Best. Article. Ever.
Thank you, Canada, for pointing out daily how hopeless my country really is.
WARNING: Yet MORE politics ahead.
This article is well worth reading--quite long, but worth the effort. It's gotten me all fired up. Here's an exerpt:
"So how do we live and what are we for? Look around you, urbanite, at the multiplicity of cultures, ethnicities, and tribes that are smashed together in every urban center (yes, even Seattle): We're for that. We're for pluralism of thought, race, and identity. We're for a freedom of religion that includes the freedom from religion--not as some crazy aberration, but as an equally valid approach to life. We are for the right to choose one's own sexual and recreational behavior, to control one's own body and what one puts inside it. We are for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The people who just elected George W. Bush to a second term are frankly against every single idea outlined above."
Some extremists have predicted another civil war (not the above article, just for clarification), this time between urban and rural areas, because now that is where our country is divided. Don't believe me? Kerry won EVERY city in the U.S. over 500,000 people. Look at the map of the whole U.S. divided into red and blue counties. The whole damn country is red, except for the blue beacons of reason where there are cities. Honestly, if such a civil war started tomorrow, I'd be taking my sword and lopping off some heads before the sun set. ...Well, maybe not my sword. It's more of a wobbly blunt object. But you get the idea.
In other news, tomorrow I'll be able to see.
Thank you, Canada, for pointing out daily how hopeless my country really is.
WARNING: Yet MORE politics ahead.
This article is well worth reading--quite long, but worth the effort. It's gotten me all fired up. Here's an exerpt:
"So how do we live and what are we for? Look around you, urbanite, at the multiplicity of cultures, ethnicities, and tribes that are smashed together in every urban center (yes, even Seattle): We're for that. We're for pluralism of thought, race, and identity. We're for a freedom of religion that includes the freedom from religion--not as some crazy aberration, but as an equally valid approach to life. We are for the right to choose one's own sexual and recreational behavior, to control one's own body and what one puts inside it. We are for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The people who just elected George W. Bush to a second term are frankly against every single idea outlined above."
Some extremists have predicted another civil war (not the above article, just for clarification), this time between urban and rural areas, because now that is where our country is divided. Don't believe me? Kerry won EVERY city in the U.S. over 500,000 people. Look at the map of the whole U.S. divided into red and blue counties. The whole damn country is red, except for the blue beacons of reason where there are cities. Honestly, if such a civil war started tomorrow, I'd be taking my sword and lopping off some heads before the sun set. ...Well, maybe not my sword. It's more of a wobbly blunt object. But you get the idea.
In other news, tomorrow I'll be able to see.
mistressmissy:
seeing is a good thing
warchild:
ouch, surgery...hope that all goes well for ya.....seeing is for sure a happy thing.....dont worry, I'll raise a drink to ya.... 
