I've neglected this poor pinko place for months, due to my overwhelming depression over the events that took place in November. I was crushed under the weight of my own hopelessness. Adrift on a sea of confusion. Overcome with grief over state of my country. Completely fucking confused as to how this country could be populated with so many ignorant fuckwads.
But I am over that now.
Okay, maybe I still have some issues, but that's not the point of this post. I have been awakened by the, uh, "celebration" that is taking place in two days. I tried to ignore the inane yammerings of the current, and unfortunately, future administration. I think they knew this was the case, because that is the only explination for some of the things they have said and done in the past months, weeks, hell, days.
I mean, how could I ignore the fact that, while the most extravagantly planned inaguration festivities will be mostly paid for by the richest hypocrites in the land, D.C. has to, for the first time in history, foot the bill for security. Thank goodness they have all that extra Homeland Security cash laying. It is amazing to me that an administration that ran on OMG WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE IF KERRY IS ELECTED BECAUSE HE CANNOT PROTECT US FROM TERRORISTS can find nothing wrong with using the money that is supposed to keep us safe for a PARTY. Still, I am sure that Bush's plan to cover the cost by having people dine out will be a rousing success.
I am also shocked, SHOCKED, that mere months after the election, the hunt for WMDs has been called off for good. It occured to me while reading this, uh, wonderful-ish news, that the Bush administration could have saved itself a lot of time, money, death and destruction if the had simply talked to me. I am pretty sure I knew there were no weapons back then. I am sure I could go back and find many a fine rant on the subject posted by yours truely during that time. And thanks to Kos, I can read all the stuff BushCo. said about it, too. I am not sure how I feel about being more credible and intelligent than the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, the vast majority of Congress and, apparently, most Americans. Why I have not been honored with a medal or big bash is beyond my comprehension. The fob and invitation to my very own party must have been lost in the mail.
Last, and certainly least, was the declaration by the President that the election ratified Iraq policy. Apparently, all sins were wiped clean when the election was called in his favor. I was not aware that elections were like confessing to a priest. Say a few hail Haliburtons, and all is forgiven. Of course, I don't remember Republicans meekly backing down and respecting all the decisions Clinton made during his first term when he was overwhelming elected to a second. I am sure that was an accidental oversight. And I guess all that yammering about the election being about "values" was a bunch of crap. Every single person who voted for Bush did so because they agreed with his policy on Iraq. BRILLIANT! I hope they all sleep very well at night armed with that knowledge.
That is a small sampling of the news that has awoken me from my post-election depressive stupor! Of course, none of what I have just said should be news to anyone or particularly insightful beyond the weird innerworkings of my mind. I know the twelve of you that read this probably get your news from several more coherent and regularly scheduled sources. But I find during times like these, it is necessary for me to rant my pants off, lest I lose my very mind to the idiocy and hypocrasy that surrounds me.
To quote the ever-wonderful Sars: This administration is so ass, words fail me. But when they don't, I'll be here, pantless and pinko as ever, until these idiots are gone.
