A quote for you

"She insists she's in love with me. Whatever that means. What she means is she prefers the senseless pain we inflict on each other to the pain we would otherwise inflict on ourselves. But I'm not afraid of that solitary pain."

From the movie Altered States

Happy Early New Year

A Wednesday Giggle

Happy Tuesday....I guess

Rick Perry Will Tebow America

You read that right. Last night's debate was the last between the Republican candidates until the Iowa caucuses come just after the holidays. Rick Perry was on fire. Check his opener out:

I'm kind of getting where I like the debates. As a matter of fact, I hope Obama and I debate a lot. I'll get there early. We will get it on, and we will talk about our differences, which are great. I'll talk about what we have done in the state of Texas and talk about passing a balanced budget amendment to the United States Congress. I'll talk about having the type of part-time Congress that I think Americans are ready for.
You know, there are a lot of people out there -- I understand it. There are a lot of folks that said Tim Tebow wasn't going to be a very good NFL quarterback. There are people that stood up and said well, he doesn't have the right throwing mechanisms, or he doesn't -- you know, he is not playing the game right. You know, he won two national championships, and that looked pretty good.
We're the national champions in job creation back in Texas. But am i ready for the next level? Let me tell you -- I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Oh Rick, you had me at Tebow.  This was, by far, the Governor's best debate appearance.

Bachmann had Newt on the run when she brought up his $1.6 million paycheck from Freddie Mac. Newt (I affectionately refer to him as Newty) repeated that Ms. Bachmann did not have her facts straight and that he did no lobbying for Freddie Mac. I honestly expected more attacks on Newt. But, these never materialized. Bachmann, sort of. Santorum made a subtle dig about having a political AND personal past that was in line with conservative ideals, an obvious, but not direct jab at Gingrich's multiple marriages.

Romney just keeps on pushing. Trying to remain above the fray and emerge as the candidate, however much the right actually hates him. Republicans hate Gingrich more.

My cousin described Ron Paul as the grandpa muttering to himself on a park bench. That is all you need to know. Apparently he got after Bachmann for tellin fibs about the Iranian nuclear capability. Other than that, yawnsies.

Why did John Huntsman even come to Iowa? His only hope is to surprise in New Hampshire, with the very conservative Iowans unwilling to support him. Guess he just doesn't want us to forget his face.

I miss Herman Cain.

RICK PERRY WILL TIM TEBOW US BACK TO ECONOMIC AND MORAL STRENGTH. That is really what you needed to know from the debate.

The passive acceptance of rape jokes

In case you still had hope that Frat guys are super nice there is this, from Think Progress:

The University of Vermont chapter of fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon is being suspended for passing out a survey to its members that asked questions including, “If I could rape someone, who would it be?”

Classy, right? But they just got caught. People, and especially men, are pretty comfortable making rape jokes or laughing at them. What message does this send? That rape is a joke. And since it is a joke, it doesn't have to be taken seriously. So, go rape someone. Society passively condones it. Is anyone thinking about these implications? Does it ever occur to people that you are quite possibly sitting in the room with someone who was raped? Probably not.

Then there is this:

From the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, comes this ad that was quickly scrapped, because, you know, it made people mad. I understand that there is a lot of data that indicates that alcohol is often a factor in cases of rape. But this is shameless victim blaming. Where is the man in this? Where is his responsibility to, you know, not rape people? Everyone has a right to get drunk and not get raped. If you wanted to convey the message that women should be careful, you can do it without also saying you are to blame if you were drunk and got raped. I mean, show a stumbling drunk girl between two soberer girlfriends with the caption "Buddy System: Get Home Safe." Boom. Message conveyed.

Rape isn't a joke. It isn't about teaching women how not to get raped. It is about teaching men not to rape and society not to be complicit. We aren't even there yet.

This is what I think when people say stupid things about rape:

Fuck you too.

Now, this makes me feel better

Via NPR:

Marriage — it’s so last century. A new report out on Wednesday finds the share of all U.S. adults who are married has dropped to its lowest on record, at just 51 percent. If the trend continues, the institution will soon lose its majority status in American life.

 Sometimes I feel bad that I am not married or even dating. People say things, without even realizing it, that are sort of derogatory and insensitive to single people. It's like worth is judged by whether or not you are boo'ed up and that isn't fair. But here it is. The end in sight. We will be the majority soon. Then we won't have to worry about marriage. Fuck, let's use our voting power to outlaw marriage. It causes too many problems anyway!

I'll try...........

Goodbye Herman Cain........though we never knew you at all

Herman Cain bowed out of the race of the Republican nomination this weekend. In doing so he said these words:

“I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie. Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It’s never easy when there’s so much on the line. But you and I can make a difference. There’s a mission just for you and me. Just look inside and you will find just what you can do.”

And this is why I will miss him.  The Pokemon movie? Wow.

Dance party?

Maybe not. But get down to it.

999, 999 We're doin fine

The title of this post is a direct quote from Mr. Cain in response to a question regarding the state of his campaign after an Atlanta woman came forward to admit having a 13 year affair with Herman.

I could write more, but it is pretty unnecessary at this point. So, I will give you this funny instead.

A summary of my dating life to make you feel better about yours

There is that guy who:

-Didn't pay, smoked my last cigarette, didn't walk me to my car and asked for a 2nd date
-Worked at a gas station and lived with his mom
-Showed up drunk, in the middle of the night, uninvited to my house and fell down in my bathroom while sitting down to pee. Upon asking why he was sitting down, he replied "Because I hate you"
-The boy I met at a tailgate who informed me that he couldn't go to any bar that wasn't near his house because he always gets DUI's
-The boy named August who showed up late and then talked shit about Steve Miller Band
-Wants all the girlfriend things from me, but is just my friend
-Only had one arm. Which I am not sure is a bad thing, so much as funny in the context of the rest of this list. 
-Was perfect but lives an impossible 12 hours away
-Accused me of giving him an STD........without having sex with him.........with my hand

So..........there.

Grocery stores make me hate children and old people

There, I said it.

