been going in this country, I have my doubts.

With only a day to go, it's pretty obvious by now that Obama is a shoe-in. The next 4 years will be heralded as a change in an orgasmic fury of bliss. And I use the mixed metaphors deliberately; a change is gonna come, no doubt. But it won't be the party the rank-and-file are expecting. Of course, this society of ours continues to be dominated by obtuse fools who refuse to acknowledge that the change has come, and has been here for awhile. Obama, Clinton, Palin.... They all represent that America is the land of equal opportunity--. But we remain a monolithic people.

 

I will not vote for him. I once was his biggest fan, even campaigning for him in the classroom. But not now. He has naively made too many contradictory promises, he threw himself a Vanity Project major network celebration last week, with money garnered from a broken campaign pledge. He has decided to talk tough, even thuggish, on Pakistan, even threatening the war he so strenuously disavows.  He panders to the Israel lobby and pro-lifers and gun-toters, even though his record on these subjects suggests far otherwise. He is elitist - a small-town boy made good, he now hobnobs with the urban intelligentsia. He looks down his nose at small town residents.

 

I will not vote for McCain.  I wish that the SNL version I saw of him a couple of days ago was just normal, everyday McCain - but it's not. A man with a steady flow of that kind of charisma, eloquence and self-deferential wit needs to be in the White House. But there are no comers, are there? Maybe Ron Paul is, but he dropped out because - and Obamamaniacs, take note - he wanted to put his money to better use. McCain more and more seems like a grumpy old man, sniping at a candidate  who's about to give him a whuppin'. And who probably followed some bad advice on the way to that whuppin'.

 

(Heh. Can't you imagine the conversation 'twixt Palin and McCain? "Sarah, really, just drop out. Please. We goofed." "Uh-uh, no way John. I'm going places.""But Sarah, you can't see Russia from Pennsylvania Avenue." "Nope, and I can't see that many stars as I would in Alaska, either. But I will see one in Washington; My own. Rapidly ascending." "Will you at least make fun of yourself on SNL?" "Nope. Ain't gonnadoit.. wouldn't be prudent.")

 

The truth of the matter is, it's the bulk of Obama's frenzied fans that turn my stomach sour, not so much the man himself. Obama just doesn't seem ready yet - but Obamamania? When I started on this blog, the insults and outrageous assumptions about me came flying! Now I'm just ignored - as this piece may surely be as well. Obama maniacs share the Bush mentality: if you're not with us, you're against us. Here is a short list of words I've read and heard to describe people who questioned Obama and his campaign: "racist," "bigoted," "lacking in mental acuity," Republican," "conservative," "backwood," "blind,"  "Bush fans," "fearmongers," "traitorous," "of a certain ilk," "doltish." Never any credit for a person simply thinking indecently.

 

Have people on the other side been just as bad? "You betcha," he said with a wink. But I thought this was the Season of Change. To tell you the truth, all I see is a mentality of "It's Payback Time!"  And to go further into the truth, I've been facing and fighting against that sort of inane mindset all of my life.  I've often been ridiculed and ostracized because I elect to go my own way, and can just as easily criticize the teams on both ends of the field. This is why I have taken such exception when so many smug doofi got together to beat up on McCain and Palin not on the issues - but on insubstantial trivia, making full use of the words I listed above and many others.

 

And whereas McCain has quieted the few bigots in his assembly crowds, Obama has never done the same to his supporters. He believes the lies and taunts they come up with. Lord knows McCain should have done the same to his campaign management, that Palin should have done the same herself.

 

But I've been in McCain's position, ostracized and shouted down by bullies. So yeah, he's had my sympathy. I still think he's a decent man - despite every show and magazine in the country talking potshots at him. I still think Obama's a decent person. But neither one deserves the White House now.

 

So whom do I vote for? I must admit I k now precious little of Chuck Baldwin. I know Ron Paul says to support him, but I would have had to have known this guy for at least a year before I'd consider anything so drastic. But after much consideration, I decided to vote for him anyway. Why? I know he can't win. My vote will say there's more than one choice between two candidates - that I don't have to settle for the same old distortion the media and the public forcefeed me every 4 years. There are options, other viable candidates. And what Paul and presumably Baldwin have to say makes more sense than the clueless rhetoric coming from the Obama and McCain camps.

 

Hey, Obama is for universal healthcare. I fully support this. McCain wants to walk softly and carry a big stick. I'm for that, too. But after waiting a year for either one of these guys to deliver the knockout punch and fully sway me, I know now it ain't coming.

 

So to all you self-congratulatory, liberal elite out there, enjoy the party. And get ready for what's to come. Obama's going to be breaking far more promises soon, and there's many tough choices that will have to be made. I pray that we in this country can finally unite and emerge victorious. But we love to pick sides - and the way things have been going in this country, I have my doubts.

