12.27.2006
12.12.2006
WORST. THING. EVER.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/12/iraq.main/index.html
people looking for work. people looking to support their families. people like you and me, just trying to survive. The only difference is that they are stuck in a shit storm with no way out.
just because bad stuff happens doesn't mean it's ok.
people looking for work. people looking to support their families. people like you and me, just trying to survive. The only difference is that they are stuck in a shit storm with no way out.
just because bad stuff happens doesn't mean it's ok.
12.07.2006
The War on Christmas
Today at Cal Dems, we watched A Charlie Brown Christmas. I wore a Santa hat, and we had gingerbread and cake.
And we've raised over $600 to send packages to U.S. Troops in Iraq.
Here in Berkeley, Democrats surely hate the season.
And we've raised over $600 to send packages to U.S. Troops in Iraq.
Here in Berkeley, Democrats surely hate the season.
In response to those total tools on the Savio Steps calling for Impeachment
Fuck You.
Impeachment is dumb. Call me a sell-out, but I prioritize pragmatic politics and strategy. And by the way, overthrowing Capitalism and liberating the proletariat is not realistic, nor is it a good idea. Sorry, Marx.
Anywho, read this:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/12/7/13812/1423
Kos also has some nice comments on it. I include them below...
"We have one year to make our case for 2008 to the American people. We need to show not just that we deserve to hold on the Congress, but that we should be given the White House as well.
2008 won't work, since as an election year, all meaningful legislative work will grind to a halt and the press will be focused on the horse race (as will we). So 2007 is it.
We can spend 2007 either pushing impeachment (which isn't as popular as Zogby claims, see Bowers' piece), or we can use it educating the American people about what a Democratic government would look like -- passing meaningful legislation that would improve their lives like the minimum wage, health care reform, ethics reform, stem cell research funding, policies that help families and the middle class.
Impeachment does none of that.
In a perfect world, we could do all of the above. But we don't live in a perfect world. And the second we start impeachment proceedings, the media will focus on that. Heck WE'LL focus on that, and the Democratic legislative agenda will fade into the background, ignored. A perfect opportunity to brand the Democratic Party in a positive light will be forever squandered.
So what is more important, proving that we can govern and making the case for future Democratic majorities? Or a high-profile vendetta campaign against Bush? It really is just one or the other.
It's an easy call.
Don't worry about Bush and company. Congress will pursue its oversight duties. Waxman and Slaughter and Conyers and the rest of those guys aren't about to take the next two years off. People will be held accountable. Impeachment isn't the old path to accountability.
And Bush? He's going down as the nation's Worst President Ever. We don't need "impeachment" to make that case, Bush has done a great job of it all by himself."
Thanks for understanding, Kos.
Impeachment is dumb. Call me a sell-out, but I prioritize pragmatic politics and strategy. And by the way, overthrowing Capitalism and liberating the proletariat is not realistic, nor is it a good idea. Sorry, Marx.
Anywho, read this:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/12/7/13812/1423
Kos also has some nice comments on it. I include them below...
"We have one year to make our case for 2008 to the American people. We need to show not just that we deserve to hold on the Congress, but that we should be given the White House as well.
2008 won't work, since as an election year, all meaningful legislative work will grind to a halt and the press will be focused on the horse race (as will we). So 2007 is it.
We can spend 2007 either pushing impeachment (which isn't as popular as Zogby claims, see Bowers' piece), or we can use it educating the American people about what a Democratic government would look like -- passing meaningful legislation that would improve their lives like the minimum wage, health care reform, ethics reform, stem cell research funding, policies that help families and the middle class.
Impeachment does none of that.
In a perfect world, we could do all of the above. But we don't live in a perfect world. And the second we start impeachment proceedings, the media will focus on that. Heck WE'LL focus on that, and the Democratic legislative agenda will fade into the background, ignored. A perfect opportunity to brand the Democratic Party in a positive light will be forever squandered.
So what is more important, proving that we can govern and making the case for future Democratic majorities? Or a high-profile vendetta campaign against Bush? It really is just one or the other.
It's an easy call.
Don't worry about Bush and company. Congress will pursue its oversight duties. Waxman and Slaughter and Conyers and the rest of those guys aren't about to take the next two years off. People will be held accountable. Impeachment isn't the old path to accountability.
And Bush? He's going down as the nation's Worst President Ever. We don't need "impeachment" to make that case, Bush has done a great job of it all by himself."
Thanks for understanding, Kos.
12.06.2006
A BIG FREAKIN' (democratic) PARTY
"The 2007 California Democratic Party State Convention is scheduled for the weekend of April 27 - 29, 2007 in San Diego, CA. The Convention activities will take place at the San Diego Convention Center, at 111 W. Harbor Drive in San Diego."
Hellooooooooooooooooooooo, lampshades!
Hellooooooooooooooooooooo, lampshades!
12.04.2006
Life Lesson in Communications
As if you ever needed proof of it...
FOX NEWS IS JERKS.
They have managed to crush my words into a pulp and then repackage them as SHIT OF BULLS. I could give you a play by play of their lies, but watching the footage makes me cringe and convulse. I'm not even kidding. O! The problems conservatives cause.
Cal Dems owns BCR. anyday.
FOX NEWS IS JERKS.
They have managed to crush my words into a pulp and then repackage them as SHIT OF BULLS. I could give you a play by play of their lies, but watching the footage makes me cringe and convulse. I'm not even kidding. O! The problems conservatives cause.
Cal Dems owns BCR. anyday.