Some dude wrote an explanation of Occupy Wallstreet as Cookie Monster

This is seriously awesome. Now, Cookie Monster explains the Occupy movement:

Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in country where rich owned factory and make 30 times what factory worker make. Now we live in country where rich make money by lying about value of derivative bonds and make 3000 times what factory worker would make if factories hadn't all moved to China.
Capitalism great system. We won Cold War because people behind Iron Curtain look over wall, and see how much more plentiful and delicious cookies are in West, and how we have choice of different bakeries, not just state-owned one. It great system. It got us out of Depression, won WWII, built middle class, built country's infrastructure from highways to Hoover Dam to Oreo factory to electrifying rural South. It system that reward hard work and fair play, and everyone do fair share and everyone benefit. Rich get richer, poor get richer, everyone happy. It great system.
Then after Reagan, Republicans decide to make number one priority destroying that system. Now we have system where richest Americans ones who find ways to game system -- your friends on Wall Street -- and poorest Americans ones who thought working hard would get them American dream, when in fact it get them pink slip when job outsourced to 10-year-old in Mumbai slum. And corporations have more influence over government than people (or monsters).
It not about rich people having more money. It about how they got money. It about how they take opportunity away from rest of us, for sake of having more money. It how they willing to take risks that destroy economy -- knowing full well what could and would happen -- putting millions out of work, while creating nothing of value, and all the while crowing that they John Galt, creating wealth for everyone.
That what the soul-searching about. When Liberals run country for 30 years following New Deal, American economy double in size, and wages double along with it. That fair. When Conservatives run country for 30 years following Reagan, American economy double again, and wages stay flat. What happen to our share of money? All of it go to richest 1%. That not "there always going to be rich people". That unfair system. That why we upset. That what Occupy Sesame Street about.

I'm into this sign

Oooooo, that was painful

Governor Rick Perry was once at the tippy top, holding the hearts of 30% of the GOP. He has since dropped to around 10%, due in part to poor showings in debates. Fun fact: he only debated for Governor of Texas like once or twice. He doesn't like them. But, for his campaign to regain traction, he really needed to show up strong in last night's debate in Michigan.
Then this happened:

It was, in a word, painful to watch the man completely forget some of his own policy prescriptions.

Was anyone else wildly distracted by the tweets CNBC was constantly running along the bottom of the screen? Cause I totally was. The best were people bitching about them talking about the economy too much......it is CNBC asshole, that is the point.

They did ask Herman Cain a bit about the sexual harassment allegations against him. He stuck to his line that they were false accusations. Then turned around on another question and referred to Nancy Pelosi as Princess Nancy.......yea, this dude has so much respect for women, he would never sexually harass one. He admitted after the debate that he should not have said that.........but still.

My friend pointed out, correctly so, that sassy as he is, Newt usually references history in is answers. So, he doesn't sound as dumb as the other candidates. But that sassy look on his face......man.

Romney stayed above the fray. He attacked President Obama, but did not engage with other candidates. A subtle way to send the message-I am already the nominee, like it or not.

Next one is Saturday in South Carolina!

Winnie the Pooh

Piglet and Pooh would've made a GREAT gay couple.

STOP SAYING YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO CIGARETTE SMOKE

First of all, people who can't handle some ciggie smoke are PUSSIES.

But I absolutely hate it when people say that they are 'allergic' to cigarette smoke. IT IS NOT EVEN POSSIBLE. Maybe it is making you a little sick because it bothers you, but you are not allergic. You just have a shitty respiratory system that has a hard time working that shit out.

Go. Google it. You can not be allergic to cigarette smoke. Tell the stupid bastards who perpetuate that myth that they are wrong.

Herman Cain.........and sexual harassment. SEXY

Perhaps you've read by now, but Politico broke the story that 2 women who had accused Cain of sexual harassment while he was head of the National Restaurant Association had been given settlements and signed a nondisclosure agreement when they left.

Talking Points Memo put together a rough timeline of what the Cain campaign's response has been. It is pretty interesting:

1. Politico allegations are false. Story is crap.
2. Yes, there were allegations. But they were false.
3. Yes there were allegations that were false and I don’t know what money was paid.
4. I don’t know whether money was paid. And it would be wrong for me to find out whether money was paid because it’s confidential.
5. There was a in-depth investigation. And I was cleared. But I don’t know anything about it.
6. Here’s the gesture that led to my getting accused of harassment.
7. Okay, I remember some discussion of a settlement number.

Kinda hard to know what to believe, right? Rush Limbaugh has accused the attack as coming from racist liberals and Anne Coulter explained for the world why "our blacks are better than their blacks." And went on to explain why President Obama wasn't really black, not like Herman Cain.

WTF?

But, things have gotten interesting. One of the women involved in the case has hired a lawyer to review the documents that she signed. She is seeking ways to be released from the nondisclosure agreement, so that she can tell her side of the story.

The ill led response to from the Cain campaign proves that he couldn't be the nominee. They obviously weren't prepared for this information to be revealed. Who made that decision? This is the campaign to be the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Of course things like this will come to light and the campaign needed to be prepared to handle them.

Crash.
Burn.

At least there is a debate next week, which I am sure he will be in! I will miss him though, he is funny.

Happy Things

Once you reduce the amount of time spent with people who bring you down and start only hanging with those who raise you up, you realize how lovely the world can be.

Rape Culture

“That’s how sex is presented to boys - it’s not intimacy; it’s not the loving, egalitarian [part] that we get something out of, it’s something we do to the other. We raise women to survive in a rape culture, because we raise women to know these things. We do nothing to talk to men about not raping. But we do talk to women about how to protect themselves, which is further why we place the blame on women when something happens. ‘Well didn’t you know not to do that? Didn’t you know not to wear that dress? Or didn’t you know not to walk down that street at that hour of the night?’”

—	feminist Don McPherson, on rape culture and educating boys to not rape

Ya get whatcha get

And that sums up the Republican feel about Mitt Romney. He is the best they have available, but is somewhat unappealing to the more conservative elements of the GOP. Because he isn't batshit crazy. However, his business background could just be a liability in the current climate, especially if the anti corporate greed sentiment of the Occupy movement extends into next year.

