I only know enough about politics to get my ass chewed, then handed back to me, by someone who does know what their talking about. I’m a logical person and things that aren’t logical or don’t seem logical or seems inanely and unnecessarily convoluted don’t make any goddamned sense. Hence, I don’t understand politics. Electoral votes? Why not make it SIMPLE and make it a true vote of the people by allowing whoever wins the POPULAR VOTE to win the election? That shit doesn’t make sense to me. Then someone said (and I don’t know if this is true or not) that the electoral college is made of up of actual, real live electoral-college-people who are SUPPOSED to vote the direction the people they are representing but are not required to? WHAT THE FUCK DO WE EVEN VOTE FOR? This shit makes no fucking sense to me. If I’m going to cast a vote for Mickey Mouse and these twats aren’t going to submit my vote for Micky Mouse then there was no goddamned point in me even casting my stupid vote. Who gives a fuck that Micky Mouse is even in the running if all that’s going to come out of it is, “Well, Micky Mouse was the most popular choice, but he didn’t win because the people representing the people who voted for him didn’t cast their vote for him.” Also probably why Colorado swung hard blue even though Mittens was the popular choice. Because there are only 538 peoples votes who actually count.
Anyway, I’m mostly totally excited and really only care that I won’t get 10+ automated calls a day, 7+ mailers in my mailbox every night, and won’t have to watch 4+ political ads every commercial break. So. Goddamned. Grateful. It almost hurts how grateful I am.
You wanna hear something that ground my gears this morning? So, it’s national news that our lovely state has legalized pot, right? Which I couldn’t care less about one way or the other since I don’t smoke and don’t care about those who do. Anyway, some foolish assbag popped off online and said “I don’t want to year any sad stories about 5 year old kids getting ran over on the national news……cause you did it to yourselves.” Aside from the glaring grammatical errors littering his ignorant post, erm, I’m sorry. Motherfuck what? My kid gets run over by someone who CHOSE to get high and CHOSE to get behind the wheel of a 1 ton moving metal and glass death machine and runs my child over its MY fault? As the mother of a 5 year old little girl, I dare any stoner any where to blame me for pancaking my child. Excuse me, SIR, but I DID NOT DO THAT. And anyone willing to step to me and say otherwise has another goddamned thing coming because I promise that if you run my child over, I do not have anything else to live for, and will not hesitate to run YOUR STONED ASS OVER in retaliation. Have I made myself clear?
IF YOU KILL MY CHILD AND BLAME ME, I WILL MAIM YOU.
Woofuckingsah, man. That shit got me all wound up.
Something else I also noticed this morning: There are a whole shit ton of people hootin’ and hollerin’ and gloating and “YES YES YES”ing about Obama’s re-election. Also the same people who didn’t care to keep their opinions to themselves in the first place. Good for you guys. I like winning too! I’m totally on board with that! I also noticed that no one that I know on the other side of the spectrum is whining or bitching or moaning about how Romney didn’t win, which is really quite surprising because I know a lot of whiners. So pleasantly surprised that, from what I’ve seen, that one side is elated and one side is quietly licking their wounds and silently hoping things don’t get worse as they don’t have any alternative. Very adult like, if you ask me. I’m quite proud of my fellow republicans for taking their loss in stride.
I’M SORRY YOU GUYS. This was really political, wasn’t it? I love you. And you. And you. xoxoxo
UPDATE: Here is something else that just wound my watch too tight. I saw an argument, from a mother, about how we as parents are supposed to educate our children on the dangers of drugs (and alcohol). By passing this law, we are essentially condoning it! Not only that, but that in some instances the money raised by taxing marijuna will be bookmarked to provide drug/alcohol/substance education and awareness classes! Heavens to Besty, no! I saw this and thought, “Eh. Her opinion. That’s fine.” Then I saw that she “liked” and “commented” on a picture of her under(legaldrinking)age daughter holding a red Solo cup of beer at a Halloween party dressed as a “Sexy Baseball Player” which basically consisted of an oversized button down shirt and no pants. AND YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT LEGALIZING DRUGS. Yeah, ok.
First: Electoral College. I know jack-shit about politics, but I *HEART* me some history! Basically the Electoral College was established in 1781 because most people lived in the ass-end of nowhere and couldn’t get enough info on the candidates to be trusted to make an informed decision. It was meant to mitigate the stupidity and ignorance of a very spread out populace. Nowadays, each candidate running for President in a state has his or her own group of electors. Most states have a “winner-take-all” system that awards all their electors to the winning presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of “proportional representation.” Clear as mud?
