Aug 6, 2016
Aug 5, 2016
What We Miss
I have to admit that I get a little too sucked in. There's a tendency to yell and point at all the shitty things we don't like about the other guy's candidate while practically ignoring what "our" candidate wants to do. So we end up making a choice based on what we don't like about the brand on the outside of the box instead of making an informed decision based on what we know about the content inside the box.
We can't just go on voting against everything and everybody because that only gets us pretty much to where we are now - half of us are so "against it" that we don't vote at all.
We have to be able to vote for something.
One smallish case in point - here's a bit from Hillary's speech in Philly (via Alternet):
But anyway, my point is that I'll vote for Hillary partly because she's standing up and saying there's this real problem and we need to figure out something we can do about it. Which is in fact very different from Trump, who literally just makes shit up, tells us he's seen videos that don't exist, and has nothing to say about anything that might help us form some kind of reasonable policy.
Really, I'm not just against Trump, feeling I have nowhere else to go and I guess I'll hafta hang with Hillary. I've said something close to that in the past, but I'm a little smarter now - because I've been trying to do my homework.
So no, I'll go along with Hillary until or unless she bails on it - just like I try to do with all of 'em - hoping for the best while understanding I won't get everything I want, no matter who the candidate is or what issue I'm on about right now.
We can't just go on voting against everything and everybody because that only gets us pretty much to where we are now - half of us are so "against it" that we don't vote at all.
We have to be able to vote for something.
One smallish case in point - here's a bit from Hillary's speech in Philly (via Alternet):
We have to heal the divides in our country. Not just on guns. But on race. Immigration. And more. And that starts with listening, listening to each other. Trying, as best we can, to walk in each other’s shoes.I don't agree with the part of that article that tends towards cynicism. (Appearances to the contrary, I'm a skeptically pragmatic idealist - it's just that I can't always resist being a bit cynical, cuz holy crap dude, have you even seen what goes on up in here sometimes?)
So let’s put ourselves in the shoes of young black and Latino men and women who face the effects of systemic racism, and are made to feel like their lives are disposable.
But anyway, my point is that I'll vote for Hillary partly because she's standing up and saying there's this real problem and we need to figure out something we can do about it. Which is in fact very different from Trump, who literally just makes shit up, tells us he's seen videos that don't exist, and has nothing to say about anything that might help us form some kind of reasonable policy.
Really, I'm not just against Trump, feeling I have nowhere else to go and I guess I'll hafta hang with Hillary. I've said something close to that in the past, but I'm a little smarter now - because I've been trying to do my homework.
So no, I'll go along with Hillary until or unless she bails on it - just like I try to do with all of 'em - hoping for the best while understanding I won't get everything I want, no matter who the candidate is or what issue I'm on about right now.
Stumble forward.
Today's Quote
Clint Eastwood says 'When I was growing up, we didn't call it racism.' Emmett Till unavailable for comment.
--John Fugelsang
Compare And Contrast
Steely-eyed and focused vs twitchy and panicked
And btw - those Secret Service guys just jump into it no matter what. How straight-up amazingly awesome do you have to be to know your guy is a complete douche nozzle like Donald Trump, and still put yourself between him and trouble?
Steady as a rock and jumpy, erratic man pic.twitter.com/OxHzmWPXYu— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 4, 2016
And btw - those Secret Service guys just jump into it no matter what. How straight-up amazingly awesome do you have to be to know your guy is a complete douche nozzle like Donald Trump, and still put yourself between him and trouble?
Aug 4, 2016
Today's GIF
Breaking News: In spite of mounting pressure from GOP officials, the Trump campaign will not revamp the basic message at this time. They believe in their candidate and their candidate's message, and their candidate's unique ability to articulate that message.
We take you now to live coverage of Mr Trump's latest pronouncements:
We take you now to live coverage of Mr Trump's latest pronouncements:
image via Mock Paper Scissors
Meanwhile, at GOP Headquarters:
Just kidding - there are no black people working at GOP Headquarters. Let's not get silly.
An Armed Society
Here's one of the favorite bromides of the American Ammosexual:
I think maybe we're looking at large portions of the populace feeling intimidated into keeping silent; being reluctant to speak out because they're afraid some asshole with a gun might do something stoopidly shitty - and mistaking that forced reticence for courtesy.
Those two things are not the same.
And also too - the fact that Americans are heavily armed (and short-tempered) may be a contributing factor in our ever-increasing tendency to offload some of our societal responsibilities onto the cops.
Why would I knock on my neighbors' door to ask him to keep his dog quiet, when I'm afraid he'll shoot my ass? Am I being polite - or is it something else?
Just wanna point some of that shit out.
"An armed society is a polite society"
I think maybe we're looking at large portions of the populace feeling intimidated into keeping silent; being reluctant to speak out because they're afraid some asshole with a gun might do something stoopidly shitty - and mistaking that forced reticence for courtesy.
Those two things are not the same.
And also too - the fact that Americans are heavily armed (and short-tempered) may be a contributing factor in our ever-increasing tendency to offload some of our societal responsibilities onto the cops.
Why would I knock on my neighbors' door to ask him to keep his dog quiet, when I'm afraid he'll shoot my ass? Am I being polite - or is it something else?
Just wanna point some of that shit out.
Propaganda Works
Cool story, bro.
But wait - that's not Jacksonville, that's Cleveland. And oh gosh, that's the victory parade for the Cavaliers when they beat the Warriors for the NBA championship a coupla months ago.
Oops.
Dang - Breitbart lied to us? Another illusion shattered.
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