The voting booth
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:45 pm
Here in Oregon we vote by mail. We can't even pull a Florida and claim that some hanging chads messed up our tally. About two weeks ago I drove the 'bubble down to the voting office in Gladstone (a couple of minutes drive). I had my ballot and I stuffed it in the "night drop deposit" chute by their front door. No ink dipped finger for me.
But as the pundits go over the returns later this evening, I'll probably think that some Republican families need a hug-n-a-slap. Hug them for just taking the time to vote and a slap to make them wake up. I already got my slap by reading this forum. I got my slap by listening to Hannity.
I remember when President Bush told us that we'll be fighting the forces of terror/evil/ for many years. Many years isn't 4 years. Yeah, yeah...you can argue that Iraq isn't in the equation of terror, but we all know some of the same fuckers we are killing over there are the ones we want to kill anyway. I knew back when Bush talked about the resolve of fighting a long war, that we'd mess it up. The U.S. citizens would all but forget 9-1-1...they'd prefer to just be one large Ostrich. So now the voters are going to shove a lot of this stuff right down the gullets of all us republicans.
I know I'm going to see many migraines worth of Nancy Pelosi on the evening tube. I'm going to be sitting in my comfortable chair in January going, "Oh great, honey. Pelosi has joined forces with m2 and San Francisco is going to host a "Windchimes around the World". Proceeds will go toward providing every country with a peace chime, a compilation of encouraging sayings from the Dixie Chicks, Alec Baldwin, Michael Moore, Rosie, and Cindy Sheehan."
And then here, on our forum, I know Bsmack will be back in his comfortable role of democratic defender. The roles all get reversed and Bri starts to sharpen his sword for when the democratic president comes rolling around in '08. How will it look around T1B for the next six years? mvscal will actually use cuss words, with hyphens, on the new Senate/Congress/President. mvscal will do what Bsmack, Sudden Sam, Bushice, Bacefelice have done for the last few years, but he'll ratchet that up by about 200 %. The only good thing that could possible occur with a new democratic president will be the wytching. Democratic posters here at T!B don't like to wytch pictures. They prefer the day in and day out, grind out the same talking points as their heroes in Hollywood do.
So, what can a Republican do now that we've had our asses beat like a Baghdad rug?
* Try to blend in for a few years. Open up that old foot locker and bring out the old birkenstocks, and tied dyed T-shirts.
* Vegetarian foods will be even more HUGE than it already is. Stock up on granola and grains. Practice eating granola snacks from those ziplock bags at work. Buy a juicer and take it to work. When the time comes, break out that brown paper bag full of carrots, beets, oranges etc. and blend them up for a energy shake.
* Learn to turn the other cheek.
* Get ready to pay a buttload more in taxes. You'll see more welfare type offices than gas stations.
* Be able to handle fags dancing with other fags (In your workplace)...granny glasses are coming back for women, marijuana use will soar, you'll see more self-help classes at the local J.C.'s, and sports (whether it is participating in or just watching) is for stupid jocks.
I knew it was coming...we deserved it. I'm personally going to take a small 81 mg dose of aspirin every morning, just to keep my heart from plugging up, or so they say. I'll probably go out on cold, daily walks...alone. I'll wytch more political things.
That is how I'm going to deal with it. How are you going to deal with it?
Rip City
But as the pundits go over the returns later this evening, I'll probably think that some Republican families need a hug-n-a-slap. Hug them for just taking the time to vote and a slap to make them wake up. I already got my slap by reading this forum. I got my slap by listening to Hannity.
I remember when President Bush told us that we'll be fighting the forces of terror/evil/ for many years. Many years isn't 4 years. Yeah, yeah...you can argue that Iraq isn't in the equation of terror, but we all know some of the same fuckers we are killing over there are the ones we want to kill anyway. I knew back when Bush talked about the resolve of fighting a long war, that we'd mess it up. The U.S. citizens would all but forget 9-1-1...they'd prefer to just be one large Ostrich. So now the voters are going to shove a lot of this stuff right down the gullets of all us republicans.
I know I'm going to see many migraines worth of Nancy Pelosi on the evening tube. I'm going to be sitting in my comfortable chair in January going, "Oh great, honey. Pelosi has joined forces with m2 and San Francisco is going to host a "Windchimes around the World". Proceeds will go toward providing every country with a peace chime, a compilation of encouraging sayings from the Dixie Chicks, Alec Baldwin, Michael Moore, Rosie, and Cindy Sheehan."
And then here, on our forum, I know Bsmack will be back in his comfortable role of democratic defender. The roles all get reversed and Bri starts to sharpen his sword for when the democratic president comes rolling around in '08. How will it look around T1B for the next six years? mvscal will actually use cuss words, with hyphens, on the new Senate/Congress/President. mvscal will do what Bsmack, Sudden Sam, Bushice, Bacefelice have done for the last few years, but he'll ratchet that up by about 200 %. The only good thing that could possible occur with a new democratic president will be the wytching. Democratic posters here at T!B don't like to wytch pictures. They prefer the day in and day out, grind out the same talking points as their heroes in Hollywood do.
So, what can a Republican do now that we've had our asses beat like a Baghdad rug?
* Try to blend in for a few years. Open up that old foot locker and bring out the old birkenstocks, and tied dyed T-shirts.
* Vegetarian foods will be even more HUGE than it already is. Stock up on granola and grains. Practice eating granola snacks from those ziplock bags at work. Buy a juicer and take it to work. When the time comes, break out that brown paper bag full of carrots, beets, oranges etc. and blend them up for a energy shake.
* Learn to turn the other cheek.
* Get ready to pay a buttload more in taxes. You'll see more welfare type offices than gas stations.
* Be able to handle fags dancing with other fags (In your workplace)...granny glasses are coming back for women, marijuana use will soar, you'll see more self-help classes at the local J.C.'s, and sports (whether it is participating in or just watching) is for stupid jocks.
I knew it was coming...we deserved it. I'm personally going to take a small 81 mg dose of aspirin every morning, just to keep my heart from plugging up, or so they say. I'll probably go out on cold, daily walks...alone. I'll wytch more political things.
That is how I'm going to deal with it. How are you going to deal with it?
Rip City
