Had I known some of the things I would lose by getting what I wanted, would I have changed my mind?

Thanks to getting what I wanted, my internet world has gotten even smaller. I can’t always be me because now I am in voluntary servitude to someone else and… I am not sure it is worth it.

I am an angry chick. A very angry chick. And at the very least, I want to be able to have a voice against stupidity. But now, in a way, I am not allowed to.

What to do.

This entry makes no sense. Why? Because I am talking in riddles.

http://www.nablopomo.com/ <— details. I don’t think you actually have to sign up, but that is what it is.

Once a day for 30 days. Oh goodie.

I don’t want to take this freelance job. Just the thought of it makes me feel like throwing up and taking to my bed. What the hell is wrong with me. It’s $50 per hour. And I just do not want to do it. Is it because I feel like I will fail? Is it because I feel like I should be doing other things? Is it because the place gives me the creeps? Is it because I feel like it is not even my choice? I am not really sure. But I guess I better quit avoiding the phone and buck up and deal with it.

Regarding some drama.

Oh good, more people I don’t recognize getting in the middle of some fighting no one knows anything about.

John McCain has been using the Heart Song “Barracuda” in his campaign without the permission of Heart. They have asked him nicely to stop. But apparently, he has not. So they decided to call him out. This is love. I am going to add the line “I’d rather rim Meatloaf” to my repertoire.

God this has been an insane few weeks.
I don’t get people. If you want to move on, and not be part of my life or part of other projects I am involved in, then just GTFO. Is it really necessary to call someone a cum dumpster? Or harass them for three weeks?

Sure, it’s probably karmic, but I had a reason in my past to rant on someone else. You don’t.

And please bitches, could you stop the lying?

As for you, little Miss Innocent, you are certifiably borderline personality disorder. I am so glad you are not in my life anymore, you have NO idea.

/rant

thanks KC for finding it.

For Republicans to celebrate with the rallying cry: “She didn’t fuck up!” is more than a little sad. Last night was the Senator from Delaware vs. the Governor from Stepford. She grinned like an idiot. Trotted out the folksy, aw shucks bullshit. It was all false and contrived. From her initial handshake, she was simply following orders. All she was missing was a moonshine jug, washboard, and overalls.

She tried to land that same talking point about Obama voting to raise taxes on people making 42k. Every time she or McCain tries it the other side beats it back. But they don’t stop. Repeat a lie often enough, it’ll get legs.

She yanked out that “negotiating with our enemies without preconditions” as if it was tantamount to treason, though no one bothers to define what that means. In terms of negotiating with enemies, I’m surprised Biden didn’t mention that Condi Rice recently sat down with Khadafi, the Saddam of his day, without the precondition of having him pay reparations to the families who lost loved ones in Locherbie.

Another snide comment that didn’t even draw flack when she characterized Obama’s tax plan as a “redistribution of wealth.” Unless I’m wrong, wasn’t that Side 1 Cut 1 on the Greatest Hits of Karl Marx album? Was that a shout out to the lunatic fringe, Michigan militia types?

And talking about pulling out of Iraq as “the white flag of surrender” is just jingoistic nonsense. I wish he’d called her on a naive interpretation of a complex issue. Somehow we have to get beyond the “winning and losing” mentality if we’re going to have an intelligent, informed discussion. It’s not WWII. But they must figure it’s red meat for the base.

She followed her instructions not to answer a question she didn’t want to answer. Just spit back talking points. Though noticeable by their absence: no “no thanks on the Bridge to Nowhere.” No “sold the plane on Ebay.” Meet the new lies, same as the old lies. I was glad Biden tried to debunk that Maverick bullshit. Where do you get the balls to refer to yourself as a “maverick” unless you’re James Garner and played one on TV?

I thought it was very telling that when she went to her party rally afterward, she initiated the “U.S.A! U.S.A!” chant. When in doubt, wave the flag and get the Nuremberg mentality going. It allows you to speak without saying anything.

In all, she was just an actress off-book. She had no business being on the same stage with Biden, nor criticizing Obama. She was outclassed, and outgunned, intellectually. When Biden spoke, he spoke from experience. He had facts because he knows them and understands them. She regurgitated talking points and flashed that moronic grin because that’s what she was programmed to do in the Republican lab where she was created. She’s still the Miss Alaska contestant giving her “how I would make the world a better place” speech. She is Bush with lipstick and, so far, it seems the public isn’t buying the bullshit. Though what is truly frightening about her is that she knows her limitations and still thinks it’s possible to ride pat phrases, oily grins and outright lies into the 2nd most powerful job in the world.

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I cannot wait for the VP debates. I have not been this interested in an election since… well, 2000. Sure, I wanted Kerry to beat Bush in 2004, but this whole Sarah Palin thing has me mesmerized.