For people who love animals so much, ya'll some bitches

So, not too long ago some of my coworkers found a kitten out by the loading docks at work. I work with a number of animal lovers and so, one of the girls who just moved to a new apartment took the kitten in. This was a month or so ago.
This morning they were standing around, gleefully laughing about this kitten's struggles with being newly declawed. And all I could think of was-Ya'll some bitches.
Ok, so my vegan/animal loving sister would NEVER let me get away with not knowing how cruel it is to declaw a cat. But, I don't think that this knowledge is that rare. Many shelters REFUSE to give you a cat unless you sign an agreement acknowledging that declawing is cruel and that you will not subject your pet to it. Even the HUMANE SOCIETY (Yea, the one that puts cats to sleep cause there are too many of them) has a portion of their website devoted to explaining the cruelty and consequences of this procedure:

What is declawing?

Too often, people think that declawing is a simple surgery that removes a cat's nails—the equivalent of having your fingernails trimmed. Sadly, this is far from the truth.
Declawing traditionally involves the amputation of the last bone of each toe. If performed on a human being, it would be like cutting off each finger at the last knuckle.

After effects

Medical drawbacks to declawing include pain, infection and tissue necrosis (tissue death), lameness, and back pain. Removing claws changes the way a cat's foot meets the ground and can cause pain similar to wearing an uncomfortable pair of shoes. There can also be a regrowth of improperly removed claws, nerve damage, and bone spurs.
For several days after surgery, shredded newspaper is typically used in the litter box to prevent litter from irritating declawed feet. This unfamiliar litter substitute, accompanied by pain when scratching in the box, may lead cats to stop using the litter box. Some cats may become biters because they no longer have their claws for defense.

I was disappointed that so many purported animal lovers (even some shelter volunteers), would laugh and thereby tacitly supporting this cruel surgery.
 
How about when you get a pet, acknowledging that they are going to fuck some shit up? Cats aren't dogs, you can't beat them into submission. The more you harass a cat, the more likely it will be to piss on everything you own. Declaw it? Fixed your furniture, but now it will bite you. And be mad.

 This is a declawed cat.

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This should make everyone mad

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Scott Olsen, 24, a Marine veteran who did two tours in Iraq, was hit by a police projectile during the brutal police crackdown on Occupy Oakland on 10/26. He is in serious but stable condition at an Oakland hospital with traumatic head injury. Scott is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Also: Video footage distributed on the Internet shows a protester, identified as Olsen, being carried away by others with a head wound. The cause was unclear. While he lay wounded, the footage appears to show an officer tossing something - perhaps a tear gas canister - toward people trying to help him.

Update: From my Bay area friend Susie-Donate to the Cause:
https://civ.moveon.org/donatec4/policecrackdown.html?id=32341-19970936-Rv1S5Sx&t=2

South Bend.....shady.......?

Here is what I found about South Bend on Tumblr:

*Sidenote: It was my first time in South Bend, and as beautiful at Notre Dame’s campus is, I don’t think I’ll be going back… very shady city.

Some people are so lame. Aw, did South Bendy scare you? Pussy. 

Racism

T-Rex is no good at relationships

We are leaving Iraq

Found this over at Think Progress and thought it was worth sharing:

8 years, 260 days since Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence of Saddam Hussein’s biological weapons program
8 years, 215 days since the March 20, 2003 invasion of Iraq
8 years, 175 days since President George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln
4,479 U.S. military fatalities
30,182 U.S. military injuries
468 contractor fatalities
103,142 – 112,708 documented civilian deaths
2.8 million internally displaced Iraqis
$806 billion in federal funding for the Iraq War through FY2011
$3 – $5 trillion in total economic cost to the United States of the Iraq war according to economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Blimes
$60 billion in U.S. expenditures lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001
0 weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq

Any body else hear John McCain bitching about pulling troops out of Iraq? I was grateful when I heard Secretary of State Hilary Clinton defend the decision of Meet the Press this weekend:

“They should have raised those issues when President Bush agreed to the agreement to withdraw troops by the end of this year,” she said.

BOOM! In case you needed more proof that the GOP agenda the last couple years has been limited to opposing anything the Obama administration does. They must've forgotten that this was a policy approved by the Bush administration. Also, they seem to conveniently  forgotten that the Iraqi parliament approved this plan in 2008. What happened to democracy? From the Los Angeles Times:

Iraq’s Cabinet on Sunday overwhelmingly accepted a plan to end the U.S. military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011 and sent it on to parliament for approval, where it faces a fight from lawmakers who consider it a sellout to the Americans. T[...] The agreement is to replace the United Nations mandate expiring Dec. 31 that gives U.S. forces the legal basis for being in Iraq. [...] The agreement calls for American forces to pull out of Iraqi cities by the end of June and fully withdraw from Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011.

 The article is entitled: 

Iraq Cabinet OKs U.S. exit schedule

So, when it suites them they hate democracy and President Bush? Ooooookkkk.......

Free check ups for lady parts....or How I learned to stop complaining and love the President

Ok, I can get pretty mad at the President. I've accused him of being more conservative than he is (he is a little bit). Got mad at him over healthcare and the abortion restrictions in the new law (that a Blue Dog Democrat proposed). Was upset about the incursion into Libya (NATO led effort and now Gadaffi is dead).  And in general have felt like he was working against Democratic principles.

Then I went to the Dr.

When I pulled out my debit card to pay the $20-25 or whatever the copay was, the woman waved me off. There was no charge! There is no charge for your yearly check up for your lady parts. This is part of the new healthcare law that recently went into effect. My insurance company now has to cover that cost completely. Take that!

So, next time I want to get mad at President Obama and bitch about how he has done nothing for me, I will remember that I can go to the doctor for free. Yay!

Here internet, stalk me more

Someone Plus'oned (that is Google+, my friends) my post on wishing for a blog stalker. Only, I don't know who it is and apparently can't find out. Which is lame.

So, here Blog Stalker, here is the link to my Tumblr:

http://tridiculous.tumblr.com/

POOR PEOPLE-Blame yourselves.........?

From Huffpost:

The Children’s Defense Fund asked reporter Julia Cass to visit families across the country like the Harper family of Columbus, Ohio, to see how children were being affected by economic downturn. Sixteen-year-old Haleigh said her biggest concern over the last few months has been “not knowing what the next day is going to bring. It’s not knowing like whether we’re going to have …” her sister Lindsey, 14, finished the sentence: “Food in the house”. The girls’ mother lost her job, and although their father is still working hard, he’s making less than he used to, and his hours have just been cut back. The family’s home is in foreclosure, and recently they were accepted for food stamps. The Harpers have just joined the growing numbers of America’s working poor.