11.30.2006
oh god.
also, i'm sitting in the exact same seat from which my backpack got stolen almost one year ago. i am extremely paranoid because of it.
oh wait, no. no. i'm not. i'm sitting in the seat next to it. i think the person who stole it was sitting in this one.
now i just feel sinister. >=}
oh wait, no. no. i'm not. i'm sitting in the seat next to it. i think the person who stole it was sitting in this one.
now i just feel sinister. >=}
unspecified organ inflammation. my favorite.
hold the mayo. i finally got a real doctor to look at my failing old bones. alas, i do not have sleeping sickness. i've got some kind of fatigue mixed up with a virus and some unspecified organ inflammation. shweeeet.
i would usually go about typing something quite responsible like this:
Note to self: lay off the booze.
oh wow, enough of that nonsense. you see, I can think of a million things that it could be before that (no, i can't). Ok, I can think of a handsome clusterfuck of things, but it's not entirely off my radar. so let it be said that I will probably not perform a legendary keg-stand at this friday's Cal Dems party. i hate to disappoint, but i'll probably be sleeping in some shady frat house corner anyways. ("why look, i found a rape victim in here!")
so anyways.
in case you haven't seen this yet, please consider it.
and if you don't already stalk this site every sunday, you should.
and here's the best way to waste a few hours.
ok bye.
i would usually go about typing something quite responsible like this:
Note to self: lay off the booze.
oh wow, enough of that nonsense. you see, I can think of a million things that it could be before that (no, i can't). Ok, I can think of a handsome clusterfuck of things, but it's not entirely off my radar. so let it be said that I will probably not perform a legendary keg-stand at this friday's Cal Dems party. i hate to disappoint, but i'll probably be sleeping in some shady frat house corner anyways. ("why look, i found a rape victim in here!")
so anyways.
in case you haven't seen this yet, please consider it.
and if you don't already stalk this site every sunday, you should.
and here's the best way to waste a few hours.
ok bye.
11.29.2006
things are funnier when you're drunk
today, i got drunk and listened to christmas music by sufjan stevens (yes, it's only 4:30).
but perhaps even MORE valuable is what i discovered. I haven't laughed so hard at a website in a long time, and i truly urge you to enjoy all of the experiments this man has performed. no really. it's amazing. oh wow, i just realized how much Brett's going to love this.
partake and rejoice: http://www.zug.com/scrawl/deathmatch/index.html
but perhaps even MORE valuable is what i discovered. I haven't laughed so hard at a website in a long time, and i truly urge you to enjoy all of the experiments this man has performed. no really. it's amazing. oh wow, i just realized how much Brett's going to love this.
partake and rejoice: http://www.zug.com/scrawl/deathmatch/index.html
11.28.2006
La Malade Imaginaire
i stressed out so much this morning that my back exploded into a rash. and now my joints hurt. i think i have the flu.
but i think i have lots of things, leading me to think that i may have developed hypochondria. which probably means i'm a (an?) hypochondriac. i can't tell if that's ironic or just obvious.
and in my quest to discover if all of my symptoms added up to some huge killer disease, i made a huge mistake of discovering this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptomcenter.htm
now i can diagnose myself ALL DAY LONG. so far, i have had:
*lupus
*depression
*diabetes
*hypertension
*anxiety
*West African Trypanosomiasis
thank god they have a little warning, explaining that you should not actually diagnose yourself. for a minute there, i was ready to have my apartment fumigated for the noble tsetse fly.
but i think i have lots of things, leading me to think that i may have developed hypochondria. which probably means i'm a (an?) hypochondriac. i can't tell if that's ironic or just obvious.
and in my quest to discover if all of my symptoms added up to some huge killer disease, i made a huge mistake of discovering this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptomcenter.htm
now i can diagnose myself ALL DAY LONG. so far, i have had:
*lupus
*depression
*diabetes
*hypertension
*anxiety
*West African Trypanosomiasis
thank god they have a little warning, explaining that you should not actually diagnose yourself. for a minute there, i was ready to have my apartment fumigated for the noble tsetse fly.
11.02.2006
i'm my own ass-kicker
i kicked a wall yesterday. now my foot hurts really bad.
the punchline: i also punched the wall, and that hurt about 100 times more at the time than the kick did. now i know my hand is far more resilient than my foot, and my foot is a gigantic pansy (and i thought the huge scar on it made it look like a badass).
the punchline: i also punched the wall, and that hurt about 100 times more at the time than the kick did. now i know my hand is far more resilient than my foot, and my foot is a gigantic pansy (and i thought the huge scar on it made it look like a badass).
10.24.2006
let us go then, you and i
http://www.walnutcreek.colormemine.com/Index.tpl
i'm on a mission. i woke up this morning with the intense urge to paint tacky ceramic pottery. i haven't gone to one of these things since i was 6 years old, so why on earth this would pop into my head, i don't know.
by the way, i skipped class again. dohhhh.
i'm on a mission. i woke up this morning with the intense urge to paint tacky ceramic pottery. i haven't gone to one of these things since i was 6 years old, so why on earth this would pop into my head, i don't know.
by the way, i skipped class again. dohhhh.
prepare to ....
um, hello.
This blog was created to help me come up with reasons for why i shouldn't do work. It was also created so you can laugh at things. Especially my life.
Exhibit A: My High School Experience
That is all!!!
This blog was created to help me come up with reasons for why i shouldn't do work. It was also created so you can laugh at things. Especially my life.
Exhibit A: My High School Experience
That is all!!!
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