"Halfway around the world, Mr. Bush cannot escape the race to succeed him.

...outside of town, at the Mwenge Village market, Theresa Maridadi, 62, was seated with a newspaper in her lap, debating the Democrats with her son, Lucas Kahtoza, who lit up at the mention of Mr. Obama’s name and put his hand to his chest.

'Remember, Obama is from Africa,' he said. 'From my heart, it is good.'"

Change that even Tanzanians can believe in.

I am having a most miserable day but this sentence made it better:

"Before America became a proud land of drooling illiterate halfwits (1981), all U.S. citizens knew the basic story of George Washington, who led the terrorist insurrection against the Tory Empire and eventually seized control of the United States just as modern-day terrorists hope to win the presidency in November."

I think that eating meat is dumb.

I am fond of semicolons.

Yummy.

The top 3 political best sellers are written by idiots and #4 is a joke.

My personal favorite:
"3. Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”

Suck it, Goldberg:

Liberalism: a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.
Fascism: a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

What? What the fuck? I mean how could he, in any possible way, have a point? Is he talking about American liberalism? The type of liberalism that his its root in the enlightenment? I understand that fascists like Hitler and Mussolini were not conservative, but they were not liberals in any sense. Just look at the fucking definitions you asshole. I don't even have time for this.

By the way, not only is this guy totally wrong, but this his what he actually looks like:



Dumbass.

"Freedom is better than non-freedom."

Uh huh.

St Valentine's Day to do list (with illustrative links!)

listen to joy division
read the last day of a condemned man
write about timaeus and the bible
read spinoza
read hamlet
aerate my flooded room
play music
necco wafers
beer
eat more pierogies

current spin andre navarra cellist/boxer extraordinaire

This is neat.

"Caucuses normally work fine because somewhere around the New Hampshire primary, the presidential nominees usually become a foregone conclusion. Then the only job for the parties in other states is to conscript a handful of delegates to a state convention and ratify the inevitable choice. Caucuses are great for this. And the states like them because they don’t have to pay for a real primary. This is the crucial point. Caucuses have nothing to do with recapturing the spirit of the New England town meeting. They exist because they cost the states nothing. And you get what you pay for."

Whatever