Argh. I get angry at fascist political movements, and the gullibility of people to delude themselves into seeing gold and magic or whatever the fuck they think the Tea Party will bring them.
Delusional, you say? My local July 4th snowcones-and-public-drinking shindig featured a booth selling a bunch of angry propaganda, including a shirt that reads 'Yep, I'm a racist' on the front and a list of Tea Party "values" on the back. Selling T-shirts that say "I'm a racist" may not necessarily make you a racist, but it does make you a shitty, antagonist cocksucker. I don't care what you claim the purpose of your shirt is. It's not funny, and there are plenty of ways to alert us to your political beliefs that don't involve raising my blood pressure. I don't take that shit lightly; I'm southern.
And this is entirely aside from whatever ideology is stamped on the back. I wish these sad people would take a good long look at their movement's leadership base, and perhaps their bank accounts.
Sigh.
Moving on...
Weezer cover band is back! We lost our bass and lead guitar players a year ago (to Austin TX and flaking out, respectively), so we recruited new people and are in the process of learning/ relearning new songs. I got talked into backup singing also, so that'll be different. I'm just looking forward to getting paid to make noise again, as it's not happening so much in the other outfit.
Delusional, you say? My local July 4th snowcones-and-public-drinking shindig featured a booth selling a bunch of angry propaganda, including a shirt that reads 'Yep, I'm a racist' on the front and a list of Tea Party "values" on the back. Selling T-shirts that say "I'm a racist" may not necessarily make you a racist, but it does make you a shitty, antagonist cocksucker. I don't care what you claim the purpose of your shirt is. It's not funny, and there are plenty of ways to alert us to your political beliefs that don't involve raising my blood pressure. I don't take that shit lightly; I'm southern.
And this is entirely aside from whatever ideology is stamped on the back. I wish these sad people would take a good long look at their movement's leadership base, and perhaps their bank accounts.
Sigh.
Moving on...
Weezer cover band is back! We lost our bass and lead guitar players a year ago (to Austin TX and flaking out, respectively), so we recruited new people and are in the process of learning/ relearning new songs. I got talked into backup singing also, so that'll be different. I'm just looking forward to getting paid to make noise again, as it's not happening so much in the other outfit.