New faces of poverty in Columbus, Ohio–Haleigh Harper, 16, and her sister Lindsey Harper, 14, have more than grades and boys to worry about. Haleigh said her biggest concern is, “Not knowing what the next day is going to bring. It’s not knowing like whether we’re going to have…” Lindsey finished the sentence: “Food in the house. With money being tight, there were times we didn’t have a lot of food in the house but we always found some way to get it like borrow money from family. But now we have food stamps; we recently got accepted for food stamps.” Their mother lost her job, their father is making less than he used to, and their home is in foreclosure.

According to Cass, “For almost two decades, their parents, Sandy and Walter Harper, have inched towards middle class – although at a pace of two steps forward and one or two steps back, because their best positions more often than not ended when the companies they worked for went out of business or sold out to other companies. The Harpers’ hard work has not enabled them to consistently provide their daughters with safety or security. After nearly 20 years of labor, they’ve had to call on the safety net to put food on the table and to get medical insurance for Haleigh and Lindsey. ‘I am terrified for my girls’ future,’ Walter said. ‘Something seriously has to be done because people can’t survive anymore.’”
Walter and Sandy both had good jobs in 2009.“In a very brief period Sandy calls ‘the golden age,’ they bought a home – the first they’d ever owned. ‘It was something we’d always dreamed about and planned on,’ Walter said. They looked at foreclosed homes that didn’t need too much work and selected a small three-bedroom in a lower middle class neighborhood.” But as both parents’ companies went through restructurings, closings, and layoffs, within a year they fell behind in their mortgage payments. Sandy’s last job was working at the catalogue call center of a small woman’s sports clothing company that was bought by Gap. But last February, “Sandy stopped working when she broke her hand. She needed surgery and received short-term disability payments. She was supposed to call into Gap regularly but didn’t receive the notice specifying that requirement until too late and was fired as a ‘no call, no show’ . . . Now Sandy has ‘the job of looking for a job,’ as she put it.”
Walter had been earning $1,000 a week installing movie rental kiosks until his company went out of business. His old employer gave him a job installing marble and granite countertops—at $13 an hour, no benefits. But then in September, Walter’s hours were cut back, and the family fell below the official poverty guideline of $22,350 for a family of four - the latest setback in a year of setbacks. Walter’s still on the lookout for better paying work. “‘I was offered a job at $15 an hour, but it was seven days a week. I said I needed Sundays for church and family.’ The Harpers are very active in their church. Sandy runs the youth group, which includes Haleigh and Lindsey. Walter helps feed the homeless on Friday nights. All four volunteer at a soup kitchen. Occasionally, they’ve taken in homeless teenagers. ‘We’re the kind of family that helps others,’ Haleigh said.”
Where is the help for them? Cass notes the family is currently trying to save their home through a federal program called Hardest Hit, created by the Obama Administration to help families dealing with a loss of income avoid foreclosure. They’re stuck in a loop of paperwork requirements. They’ve been able to get Medicaid for Haleigh and Lindsey, though Walter and Sandy still have no health insurance. Now the same cycle that’s taken away the girls’ security for today is starting to eat at their hopes for tomorrow. Cass says, “The girls have not given up on the future, but their outlook has been tempered by the uncertainties they’ve experienced. This fall, Haleigh attends her regular high school for a half day and a career-oriented school the other half day to study surgical tech. She wants to become a surgeon. She’s heard that Ohio State has a good medical school but that it’s expensive. ‘One of my goals in life is to be able to help my parents – if they need money, to be like, “Hey, I got some.” But I don’t know. You’ve got to be realistic.’” The Harpers have become one more American family faced with vanishing dreams.
Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund and its Action Council whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

Ooooooo girl, you see that?

Is it even worth it to pay attention to the debates now? I hardly do, except to laugh. Herman Cain is sooooo much giggles. The best line I've heard in awhile-"Herman Cain seriously has to be a joke. Has anyone seen Dave Chappelle lately?" For reals. Google the video of him singing imagine there's no pizza to the tune of John Lennon's Imagine. OH MY GOSH.

Definitely the best thing that happened on CNN last night (Anderson Cooper let that shit be a free for all) was Rick Perry and Mitt Romney getting into it over healthcare and immigration.

Look at that shit. I am surprised they didn't get into a fit, especially after Romney put his hand on Perry's shoulder. There was much pointing of fingers in the face, which anyone who has been in a fight knows is usually a one way ticket to a punch. Reminds me of another contentious exchange that occurred recently.

Harbaugh vs. Schwartz

Anyway, Romney won the battle for the mic. Herman Cain said the unemployed are responsible for their own plight.......and the crowd cheered. Does anyone think the GOP has a soul left? Or maybe they were bored since there were no gay soldiers to boo.

Update:
I don't want you to have to work too hard for this.

The 1%

Herman Cain would like to play Sim City with your life

999.
You can't walk down the street without hearing people discuss Herman Cain's 999 tax plan. 9% income tax, 9% sales tax, 9% corporate tax. People like it because they don't have to think about it that much. Yea, 999........But yesterday on Meet the Press, Herman Cain admitted to host David Gregory that his plan would essentially be a tax INCREASE for many Americans.

CAIN: There is a huge amount of public support for 999. Just talk to anybody. This is what’s going to help us get it passed. The public support.
GREGORY: I just want to break that down. So you’re acknowledging this morning, which I haven’t heard you do before, that there are individuals who are going to pay more in taxes.
CAIN: There are some, yes.
GREGORY: And you think those people are going to rally around tax reform where the wealthy pay less and middle-class and lower-income folks pay more.
CAIN: Yes.

No, Herman, that actually makes people kind of mad.
By the way, Cain's 999 plan looks eerily similar to the default tax rates in Sim City. See. 
He figures it won't be no thang to be the president, because he was really good at that Sim Pizza game they used to make him play.......

You are welcome

http://costoftaxcuts.com/

I know you read my blog

You say you don't, but I know you do.

Secretly, I hope that someone blog stalks me because they have a fascination with me.

Tiny Tiny Dot

Hey girl

If you want even more feminist/Ryan Gosling LOLs, check out the FeministRyanGosling Tumblr site. You are welcome.