With only a day to go, it's pretty obvious by now that Obama is a shoe-in. The next 4 years will be heralded as a change in an orgasmic fury of bliss. And I use the mixed metaphors deliberately; a change is gonna come, no doubt. But it won't be the party the rank-and-file are expecting. Of course, this society of ours continues to be dominated by obtuse fools who refuse to acknowledge that the change has come, and has been here for awhile. Obama, Clinton, Palin.... They all represent that America is the land of equal opportunity--. But we remain a monolithic people.

 

I will not vote for him. I once was his biggest fan, even campaigning for him in the classroom. But not now. He has naively made too many contradictory promises, he threw himself a Vanity Project major network celebration last week, with money garnered from a broken campaign pledge. He has decided to talk tough, even thuggish, on Pakistan, even threatening the war he so strenuously disavows.  He panders to the Israel lobby and pro-lifers and gun-toters, even though his record on these subjects suggests far otherwise. He is elitist - a small-town boy made good, he now hobnobs with the urban intelligentsia. He looks down his nose at small town residents.

 

I will not vote for McCain.  I wish that the SNL version I saw of him a couple of days ago was just normal, everyday McCain - but it's not. A man with a steady flow of that kind of charisma, eloquence and self-deferential wit needs to be in the White House. But there are no comers, are there? Maybe Ron Paul is, but he dropped out because - and Obamamaniacs, take note - he wanted to put his money to better use. McCain more and more seems like a grumpy old man, sniping at a candidate  who's about to give him a whuppin'. And who probably followed some bad advice on the way to that whuppin'.

 

(Heh. Can't you imagine the conversation 'twixt Palin and McCain? "Sarah, really, just drop out. Please. We goofed." "Uh-uh, no way John. I'm going places.""But Sarah, you can't see Russia from Pennsylvania Avenue." "Nope, and I can't see that many stars as I would in Alaska, either. But I will see one in Washington; My own. Rapidly ascending." "Will you at least make fun of yourself on SNL?" "Nope. Ain't gonnadoit.. wouldn't be prudent.")

 

The truth of the matter is, it's the bulk of Obama's frenzied fans that turn my stomach sour, not so much the man himself. Obama just doesn't seem ready yet - but Obamamania? When I started on this blog, the insults and outrageous assumptions about me came flying! Now I'm just ignored - as this piece may surely be as well. Obama maniacs share the Bush mentality: if you're not with us, you're against us. Here is a short list of words I've read and heard to describe people who questioned Obama and his campaign: "racist," "bigoted," "lacking in mental acuity," Republican," "conservative," "backwood," "blind,"  "Bush fans," "fearmongers," "traitorous," "of a certain ilk," "doltish." Never any credit for a person simply thinking indecently.

 

Have people on the other side been just as bad? "You betcha," he said with a wink. But I thought this was the Season of Change. To tell you the truth, all I see is a mentality of "It's Payback Time!"  And to go further into the truth, I've been facing and fighting against that sort of inane mindset all of my life.  I've often been ridiculed and ostracized because I elect to go my own way, and can just as easily criticize the teams on both ends of the field. This is why I have taken such exception when so many smug doofi got together to beat up on McCain and Palin not on the issues - but on insubstantial trivia, making full use of the words I listed above and many others.

 

And whereas McCain has quieted the few bigots in his assembly crowds, Obama has never done the same to his supporters. He believes the lies and taunts they come up with. Lord knows McCain should have done the same to his campaign management, that Palin should have done the same herself.

 

But I've been in McCain's position, ostracized and shouted down by bullies. So yeah, he's had my sympathy. I still think he's a decent man - despite every show and magazine in the country talking potshots at him. I still think Obama's a decent person. But neither one deserves the White House now.

 

So whom do I vote for? I must admit I k now precious little of Chuck Baldwin. I know Ron Paul says to support him, but I would have had to have known this guy for at least a year before I'd consider anything so drastic. But after much consideration, I decided to vote for him anyway. Why? I know he can't win. My vote will say there's more than one choice between two candidates - that I don't have to settle for the same old distortion the media and the public forcefeed me every 4 years. There are options, other viable candidates. And what Paul and presumably Baldwin have to say makes more sense than the clueless rhetoric coming from the Obama and McCain camps.

 

Hey, Obama is for universal healthcare. I fully support this. McCain wants to walk softly and carry a big stick. I'm for that, too. But after waiting a year for either one of these guys to deliver the knockout punch and fully sway me, I know now it ain't coming.

 

So to all you self-congratulatory, liberal elite out there, enjoy the party. And get ready for what's to come. Obama's going to be breaking far more promises soon, and there's many tough choices that will have to be made. I pray that we in this country can finally unite and emerge victorious. But we love to pick sides - and the way things have been going in this country, I have my doubts.

McCain Rocks!!!!!!!! So after Tuesday, there's always stand-up.........