Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Top Ten Reasons Why You Might Vote Democrat in 2008
Great front page again today, Mickey. I hear those comments all the time. On Saturday while I was at the peace demonstration, another demonstrator used the “It’s all Nader’s fault” argument. Facts and logic that I presented had no effect on destroying the myth. I finally gave up.
I would add one to your list. “I will vote for the Democrat in 2008 because I like it in this box. Don’t confuse me with facts.”
Here’s another one, “I don’t care if he voted for the funding of the war. He says he’s for peace and I believe him. Voting records don’t matter.”Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/09 at 08:47 AMGood morning Mickey & RMJ,
The hamster wheel of election rhetoric...I concur...Why confuse the issues with facts, let’s talk about beliefs.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/09 at 09:32 AM11. Because, THIS TIME, the democrats are really going to change things.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 10:18 AMOf course it was New Jersey, I never had any doubt:
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 10:21 AMHello Expendables. It was about 35 degrees when I walked to the subway this morning. Compared to recent weather trends, it felt like I was trekking the Arctic Tundra.
RMJ, Empress, and JOS: It’ s a pleasure to read your comments. Today’s list, like the others, has been misinterpreted all over the Web. I love having a place where I don’t have to explain the concept of satire. Thanks…
And JOS, you know the rule: Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/09 at 10:27 AMI predict that the only thing Pelosi will truly change will be.....
her eyebrows. Get her talking and she’s got a little Phyllis Diller going on there.
Just trying to make sure we’ve got all the “most” relevent facts.
;)Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/09 at 11:19 AMGood morrow, anarchists, I bid you a fair morn from the sunshine and gentle zephyrs of America’s own Terra Australis.
Another reason to vote Democrat (please, capitalize or else one implies one is voting in a democratic society! horrors!): Your wooly white cloud of childish naiveté has yet to produce rain or lightning. Absent storms, no one really makes any changes in his/er thinking.
I got the job. I don’t have a training start date yet, but I know what the schedule will be: 6am-11am, ick ptui, Monday, Thursday-Saturday. It’s a stepping stone to something I want more, of course, that being the full-time account manager position that pays salary.
I told my current boss today. She was unflatteringly undevastated. I’ll keep a few hours at the pizza place to tide me over into the first paycheck at the new place.
I’m contented, Expendables. It might not last long, but I am contented at present. I shall now accept congratulations and kind comments about the inevitability of my takeover of the Universe from this new position of power. With the Expendables as my “forces,” how can I fail?
Posted by Mudge on from Austin, Texas 01/09 at 12:03 PMCongratulations, Mudge!
I’m “very" happy for you.
This inevitable takeover of the Universe you speak of surely involves the birth of the Utopian Imperium, right?
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/09 at 01:08 PMHey Mudge, what’s this I heard about a bunch of dead birds being found in the middle of Austin yesterday?
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/09 at 01:09 PMCongratulations, Mudge! That’s great news…
Mick, I can just imagine the comments you are getting…
I think I will leave them to my imagination as the last time I went searching for them I nearly had a fucking heart attack once I started reading them.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 01:33 PMEmpress dear, of course the New Utopian Imperium shall result from my inevitable conquest of the Known Universe. And thanks for the well-wishes.
The bird die-off was ~75 dead critters littering the main downtown artery...strenuous denials of avian flu’s presence lead me to suspect they’re lying. No official cause has been determined for the weird event as of my morning news-listen.
JOS, thanks for the well wishes to you too!
MZ< satire and irony are poorly transmitted by the Web. If Voltaire had published Candide in installments as a blog, the results would have been quite different. Pangloss’s place as one of literature’s great caricatures would be untaken. I don’t know why this is so difficult.
Posted by Mudge on from Austin, Texas 01/09 at 01:53 PMCongratulations, Mudge...on becoming the King/Queen of all you survey. I do hope you’ll do something about the health care system...pronto.
Hello Empress.
JOS: The feedback was more “fun” for my “change the world” list.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/09 at 02:41 PMHi Mickey,
Not to worry, there will be universal healthcare for all humans and domesticated animals.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 01/09 at 02:57 PMJOS #4...New Jersey and mothers get blamed for everything.
Mudge...CONGRATULATIONS and I agree. It is now up to you to bring us a universal, comprehensive, single payer system, eliminate all insurance companies, turn Wall Street into homes for the homeless, and investigate the killing of life forms on Mars by NASA. You can do that on the first day. After that you get a day of rest.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/09 at 03:29 PMRMJ,
It’s sad, but true.
I blame my mother for all of my problems and I think NJ is the armpit of America. Problem is that I’m 33 years old (time to get over it) and New Dirty...uh, I mean Jersey ain’t all that bad.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 03:38 PMMudge:
The ripples of power radiating off your Benevolent Presence not only warm my heart, but they melt the perma-ice from the streets and roofs of Boulder. We thank you for that—especially since you have not (yet) (technically) taken over the Universe.
Oh… and CONGRATULATIONS for getting the job....
May the “forces” be with you!
Posted by Hawk on from Boulder, CO, USA 01/09 at 03:44 PMAnother day, another great entry, Mickey! Although I am (still) a lesser evil person, I’m coming around to your view re the Democrats. The same goes for the ‘opposition’ in Australia aka Australian Labor Party btw.
It’s warming up here: almost 94F today and even hotter tomorrow, so dress lightly.
Hello to Rosemarie, Amelopsis, JOS and Mudge (congratulations from me as well!). Be well, all of you.
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/09 at 03:49 PMTwo days in a row, Hawk? Very cool.
94 degrees, Helga? Very hot.
P.S. I’ve added an image to the original post.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/09 at 03:54 PMJOS...Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who likes New Jersey. When I lived there I lived at the very end of the Garden State Parkway, as far south as you can go without getting wet. New Jersey has great weather, not much snow to shovel, sandy beaches and a beautiful ocean. In addition the judicial and political corruption is mostly from bribes. Here the corruption is the result of cronyism. Bribery is illegal and discouraged. Cronyism in not illegal and is considered just being a team player.
And about mothers, they are like everybody else. There are some good ones and some bad ones.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/09 at 04:07 PMI’m a binger at this bar, Mickey. Please don’t try to stop me...!
Posted by Hawk on from Boulder, CO, USA 01/09 at 04:25 PMRMJ...I just wrote you a funny, touching and highly relevant response and it erased when I wrote in the wrong captcha word! (which is now ‘mean’)
I have many fond memories of the Jersey Shore...my bias comes from hanging out in Jersey City and Newark. Is it NJ’s fault that all the factories that could fit in NYC found their way to Norther NJ?
I don’t mean to put down mothers...they’re better than most people. Except mine...I hate her. Just kidding!
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 04:32 PMVery hot indeed, Mickey! Not yet, though - it is 8:40 on a Wednesday morning down under. The best time of the day really.
And I forgot Hawk in my earlier list - ‘hi’ to you as well.
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/09 at 04:40 PMHi Helga!
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 04:56 PMJOS...yes, there is a big difference between northern Jersey and the Jersey shore. I spent one summer living in Bayonne and commuting to NYC. All of the rest of my Jersey time was much farther south. I taught school in Lavallette and other shore towns. Where did you hang out? Jack Nicholson was from Point Pleasant, one of the towns near where I lived, and some of his friends traveled in the same circles as I did. They were a wild bunch. It was quite a time back then.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/09 at 05:51 PMGood piece by Norman Solomon on those ‘fastidious servants in Congress’:
http://www.counterpunch.org/solomon01092007.htmlAnd re New Jersey: it is rather lovingly described in Richard Ford’s novels ‘Independence Day’ and ‘The Lay of the Land’ - highly recommended by Helga.
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/09 at 06:02 PMAnd before I forget: Hi, JOS! You know: I have always wanted to visit Chicago. Maybe in about 5 years - sigh ..
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/09 at 06:03 PMIs there a long discussion of New Jersey taking place without any mention of Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Lou Costello, Patti Smith, or Tony Soprano?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/09 at 06:09 PMI thought the five of them were from Brooklyn...?
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 01/09 at 06:16 PM“Count” Basie, Frankie Valli…
Asbury Park and Wildwood were really big… After Labor Day all of the locals came out of hiding and things got really good.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/09 at 06:27 PMHow about the Bayonne Bleeder, Mick?
I shouldn’t have said hung out, really...I worked there (J.C.)...used to take the ferry to work at the WTC...right after 9/11/01. As for Newark I had some business ventures there...back in the day.
At least you can still smoke in the bars in NJ.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 06:31 PMWintertime at the Jersey Shore was one 9 month long non-stop party. I don’t think that there has ever been or ever will be anything quite like it.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/09 at 06:32 PM...Jon Bon Jovi…
Posted by Keir on from back in the hague 01/09 at 07:04 PMKeir...where in hell’s name have you been, brother?
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 07:09 PMhttp://www.njgang.com/historic_nj/mainpage.htm
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/09 at 07:10 PMI been in New York, JOS. I will resume my duties as Expendable representative in The Hague shortly, but I’m swamped with work after three weeks of indulgent relaxation at my folks’ place. Greetings to y’all.
Posted by Keir on from back in the hague 01/09 at 07:24 PMThanks for the article link Helga. Your weather sounds great to me. The older I get the warmer I like it. It is starting to feel like Winter around these parts. My furnace has kicked on. It was quite nice for a few weeks and I know we saved some bucks on our gas & light bill because of it. I knew it wouldn’t last forever but you just get spoiled by it.
By the way, Is everyone ready for the Surge?
Peace!
Posted by David on from Louisville KY 01/09 at 07:28 PMHowdy Helga downunder… good to see you here, too…
Posted by Hawk on from Boulder, CO 01/09 at 08:34 PM“Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”
--Texas Governor George W. Bush, April 9, 1999, on the U.S. intervention in Yugoslavia.Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/09 at 08:40 PMFrom a Guardian article about the U.S. bombing of Somalia:
Pentagon officials said the targets were al-Qaida members who organised the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Top of the hit list was a Sudanese explosives expert called Abu Taha al-Sudani, thought to be the head of al-Qaida operations in east Africa. But the issue here is not Washington’s right to strike back at its sworn enemies, but how many innocents are wiped out in the process. One of the instruments used was extremely blunt, an AC130 gunship which strafed a village near the Kenyan border. The tactic is well proven in Afghanistan and Iraq: kill everything that moves within given coordinates and then see who you have got afterwards. It’s the military equivalent of drift-net fishing. Unlike when you are fishing, you can’t throw the minnows back into the sea afterwards, and the battle for Somalia is all about the minnows.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/09 at 09:08 PMOne reason I won’t vote Democrat in ‘08:
They had two years to impeach Bush & Cheney, but did nothing.Posted by Thomas McCullock on from Colorado Springs 01/10 at 02:00 PM
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