I was inspired by the thoroughly awesome former mayor of El Cerrito, CA. I wanna be VP, too! And with my experience as co-owner of BPAL, I’m sure I have the experience. Hell, we’re in Los Angeles; I can see Mexico from here! And my grandfather was a Philippine ambassador. (Take that, Sarah Palin!) Thus, I have foreign policy experience in spades. And at 3am, I’m usually still working, so I’ll be up when the red phone rings!
Let’s all play a game. Why should YOU be VP?
Hey Californians!
If you vote yes on prop 8, you are a soulless asshole. Period.
Just sayin’.
The first meeting of the alicia_stardust / axiom Offspring and the kebechet / puddin666 Offspring:
(Photos by axiom!)
My daughter seems to be having a Diapersplosion.
Actually, it looks like Pooh is trying to escape. >.>
Punchy shots! —
Eve looks so unimpressed with Lilith’s antics.
They’re holding hands!
(This picture can also be interpreted as.. Why, I oughta… POW! — right in the kisser!)
And a Terrorist Fist Bump!
(This one can also be interpreted as Eve: Why did they put me in a pack & play with this lunatic? OMFG, get me outta here! This girl can’t even keep her friggin’ socks on or her chonies in her onesie!)
Oh, man.
Ted and I just got back from his birthday trip to Disneyland, so I was going to yap about that, post some pics that Alicia sent me of our kids, and reply to comments, but then I got derailed by this:
Holy moly.
‘What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out if they are pro-America or anti-America.’
And then this. Socialist. I do not think this word means what you think it means.
Anti-America? WTF, McCarthy? Socialist? What kind of hell am I in that we keep rolling backwards through the US’ ugliest moments?
Switching gears, here’s a small update on Republican voter suppression and the Supreme Court ruling.
I have a headache suddenly. I should have stayed at Disneyland.
Joe the Plumber is a crock.
Even before Joe the Plumber’s story was debunked, I knew this whole thing was a Republican Shaggy Dog Tale. Why? Because I’m a small business owner, for real, and unlike Joe the Plumber… my life ain’t fiction.
Allow me to explain.
Black Phoenix does well. We produce a good product, try our best to provide strong customer service, and we have managed to stay afloat because of these things. I’m not rich, no one at Black Phoenix is, and because of what our wages are, we will benefit from Obama’s tax plan.
But let’s say, for the sake of my point, that prior to the current economic shitstorm, I came up with some show-stopping ad campaign… Snake Oil Gets You Laid, for example… and people started coming in droves… nay, hordes… to buy BPAL. Black Phoenix: the Cadillac of Perfumes. Let’s say that this surge of sales starts netting BPAL meeeeeeeeeeeeelions of dollars, and Brian, Ted, and I are suddenly Elmer J. Fudds, millionaires, each with a mansion and a yacht. And, let’s say that, God forbid, McCain is elected. With our newfound wealth, we get a little bit of a tax break. However, the scores of Black Phoenix customers who are not also Fudds do not. Do you think that the non-Fudds are going to have any money for discretionary items like perfume and room sprays when they can’t afford to keep their homes or buy fucking gas? Give the tax breaks to those who NEED it, for God’s sake. If all the middle class people out there can’t make ends meet, they’re not going to buy our products. If they can’t afford to buy our products, that McCain tax break we’d be getting doesn’t mean shit, because without sales, we’re going to lose that mansion and yacht right quick. And what fucking good will that McCain tax break have done us?
So, my point is that even if you disregard all the other sensible reasons for voting for Obama and you only think with your wallet, even the wealthiest of Fudds should realize that a vote for McCain is foolish. Who gives a shit about a tax break if your business may tank because YOU CAN’T STAY AFLOAT BECAUSE NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT OR PAY FOR YOUR SERVICE?
The Republican spank-off of trickle-down wealth is complete and utter bullshit. It trickles *up*, you damn fools.
Don’t even get me started on McCain’s crock health plan. Again, as a small business owner, I call bullshit.
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No matter how much I loathed the new McCain and feared his possible presidency, part of me pitied him. Before the primary, I did like him to a certain extent. I bought into the maverick tripe, hook, line, and sinker, and I respected the man I thought he was. During this election, he did very much seem to me to be a political Faust, selling whatever integrity he had for a shot at being better than his dad / grandpa / legacy by becoming president. I thought he was, at least in part, being railroaded by the Republican party into spouting words that were not his and becoming a person he wasn’t. I pitied him. Now I don’t. Now, whenever I think of him, I see him making those GODDAMN FINGERQUOTES, my brain hears him calling his wife a trollop and a cunt, and I see red.
I don’t know why the fingerquotes got me the way they did, but it set off alarm bells in my head like nobody’s business. No more pity for you, you misogynistic fuck.
I have a very petty mini-rant.
I’m sick of politicians and pundits using sports euphemisms. Don’t know why it’s a sudden pet peeve. The crowning moment was when, after last night’s debate, Pat Robertson tried to make a boxing analogy, and referred to the “match” going 15 rounds.
Its been about 20 years since boxing matches went 15 rounds. If you’re going to use a sports analogy, get it right.
See? I told you it was petty.
Also, everyone needs to stop using ‘fundamentals’, including Obama. Utilize a thesaurus, people. Its like a plague of repetition. I’m developing a facial tic.
