America 2008? Poem

Skipping and Skipping
The puppets dance and skip
We all dance, we all watch
We all look at their hair
Watch the sound bytes
Why wait a year?
Eighteen months is good!
To scramble and spend spend spend!
After all, the elections almost here!
Hurry and hurry, get to the polls
We cannot wait, US Americans and all
We must vote vote vote. . .
But why come to the booth?
Voting's a waste of time,
I have celebrities to watch

Couldn't resist the quick spoof

Ta

Roman Wolf

Quick Chat of Congrats

Well well well

It seems I have the power to rant in Hindi. That would scare you all, wouldn't it? Maybe I should write this blog in Lobolian. That's Karla's language, she jokingly suggested it to me last night.

The good citizens of America have caught a new terrorist cell. Congratulations to the great DVD maker who realized that men shooting machine guns and calling for jihad could be a grave threat to our nation. Cudos also to the FBI for finally paying attention to bizzarre behavior. If only they realized a few years back that if a man wants to fly a plane but not land it he probably belongs to some very dangerous group of killers. Or else needs to find his way into a psycho ward until he picks up on the idea of gravity.

That'll settle my chat for today. I'll come back some other time, eh?

Lobolius

Reaction to the 'Right'

After watching the Republican presidential debates, held, obviously in the shadow of Ronald, I can't say I was terribly impressed. Mitt Romney, whom everyone says was the most presidental, was too presidential, too polished, too eager to be a politican moving up into the spotlight. I like scrappy ones, they are the ones who can be counted on for loyalty to the public, at least for a little while. Then they too become polished and presidential, to the detriment of all. Nobody fit that image. They were all old white men playing the cards of old white men and eager to keep playing the cards of old white men from here to eternity. I have nothing specific against old white men. Socrates and Hippocrates have done a lot for us mere mortals. But still, at least among the Dems there's variety. We have boyish men, black men, women married to old white men, in addition to the standard fare of old white men.
So in that context, I cannot image how image gets a Republican politician anywhere. They all look basically the same. Among Democrats, well, I certainly see how they play up the woman vote.
Back to political matters. The libertarian Republican, I can't think up his name but he was an old white man, was a typical libertarian. Excellent theorectical hypothoses, trapped by practical fallacies. It is beliefs such as, "Yes I would get rid of the IRS. Taxes are only good for paying off cradle to grave care and policing the world." that keep me strictly a personal libertarian ranting on the web and not a political libertarian. Let's do a historical analysis of Mr. John Q Libertarian's tax theory.
No taxes. Excellent idea-just like during the Articles of Confederation Days. Look where that got us. Rebellion, drunk bachelors trying to take over the country, and no money to bind the union into anything but a bunch of cheery independant states celebrating glorious freedom by printing their own currency. No No NO NO NO!
Sure, who likes taxes.? Nobody! Who likes to drive? Everybody. Who likes to drive on overcrowded, potholed, rundown roads lined with crumbling bridges? Nobody. But who wants to buy smooth sleek roads through taxes? Nobody. When Libertarian politicians can propose a decent alternative that doesn't involve private ownership of roads (That could get out of hand, fast) I'll consider giving them by vote.