Shower beer Vs. Shower mixed drink

If you have not experienced it words cannot describe the Zen that comes with a beer in the shower. Perhaps you want to start your pregaming a little early or maybe you just had a long day. But there is something about taking a relaxing shower while sipping on a beer that soothes the soul.
The best shower beer I ever had was in San Francisco, at my friend Susie's. I set my beer upon the ledge of a small window. The window was opened to the sunshine and blue skies outside (it was high up, no one could see the lady parts). I was on vacation. It was so peaceful. Shower beer.

So, this weekend I decided, why not shower mixed drink? I've been trying to curtail the beer intake and watch my girlish figure. This involves massive amounts of vodka tonic. And so, I embarked on my journey to shower mixed drink.
As I raise the glass to take my first sip, to my horror I saw ripples! The small opening at the tops of a bottle or can of beer allow for very little water to defile the beer inside. But this massive Pizza Express cup offered no protection for the drink inside. Fuuuucccckkkk.
Ok, ok. I had to only watch what I was doing when I took my sips, where the cup was. As I was setting down the cup to wash my hair, I decide the ledge of the tub was a bit too small for the cup. Fearing I would spill it, I placed my mixed drink on the back of the toilet and went about my showering.
A few seconds later I heard a sliding sound and barely caught my drink as it began to slide off the back of the toilet. Noooooooooooooooooooo! Saved.
As I went to take a victory sip, the cup slipped in my hand. When a beer spills, you have a few seconds to pick it up, save it, save some of what is inside. I watched, helplessly, as my mixed drink fell through the grates on the drain, never to be recovered.
In short, stick to shower beer.

Drunk Babies Are Calm Babies

Let's move to France and have a baby like this:

Match Rejected My Profile Update

So, after I saw the dating profile of he who must not be named, I thought about trying out Match again. Only to find that I fucked up in the whole canceling thing and still had it. I recanceled it, but I still have it for another month or so. I decided to have a little fun. And to just be honest. So, I made this the main piece in my Match.com profile:

I am exhausted by these things. Yes, I am happy go lucky, out going. I like to go out or stay in. But, everyone writes that shit in their profiles. Everyone tries to church up their personality and who they are, putting this fake person on the internet, when we could all just be real in these things and stop wasting everyone else's time.

I graduated from college. I want to get a masters, but I bombed the math portion of the GRE. Thinking of next steps.

I like to drink. Not like get wasted and throw up on you while crying about how you don't love me. But I like to drink vodka tonics until I am jovial and feeling extra great and wonderful. I even like to light up a cigarette sometimes when I have some drinks. That is a deal breaker for a lot of people, so I am going to stop pretending like I don't for the sake of looking better on the internet.

I don't eat meat. I don't care if you do.
If you don't have a college education and/or have kids, don't bother contacting me and I won't bother you.
I don't want to date someone overly religious. I go through periods of time when I don't even believe in God.
If you don't like to go down, we are not sexually compatible and you can move on now.

I am not the prettiest girl in the world, but I am not ugly. I'll give back rubs and bring you beers while you watch football. I go to the gym, but I am not ashamed to eat a bunch of food in a group of people. I'm goofy. I like my own jokes. I read way too much news and nonfiction. I write a blog. I volunteer. I have my own money and won't trip if we go dutch on a date. I can get ready in 15 minutes. I don't like to shop. I don't mind video games as long as it isn't obsessive. I have 2 fantasy football teams. I have a limited ability to sew. I have a tattoo.

Did you read this far? You must be bored. :)

Here is the response I received from Match:

Unfortunately, we are unable to approve it at this time because of content that could be considered offensive or otherwise inappropriate by some of our members. Please update your profile and resubmit for approval.

Now, I know that online dating involves an awful lot of rejection. But this is like a new level. Now, even the SITE rejected me. I can't decide if it was for the use of the word shit or the reference to oral sex. We'll see. I changed the shit to stuff, but left in the oral sex. Come on Match.com, that shit is important to me!

In all honesty, this cracked me up. I stopped taking this seriously a long time ago.

Deja Vu

History always seems to be repeating its self.

Dying for Muffin Tops

So, I just overheard this statement at work- "Oh my god, one of my friends, she like, is getting muffin tops. And I thought, oh my god, if I get those, I'll die."
With that attitude, I would've been dead by high school. What is wrong with bitches these days? That is how you talk about your friend? By discussing the fact her muffin tops would make you want to die? WTF ladies, WTF. This is why I find it absolutely impossible to eat lunch with these women, because nothing is important beyond shit like that.
I am not knocking anyone's desire to be healthy. I am pretty excited that I have been able to get a work out in every day so far this week (ok, it is only Wednesday, but I am going today and got yesterday and Monday in). But health wasn't really how this was all framed, it was more looks.
I wish I would've saved it, but I found this picture of a number of women of different sizes and they were all Olympic athletes. It was meant to challenge the notion that to be healthy one has to be super skinny.
OH MY GOD I HAVE MUFFIN TOPS. But that doesn't make me want to die.

Called it

My friend Christie posted this and I had to blog. So true. So true.

Search your heart, you know it to be true.

And Jacob too. And Harry Potter would die again. Now, go watch Serenity or Firefly if you don't get this.

I FUCKING LOVE OMAR

You should probably watch the Wire, just to get to know Omar. How many other gay gangsters are there?

I WON'T GET YOUR FLU SHOT

I got an email at work about getting flu shots at a reduced cost. I always get a letter from my doctor too that says because I have asthma, I should get a flu shot.
I have never gotten one. Maybe if I were pregnant or old. But neither of those things will happen for quite some time.
I am just not a fan of all this fuckery with my immune system. I don't like to take medicine. How do we know that by getting that shot we aren't weakening our immune system and forcing germs to become super germs that will make us sicker?
Keep your fucking flu shot.

It would be funny, if it wasn't true

Dedicated to Maggie

NWA, fuck the police. Dedicated to my little sister, Maggie, as she heads off to her bond arraignment this morning for violating animal restraint laws and refusing to surrender a dog to the authorities. She is pleading NOT GUILTY.

Hi Matt

Matt is upset that I don't update enough. So, here it is. Hi Matt.

Get the politcal LOLs early

Stephen Colbert cracks me up. He suggested on his show that Rick Perry choose the Grim Reaper as his running mate.