Well, that and John McCain and the “When I was a POW, I did not have a table or a chair.” I would like to ask him about hot dogs. Did he have hot dogs?

Anyway, I have also been in love with The View lately. They REAMED Elisabeth today. Yay. I know, I am a mean evil bitch, the pretty little blonde hysterical Republican almost cries SO often. Watch this. Your heart will bleed, I know.

I bet she is not on The View much longer.

America has gone mad. And it is scary as hell. from dailykos. This is his entire post. I have nothing to add to it because… well, I am crying and feeling like vomiting.

Muslim Children Gassed at Dayton Mosque After “Obsession” DVD Hits Ohio
by Chris Rodda
Sun Sep 28, 2008 at 08:50:29 PM PDT
(From the diaries — kos)
On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West — the fear-mongering, anti-Muslim documentary being distributed by the millions in swing states via DVDs inserted in major newspapers and through the U.S. mail — were distributed by mail in Ohio, a “chemical irritant” was sprayed through a window of the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, where 300 people were gathered for a Ramadan prayer service. The room that the chemical was sprayed into was the room where babies and children were being kept while their mothers were engaged in prayers. This, apparently, is what the scare tactic political campaigning of John McCain’s supporters has led to — Americans perpetrating a terrorist attack against innocent children on American soil.

Chris Rodda’s diary

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I read the story as reported by the Dayton Daily News, but this was after I had received an email written by a friend of some of the victims of these American terrorists. The matter of fact news report in the Dayton paper didn’t come close to conveying the horrific impact of this unthinkable act like the email I had just read, so I asked the email’s author for permission to share what they had written. The author was with one of the families from the mosque — a mother and two of the small children who were in the room that was gassed — the day after the attack occurred.

“She told me that the gas was sprayed into the room where the babies and children were being kept while their mothers prayed together their Ramadan prayers. Panicked mothers ran for their babies, crying for their children so they could flee from the gas that was burning their eyes and throats and lungs. She grabbed her youngest in her arms and grabbed the hand of her other daughter, moving with the others to exit the building and the irritating substance there.

“The paramedic said the young one was in shock, and gave her oxygen to help her breathe. The child couldn’t stop sobbing.

“This didn’t happen in some far away place — but right here in Dayton, and to my friends. Many of the Iraqi refugees were praying together at the Mosque Friday evening. People that I know and love.

“I am hurt and angry. I tell her this is NOT America. She tells me this is not Heaven or Hell — there are good and bad people everywhere.

“She tells me that her daughters slept with her last night, the little one in her arms and sobbing throughout the night. She tells me she is afraid, and will never return to the mosque, and I wonder what kind of country is this where people have to fear attending their place of worship?

“The children come into the room, and tell me they want to leave America and return to Syria, where they had fled to from Iraq. They say they like me, … , and other American friends — but they are too afraid and want to leave. Should a 6 and 7 year old even have to contemplate the safety of their living situation?

“Did the anti-Muslim video circulating in the area have something to do with this incident, or is that just a bizarre coincidence? Who attacks women and children?

“What am I supposed to say to them? My words can’t keep them safe from what is nothing less than terrorism, American style. Isn’t losing loved ones, their homes, jobs, possessions and homeland enough? Is there no place where they can be safe?

“She didn’t want me to leave her tonight, but it was after midnight, and I needed to get home and write this to my friends. Tell me — tell me — what am I supposed to say to them?”

When acting as a representative of Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), the 501(c)3 non-profit organization that I work for, I cannot engage in political activities. The distribution of Obsession, however, although a political campaign scheme, clearly crosses over into the mission of MRFF. So, I’m going to make two statements here — one in my capacity as MRFF’s Research Director, and another as an individual whose disgust at the vile campaign tactics of John McCain’s supporters completely boiled over when I opened up the email about children being gassed.

My statement as MRFF’s Research Director:

The presidential campaign edition of the Obsession DVD, currently being distributed by the Clarion Fund, carries the endorsement of the chair of the counter-terrorism department of the U.S. Naval War College, using the name and authority of an official U.S. military institution not only to validate an attack the religion of Islam, but to influence a political campaign. For these reasons, this endorsement has been included in MRFF’s second lawsuit against the Department of Defense, which was filed on September 25 in the Federal District Court in Kansas.

My opinion as an individual and thoroughly appalled human being:

John McCain has a moral obligation to publicly censure the Clarion Fund, the organization that produced Obsession and is distributing the DVDs; to denounce the inflammatory, anti-Muslim message of Obsession; and to do everything in his power to stop any further campaign activities by his supporters that have the potential to incite violence.

God, I am so tired of drama.

I have been cutting back the number of sites I actually visit to enjoy the fandom to 2 sites. Why? Because I cannot take the bullshit.

I am so tired of it.