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Bitter Political Rant
Oct. 25th, 2006 11:27 pm
This election season is actually going fairly well for me. I'm not watching the local TV channels except when I must-- for the news or for the World Series, which I admit I'm following. But I'm getting quick with the mute button, so I avoid most of the attack ads.
I had my telephone disconnected, so I don't get the prerecorded attack tapes either. My union insists on sending me more political spew. I called and told them not to (and also not to sell my address to insurance companies and such,) but they won't. So today I went online and changed my mailing address with them to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. That's Herman Munster's home address, in case it sounds familiar. Perhaps when this spew starts coming back to them the'll get the picture.
All we have is smear and countersmear. Political "discourse" in the form of 15-second attack ads, which has led to our Congress being so polarized that the members of the different parties won't even talk, won't even acknowledge each others' EXISTANCE, let alone try to compromise.
And you know who I blame for this?
I blame "you."
You know who you are. The ones who say that having the party you don't like gain power would be worse than letting the terrorists have their way with us. The ones who say "If Party R (or D) wins this next election, I'm going to abandon this country I once swore I loved and move to Canada." When the parties are both just brand names for the same old crap. There's less difference between them than between a Chevrolet and a Pontiac.
Yes, I blame you. We have no compromise, we have "debate" by 15-second attack ad, and it's YOUR fault, because YOU bought into it. YOU made it work. YOU let the bastards scare you, so you would swallow their spew, hook and all. Now, the person on the other side is ON the other side not because he has a valid point, but because he is an agent of the Devil-- how else could he oppose you, the shining center of the universe, on ANY issue however trivial? He doesn't agree with you! He's subhuman! If you listen to him, the terrorists win!
Enjoy the country you've made, you fools.
I had my telephone disconnected, so I don't get the prerecorded attack tapes either. My union insists on sending me more political spew. I called and told them not to (and also not to sell my address to insurance companies and such,) but they won't. So today I went online and changed my mailing address with them to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. That's Herman Munster's home address, in case it sounds familiar. Perhaps when this spew starts coming back to them the'll get the picture.
All we have is smear and countersmear. Political "discourse" in the form of 15-second attack ads, which has led to our Congress being so polarized that the members of the different parties won't even talk, won't even acknowledge each others' EXISTANCE, let alone try to compromise.
And you know who I blame for this?
I blame "you."
You know who you are. The ones who say that having the party you don't like gain power would be worse than letting the terrorists have their way with us. The ones who say "If Party R (or D) wins this next election, I'm going to abandon this country I once swore I loved and move to Canada." When the parties are both just brand names for the same old crap. There's less difference between them than between a Chevrolet and a Pontiac.
Yes, I blame you. We have no compromise, we have "debate" by 15-second attack ad, and it's YOUR fault, because YOU bought into it. YOU made it work. YOU let the bastards scare you, so you would swallow their spew, hook and all. Now, the person on the other side is ON the other side not because he has a valid point, but because he is an agent of the Devil-- how else could he oppose you, the shining center of the universe, on ANY issue however trivial? He doesn't agree with you! He's subhuman! If you listen to him, the terrorists win!
Enjoy the country you've made, you fools.