“That’s right, the angel of death. Clearly, he is popular with the GOP base this year. He’s got all of the qualifications they are looking for. He’s old and bone white. He’s packing a weapon, he’s got an incredible war record and believe me, no one wants to get rid of Obamacare more than this guy.”

 The world is funny.

YES

The only way this would be better is if it included the word puddin.

What the........?

This, my friends, is a drunk moose. A drunk moose in Sweden who ate too many fermented apples, stumbled and got stuck in a tree. Read the full story here.
Animals are just like us! Most of us get stumbly drunk on the weekend!

Admitting to Things (I don't give a fuck about the sale at Anthropology)

The girls I work with are.......interesting. They aren't bad and I kind of like them. But we are incredibly different and their personalities aren't versatile enough that they can get down with me. I try to get on their level from time to time. Mostly, I just like to say things that shock them. Yesterday jaws dropped when, during a conversation about an Anthropology sale and fall clothes, I said "I don't like to shop." There was a loud explosion from the collective blowing of minds.

While I was getting ready this morning, I was surveying my shoes and noted that most of mine are jacked up a bit. I loath the idea of shopping for new ones though. For some people, it is fun to shop and have a lot of stuff and be fashionable. I've tried that. I really have. But I am pushing 30 at this point and I am no longer thinking things will get much different. I hate malls. They are too hot and too full of stupid 14 year olds. I'm cheap as fuck. I would rather shop for a puzzle or stupid Tshirt at a thrift store than drop anything more that $30 on pair of shoes at anywhere besides Target or Kohls.

And I can admit that to myself. And I can admit to you that I do not give a fuck about the Anthropology sale either. Shit is over priced.

Debate THIS

I'm not gonna lie-I fell asleep before the end of the debate. So, I am like epic fail with any grand insight into the candidates. It was pretty much Rick Perry and Mitt Romney going back and forth the entire time, with little time devoted to the other candidates. Herman Cain was entertaining and simple as always-giving his 9 9 9 tax plan. 9% tax on income, 9% national sales tax and 9% something else (see how closely I was paying attention?). Here is the kicker though, Herman Cain said if 10% is good enough for God (ya'll know about tithing) then 9% was good enough for America. DAMN. Rick Perry stayed on his stump speech meme about social security being a ponzi scheme. He seemed uncomfortable at first and then hit a stride. He wore down by the end, joking that he felt like a pinata. Jon Huntsman is pleasantly sane, much too much so to win the nomination.

Is anyone else sad there wasn't more Michele Bachman? I am. But Rick Perry is her Tea Party equal and at the end of the day that base would much rather vote for a man than a woman. At one point during the debate my friend and I started discussing Michele Bachman's crazy eyes and whether or not she wore contacts. We stopped for a moment and my friend said "We are being so sexist right now. We didn't do that to the male candidates." Oh but I had. I had already noted who I thought had fake tans, that I thought Jon Huntsman dyed his hair to look all salt and pepper distinguished and that Newt Gingerich had the thickest hair on stage. Looks count people, we can stop pretending like they don't!

Some people should totally quit, but all of them are just so entertaining. Do you really want to lose Herman Cain? With his simple plans and lists and one page bills? Isn't the sassy indignation of Newt that he isn't winning just the best? NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE MICHELE BACHMAN. And Ron Paul.....he looks like Magneto.

Now to wait for the next debate on Sept 12 and the 14th and the 22nd. Enjoy September.

Happy A Few Days After Labor Day

LOOK-as Union membership as declined, so has the middle class share of national income. Republicans hate unions. Class warfare anyone?

Eric Cantor is an Asshole

But you already knew that, didn't you?

The Republicans are off the deep end with this budget cutting bullshit. Now Mr. Cantor is saying that additional funds cannot be allocated to FEMA to respond to Hurricane Irene without corresponding cuts to other programs. His words:

Still, Cantor told Fox News that while “we’re going to find the money,” “we’re just going to need to make sure that there are savings elsewhere to do so.”

Does this make anyone else's heart hurt? It hurts mine. I don't think Republicans have hearts. It reminds me of that Pocahontas song-Savages. "This is what we feared, the pale face is a demon." White men = Evil (sometimes). And you know when he says savings elsewhere, he means going after programs that support the poor and working classes.

Sigh. The world is frustrating.

We Are All A Little Gay

Man, Republicans crack me up. They are so vocal about their hatred for all things homosexual, but half of them are trying to bang persons of their same sex. Most recently Indiana state representative Rep. Phil Hinkle was caught trolling Craigslist for a man. The man and Hinkle have different accounts of what happened in the downtown hotel room. Hinkle has denied that he is gay and said he doesn't know why he was using Craigslist to find a dude. He apparently paid the man $80 and exposed himself, though both deny any further sexual contact.

You would have to pay me sooooo much more than $80 to make the sex with this dude.

I hate when people do this.........

The Picture Show Teaches You To Get A Man

Yay Fun Debate Times

Let's see here. The debate was super fun.

-Tim Pawlenty went hard in the paint against Michele Bachman, attacking her on her lack of proven results from her time in the House. But we all expected that, right? Pawlenty thought Iowa would be a cake walk for him, until Ms. Bachman stole his thunder.

-Damn, they made Newt ANGRY. When the moderator asked Mr. Gingrich about most of his major staff leaving in June, Newt accused him of using 'gotcha questions'. He went on to say that too much focus was put on the minutia of the campaign rather than record and ideas of the candidate. I sort of agree.

-Jon Huntsman sucks on TV. He had this weird perma scowl on his face. I was surprised by how liberal he looked, when contrasted with the other candidates. I particularly liked his answer regarding not supporting a marriage amendment to the constitution. He said it should be up to the states and then accused his peers on the stage of not holding to that sacred Republican tenant. Him and Mitt are twins. I am not saying all Mormons look the same though.

-Rick Santorum........I didn't pay any attention to him until he said that there should be no rape exception in an all out ban on abortions because if a woman was already raped, Mr. Santorum did not believe we should also commit the crime of murder on top of that crime..........Yea, I wanted to cut off his dick too.

-Mitt is Mitt. Talking shit about his financial knowledge and President Obama's lack there of. For the perceived front runner, it didn't seem like anyone was going after him in any real way. And what they hell was he doing with ole Herman's schtick of listing things? He botched it. Seven?! Seven ways to fix the economy? No one will remember all that shit.