I am so happy about the lack of political calls and emails, but what really got me today was the lack of political ads on YouTube. Thank you, sweet election gods that have allowed me to watch the music video for Gangnam Style for the 500th time, but this time without having to hear all the political dick-whipping first.
I could give two fucking shits less about the legalization of pot thing, because seriously? Whatever. However, what bag of dicks would say the thing about kids being killed? That is like saying “Hey guys, we repealed Prohibition, but if your kid gets hit by a drunk driver, fuck you!” Um…okay. You sir, are a gigantic toolbox.
Unfortunately, there are bad apples (aka criminally stupid people) in each party, and they all seem to be employed here. FML.
Oh man, very nice Melissa! That makes sense. BUT, it’s not 1781 anymore and with rapid advances in technology, you would think the system would change with the times. More and more people and thoroughly- ahem, excuse me- CAN BE thoroughly educated (whether they are or not is a different story) about the candidates. It’s simply unnerving to me that the person who has been chosen to represent me and my choices, is, in most circumstances, not required by to do so. I’m not sure how accurate that can be…
And EXACTLY. “Well, I was drunk/high/otherwise impaired but it’s your fault because you voted to repeal said laws that would forbid me from doing so.” Last I checked, it was still illegal to operate heavy machinery under the influence, asshat.
And I’m sorry you work with criminally stupid people. Hehe. I like that. Ima havta use that from now on.
Even though I am an Obama fan, I will never understand the legalization of silly drugs.
I voted for it, for a number of reasons. Not the least of which being that I firmly believe that the Feds will eventually step in and shut every goddamned part of it down. And that, my friend, will be the funniest “How do ya do!” I have ever seen.
So much to say here!
One: I agree with you. It’s not fucking 1781, maybe we should look into changing that shit, right? I’m glad TN swung for Mittens because that’s how the majority went. I’d be pissed as fuck if I was in Colorado and he was the popular vote, but Obama won it.
Two: I’m not a big fan of the pot legalization, but I think it’s probably the best choice. I mean people are gonna get it and the fucking drug dealers are driving around in $70k SUV’s while I work my ass off 40 hours a week to barely make it. We might as well start taxing the fuck out of it and pay some debt? Maybe… I’m being optimistic here. ALSO I knew A LOT of stoners in my day and they didn’t go around killing people! They sat on their couches and ate fucking Cheetos, happy as could be. So fuck off you old ass grouch man!
Three: I think we are doing a great job being humble, not blaming THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE or FLORIDA (I’m from there I can be bitchy) for Mittens loss. I would however like to smack the fuck out of some of my democrat friends (Ren you seem lovely) This one girl I used to work with lives out in the back ass woods of KY is one…here is a snippet of her Facebook:
Her: YES WE DID!! (Insert Obama Symbol)
Random Guy: So… I can blame it on u in 4yrs? lol!
Her: No, you can thank me in 4 years…
Random Guy: OK… Sure when my property taxes rise for welfare recipients to have better healthcare than my WORK provides..wait… They already do…
Her: The country has spoken.
Her idiot sister on welfare: NO, that’s not true.
Other Random Guy: Guess you like a president who ran guns to Mexican drug lords to make a case for gun control here and who didn’t answer that three am call from Libya.
Her: Again, the country has spoken.
Bitch, almost 1/2 the county spoke… don’t lump me and the other 1/2 of the people there who spoke for someone else.
Four: Seriously is it Friday? I’m tired and I think my BF gave me back the shit I gave to him .. F.M.L
I’ll say what I just told Ren: I think the Feds will eventually be forced to draw a line and they will step in and shut everything down and I WANT IN ON THAT. It’s still illegal at a federal level so I literally lol’ed when I voted yes. People are hootin and hollerin’ “DRUG MONEY WILL BE FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS!” and to that I say WONDERFUL. If drugs will provide my child with a better education tomorrow than they received today, I’m all about it because life is fucking hard, and its harder when you’re dumb as shit which is how they’ll turn out if our school continue to provide a cut rate education because they can’t afford any better.
Also, it sounds like your Dem friend really had no idea why she voted or what she was voting for if the best she can say is, “The country has spoken.” No arguments? No statements to back it up? I LOVE me some educated debates, especially from those people who have different views than mine. I always learn something! But clearly, this woman had nothing else to offer. And boo to that. Apparently her school didn’t educate her well because they lacked the necessary drug money to do so. HA!
LMAO Yes! We should have been so lucky to have drug money fund our education!
Moral of the story: More drug money for schools!
In New Hampshire we don’t have a sales tax, so in order to fund schools we have all been slapped with astronomical high property taxes. So the homeowners are pissed and poor, and the kids aren’t getting what they need. Clearly we need weed.