posted by Kyle on Nov 7
The Prime Minister wants to rename Antigua’s highest peak “Mount Obama” in honor of our president-elect.
How…charming…
Archive for the ‘Election 2008’ Category
posted by Kyle on Nov 5
Here is a brief synopsis of how I voted:
Bob Barr/Wayne Allen Root
Yes on Physician Assisted Suicide
Yes on Eyman’s Initiation
No on the stupid bullshit about raising the cost of long term care for elderly folks.
None of the above.
None of the above.
etc etc etc.
Plus, I voted for two county commissioners who have been really great at keeping the county government from fucking with us.
Just fyi: I am totally paralytic tonight. What better way to watch the USA fall deeper into a hell hole????
Today I was assailed more than any other day in my life. The gas station attendant told me to vote for Obama. Random people from the side of the road yelled at me to vote for Obama. Insanity, I tell you.
For the record: Obama and McCain are two pieces of shit from the same toilet. Obama is going to win, and he’s going to take away in more of our freedoms, and screw more things up, and that is just the way it is going to be. Meanwhile, I will continue my education, become successful, and insulate myself as much as possible from the damage that he and his predecessors do. I will never participate in his socialist programs.
For the record: this is the only time I have posted to this blog while drunk and I don’t intend to do so in the future. My mother reads this blog, and while I curse a lot while talking to her, she dislikes it when I use profanity in public. So, for those of you who get off on profanity: enjoy this post.
posted by Kyle on Oct 22
I don’t know how much presidential campaign garbage you see in the US these days, but here in Antigua every third person I meet tries to convince me to vote for Obama. Today I received an interesting curse from a vagrant: “You f***ing white monkey, go and vote for McCain!”
Americans and Antiguans alike believe Obama is going to be some brilliant savior. They see Bush as the devil (they’re not far off there), and think that their messiah will cleanse the world of all of this evil.
They don’t understand that Bush is just one man, and he’s made the same mistakes that just about every other president in US history has: he sees government as a solution to problems. So, he tries to use government to solve those problems. Surprise, surprise, it didn’t work, and had unintended consequences.
Now, Obama wants to take the reins of government and he wants to try to accomplish things. What he doesn’t realize is that you can’t accomplish things with government. Throughout history I can find no example of a government successfully attacking a single problem. It just doesn’t work.
So, Obama will try to institute new regulations on Wall Street. More American capital will flow overseas. He will try to raise taxes on the wealthy, and they’ll put their money in overseas banks. He’ll try to work out some deal with Iran, and nothing will change. He might try to wage a war or two (they all do that), and things will only get worse.
No matter what good Obama tries to do, he will fail. He will leave behind only tears and disaster. His followers may idolize him long after he has been disgraced, like conservatives idolized Ronald Regan, or they may abandon him in favor of a new messiah. Whatever the case, there is one thing that Obama will not do: leave us with a freer and more prosperous America than when he took office. He’ll try, he’ll fail, and we’ll suffer, because government can never solve America’s problems.
So, Obamaphiles, wear your t-shirts proudly, message all of your friends on facebook, put up signs all over America, and celebrate heartily on election night. You can hope for good things all day long; the only thing you’re going to get is disappointment.
posted by Kyle on Oct 8
Yep. People falling in love with a politician. This is dangerous!
posted by Kyle on Oct 6
Yes, Obama…gotta love him….
posted by Kyle on Oct 6
This is what happens when you adore politicians and create a cult of celebrity!
posted by Kyle on Oct 3
I just switched off the vice-presidential debate. What garbage. I really love theatre; the kind where actors memorize lines and entertain. The two actors on stage tonight are reciting lines that they’ve memorized, and they’re doing a really bad job of it.
They aren’t addressing real issues, neither of them has said one thing about the economy or healthcare, and I doubt they’re going to say anything substantial about anything else.
When will we have a wildcard in these debates? When will we have someone who actually brings up real issues and makes real arguments? Not any time soon…
It is my personal mission to become wealthy enough to fund a Libertarian campaign for president that is large enough to become a part of the debate. I can only imagine how those two would squirm on stage against someone like me. Make no mistakes: in four years, they will recast this play. The actors will be different (half of them anyway) but the lines will be the same, the stage will be the same and America’s problems will be worse. Nothing will change until a rational individual comes along and gets ahold of one of those microphones.
I’m still going to vote for Bob Barr. Ten minutes of their bullshit was enough. Now I’ll go bury my head in a biochemistry textbook. I think there are some real correlates there: these actors obvious both have trisomies, and their arguments suffer from osteogenesis imperfecta!
posted by Kyle on Sep 24
I received the following email. If only I could bait these scam artists like I bait the 419ers.
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posted by Kyle on Sep 18
Obama’s National Service Program will require schools to make high-school and even middle-school students perform 50 hours of service each year or forgo federal financial aid.
This shows precisely why we will never win until we have destroyed the philosophy of altruism. Those that hold service as an ideal are either terribly misguided, or, as Ayn Rand put it,
It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.
This is also a wonderful argument against federal financing of education. Politicians can’t resist using it to dictate to schools how they will operate, and schools can’t resist taking the money. It is a recipe for disaster.
posted by Kyle on Sep 15
This is a really awesome video. It is from Break the Matrix. You can view their page for this video here.