-Herman Cain announced that he now knows what the Palestinian right of return is and that means he should be President. Here are 3 reasons why..........

-Ron Paul is still Libertarian. Still says some things I like and some I hate. Still has a fan base of young people who have no idea what the fuck he is advocating.

-Michele Bachman, crazy as she may be, is a bad bitch for standing on that stage, amidst the GOP boys club, and kicking some debate ass.

Just fair warning-I got a little drunk playing a debate drinking game, so by the end of the debate, I wasn't really paying attention. Mostly just talking.

JetBlue Passenger Pees on 11-year-old Girl During Flight

Full Article

So, I just discovered the joys of drinking on a plane. Or before you get on one. It turns that feeling of "Oh my God, Turbulence. WE ARE GONNA DIE!" into the more manageable "Turbulence. Cool."

However, there is a point when too much is too much. An 18 year old man named Robert Veitz discovered just that. Vietz got white boy wasted on a red eye flight. He got up and stumbled about 5 rows back. Assuming he was in the bathroom (God-this ALWAYS happens to dudes), he whipped his shit out and started to pee. But he wasn't in the bathroom. He was in the aisle, peeing on an 11 year old girl whose father was in the restroom. Needless to say, dude got arrested.

I know it happens to the ladies occasionally. Never happened to me. But sometimes drunk people get confused. And most times if someone pees in your closet, on your cable box or on your 11 year old child, it's a dude. Maybe we should watch our intake boys...........

I'm going to watch the debate tonight.....

So you don't have to!
Ron Paul will say Libertarian things! Can you believe Newt is still running? Then there is the always fabulous Michele Bachman. Pawlenty, Santorum and Huntsman will all vie for the coveted "Most Boring" award. And Mitt Romney will try to pretend he doesn't think everyone else on the stage is bat shit crazy. Then Herman Cain will say crazy things.
Updates tomorrow.

Things I Find on the Internet that I Wish to Share With You

Man, people and their cell phones.

OH MY GOD THE WORLD WILL END WITH FREE BIRTH CONTROL

Or at least that is what Republicans seem to think.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa):

 They’ve called it preventative medicine. Preventative medicine. Well if you applied that preventative medicine universally what you end up with is you’ve prevented a generation. Preventing babies from being born is not medicine. That’s not— that’s not constructive to our culture and our civilization. If we let our birth rate get down below replacement rate we’re a dying civilization.

 And is this dying civilization everyone will have nice hands and feet, because, according to Family PAC Federal Vice President Sandy Rios on Fox:

Is the White House out of their mind? Does the West Wing not know what the left wing is doing? We’re $14 trillion in debt and now we’re going to cover birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse? Are we going to do pedicures and manicures as well?

I hope so, because I can't afford them now.

And lastly, Bill O'Reilly makes sense of all of this for us:

Now the federal government is ordering the health insurance companies to pay for all breast feeding stuff, all female birth control stuff, all preventative measures for doctors for ladies that go in. What do you think that’s gonna do? That’s going to inhibit hiring even more!

So, what I have learned today: 1. Birth control is directly linked to the extinction of humanity. 2. Soon Health and Human Services will mandate that insurance companies cover mani/pedi's to prevent......fungus.
3. Breast pumps suck jobs right out of the economy (like what I did there?).

For fuck sake. I can't believe people vote for/employee and/or listen to these people. 

Just so you know.....

In case you hate to read graphs (I'm not player hatin) this basically says that Republican Presidents increased debt substantially more than Democrats.
And then they pitched a bitch fit about paying bills that they wracked up. What the fuck. What the fuck?

This Debt Ceiling Deal Blows

From Think Progress:

The agreement would reduce spending by at least $1 trillion over 10 years, but even the near-term cuts could shrink already sluggish GDP growth by 0.3% in 2012. According to EPI, the plan “not only erodes funding for public investments and safety-net spending, but also misses an important opportunity to address the lack of jobs.” In particular, the immediate spending cuts and the “failure to continue two key supports to the economy (the payroll tax holiday and emergency unemployment benefits for the long term unemployed) could lead to roughly 1.8 million fewer jobs in 2012.

 Full article here.

I Got Called Annoying

I got called annoying one week ago today. On Twitter. And it has been freaking me out. It is one of those words. Annoying. It sticks with you because we all know and HATE annoying people.

So, now I have to dissect my behavior. I was a little drunk. But I was only drinking water there. I laughed some. Watched TV. Played with the dog and left. But somewhere in all that, I said something, did something, that was annoying.

I guess it doesn't really matter. Since this person didn't have the balls to say something like 'Shut the fuck up' to my face. Or even to put it on a site where I would actually see it (I ain't on Twitter, but I am like super internet spy, shit don't get passed me).

Seriously though, if I am ever annoying, please say it to my face. I don't want to annoy you. Unless you are bothering me.

Feel mad?

Best Headline Ever

Serial Butt Slasher Pursued In Virginia 

Read the article here. 

Seriously though, this dude is going after ladies butts. He creates a disturbances and then slashes their butts with a box cutter or switch blade. Men are so fucked up.

Debt Ceiling

Is anyone else sick of hearing about this shit? I sure am. And the whole thing is framed all wrong. The Republicans keep yelling about how we can't keep spending money-with some Tea Partiers even suggesting the debt ceiling be lowered. The truth is-THIS IS MONEY WE'VE ALREADY SPENT. Congress allocated it and  now they are mad about it? What the fuck is all I have to say.

Even Wall Street is starting to get pissed at their Republican buddies. True Republicans are getting pissed at crazy ass Tea Party freshman. And the Democrats keep serving up cuts and have walked back their demands on raising revenue. Then President Obama put entitlements on the table to cut? Is he still a Democrat? Jesus. Politics have been pushed so far right lately they all look Republican to me.

Blogging is Hard

And we mean it!

Not Ridiculous - A Fabulous Blog

If you aren't reading it yet, you should. My favorite blog is called Alice's Bucket List. Described by Alice herself:

Hi, I'm 15 years old and live with my parents and sister in Ulverston. I've been fighting cancer for almost 4 years and now I know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one :( I'm hoping to write in here as much as I can and I'm also going to show my bucket list which I'm trying to get done before I have to go. Hopefully, I'll update as I tick each one off the list :)

And so she does! If you ever feel down, the blog is perfect to read to put things into perspective. Alice is unrelentingly positive and it makes me feel encouraged to be the same! So glad to have found this.
http://alicepyne.blogspot.com/

Tim Pawlenty Likes Lady Gaga........Is Still Boring

The Washington Post reported that Tim Pawlenty, in a desperate attempt to have people pay attention to him, asked a group of Iowa bloggers what their favorite Gaga song was. Then they asked him to name his. His response?

"Well you know, in terms of the beat, I like 'Bad Romance,'" Pawlenty said. "I gotta say, even though she's a little unusual, 'Born this Way' has some appeal. She's actually very talented. Now if you go to the end of the HBO special, the Lady Gaga HBO special, and you watch her sing a cappella "Born This Way," she can sing. She can definitely sing. She's talented."

Born this way? The LGBT anthem? What what? Lifted directly from Mr. Pawlenty's website:

I firmly believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, as President Obama told us he believed in 2008.  But now President Obama and his Justice Department would have us believe that traditional marriage laws are unconstitutional. I oppose the Justice Department's political decision to reverse its policy defending the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal statute passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton.

For the record, Michele Bachman signed an antigay marriage pledge today and Tim Pawlenty is considering it. A gay hater who likes Lady Gaga.........? Tim Pawlenty is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. And still boring. And pretty hypocritical.


Fun fact: When you Google Tim Pawlenty and start typing in Tim, Tim McGraw shows up first. People are more interested in Tim McGraw than Tim Pawlenty and he hasn't even released an album since 2009. 

Oh my gosh, Racism all around me

Sometimes the people that I work with floor me.

I was having lunch yesterday with 3 of my coworkers-2 white, 1 black girl. The conversation turned to babies. And then to how the white women couldn't tell if black babies were male or female. The black girl quickly admitted that she could not tell if a white baby was a boy or girl. COME ON PEOPLE. No one can tell with little babies-black, white or fuckin purple. Babies are pretty androgynous until people start shoving them into gendered clothing. This conversation inevitably moved to-you guys all look the same to me. The whole time I'm just sitting there like "Wow, just racist all over the place."

I legit don't think any of these ladies are racist. But what a racist conversation. For the record, most people look pretty different to me, even if they share a skin tone.

YES

Thank you internets.......

Stop complaining about IPAs!

The Jokes Never Take Long

David Brooks calls Republicans "Not Normal"

Over the weekend conservative journalist David Brooks wrote a piece in the NYTimes discussing Republican brinkmanship on the debt ceiling and their refusal to consider raising taxes as part of a compromise. I particularly liked this part:

That’s because the Republican Party may no longer be a normal party. Over the past few years, it has been infected by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical, governing alternative.

When tolerable conservative thinkers are pointing out that the party is getting too crazy, that's when you know shit is too crazy.

Also, David Brooks has the best comb over EVER. From the front you can't even tell he is completely bald in the back.

If you wanna meet men in Indy........

So, I, awesomely, won free tickets to see Florence and the Machine at White River last night. Being the people we are, my friend and I decided to take the bus downtown to avoid the headache of parking on such a busy day. So, we left from her house and walked to 38th and Winthrop to wait for the 39 to carry us to our destination.

As we were standing there, sipping on our mixed drinks (cleverly hidden in pop bottles), I saw a car pull up and park behind us, by the fair grounds. I keep running my mouth when this dude walks up. He introduces himself as Larry and asks what we are doing because, and I quote, he was "trying to kick it" with us. He asked about boyfriends, which we both claimed to have (he believed me and not Katie-I'm a good liar). Larry informed us that they needed to be driving us around so that we didn't have to take the bus.  This dude had neck tattoos and a tatt on his face that looked like it was supposed to be a tear drop........until someone stumbled into his face with the tattoo gun. His choice to try and make friends by pulling over on the side of 38th street making him even more questionable.

As he drove away, telling us to have a good night and to get drunk, Katie said "I guess we can't really say we never meet men in Indianapolis." Indeed, madam. Indeed.

My next boyfriend comes from the bus stop.

Mantyhose Update-An Empassioned Defense

A comment, posted to my blog, about Mantyhose. I apologize for all you guys out there secretly getting away with wearing your mantyhose.

While not too many guys are going to be wearing the white ones shown in your photo here, there are a lot of guys who have discovered the practical benefits of wearing 'mantyhose'. They're great for keeping your legs energized if you're on your feet all day long, or if you just happen to have poor leg circulation, for instance.

The majority of guys who wear them still wear them under long pants, but there's a growing number who are brave enough to wear them with shorts. Of those, most (like myself) stick to colors that more or leg match skin tone and thus are hardly noticeable to passersby on the street.

Keep an eye out next time you're on a busy street, you might be surprised to notice a few guys wearing them right out there in the open that you might've missed otherwise.

 I'm watching for your mantyhose........and judging you.

I haven't been to a mall in 2 years

I haven't been to a mall in 2 years. I can not tell how much it delights me to reveal this fact to people. How do I know this? Don't YOU remember where you were when you learned Michael Jackson died? I was at the mall. And that was the last time I was there.

My aversion has nothing to do with Michael Jackson though. I just HATE malls. I hate trying to walk around slow moving people. I hate all the teenagers who have no place else to hang out. I hate sales people. I hate feeling so uncool because I'm not sporting those (BLANK) that everyone else has. Don't malls always seem too hot? And I am CHEAP as fuck. I've only been to the Fashion Mall twice in the 5 years I've lived in Indy. Both times to see a movie (Sorry to everyone who had to be there when I got waaaayyyy too drunk watching Harry Potter). If it isn't at Kohl's, Target, Goodwill or Valu World, I really have no interest in adorning myself in it. And I never think I look bad, but I suppose that is up for interpretation.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I am the only one who thinks my streak is cool. I'm going to keep telling people anyway.
Anyway, I think I may break this streak soon by going to CASTLETON mall.

Ridiciulously Awesome Quote - Sen. Bernie Sanders

Please do not yield to outrageous Republican demands that would greatly increase suffering for the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society. Now is the time to stand with the tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to survive economically, not with the millionaires and billionaires who have never had it so good.

 -Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - Vermont)

Enough is enough. We can ask the rich people to give up a little too. For your viewing pleasure: