“Jesse Jackson is not the Emperor of Black People!” – Token Black “He told my dad he was.” – Stan Marsh (In general I am not a fan of posts that come with music, but in this case I think it applies well enough to make an exception.) There is a very good chance that [...]
Archive for October 2008
The Racial Thing
Posted 29 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, equus altus morium, I Love America, Racism, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with a landslide is good because in this game margins matter, Go Barack Go!, great infomercial Mr. Obama-, I would like to buy your service or product, posted late for no particular reason, racism is bad mmkay?, sweet fucking Jebus I love this country, U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A
A Malingering Process
“That just kept goin’, huh?” – Krusty the Klown Barring something truly hideous or shocking in the next nine days the election has become what everyone thought it would be two years ago: a Blue year. This raises an interesting question which, sadly, will be completely ignored because way too many people stand to make [...]
Posted 26 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Systems Analyst, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Go Barack Go!, Palin-Cheney 2012, poor process often ends with poor results, posted late for no particular reason, thank you for nominating John McCain
Low Risk, High Reward
“Is this legal, man?” – Jimbo Jones “Only here and in Mississippi.” – Principal Skinner An Obama Administration will have many messes to clean, many mistakes to correct. None of them are going to be easy to fix, but some are simpler than others. One of the simplest, and one that will quickly yield tremendous [...]
Posted 22 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Habeas Corpus, I Love America, Institutionalized Stupidity, Salim Hamdan, Sophomoric Imperialism, The Art of the Possible, Torture
Tagged with cleaning up Bush’s messes isn’t going to be easy, Go Barack Go!, please don’t fuck this up Mr. Obama, shameful shit, simple solutions to vexing problems
Waiting for Sheriff Bart
“Hello Mr. Halper, I’m calling from MoneyBank credit services department. I was wondering if you had a chance to read the threatening letter we sent you?” – MoneyBank Services Representative “Dahh . . .” – Bart Simpson “Because you sound like a mature responsible person who wouldn’t want an unpaid credit card bill to spoil [...]
Posted 19 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, America's Elite, Barack Obama, CDOs, Credit Default Swaps, Economics, Hank Paulson, Institutionalized Stupidity, John McCain, Systems Analyst, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Blazing Saddles still has much to teach us, go back to Russia you commie Republicans!, Go Barack Go!, silly Kanye – George Bush hates ALL people, we’re all gonna die poor and alone!
And Now, Our Main Event . . .
“Well, we’re still on, three hundred and forty-six consecutive hours, and all because of one little boy who . . . who won’t let me stop!” – Krusty the Klown In just three short weeks the 2008 election will be over (probably). If we’re all very lucky sometime around 11:00pm Eastern Standard Time on November [...]
Posted 15 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Go Barack Go!, home of the bizarre rant, poorly reasoned populist drivel makes the world go, posts that went on longer than I thought they would, seriously - this is the good stuff, straw men are easy to argue against
Americana
“Look at the fear in his eyes, listen to the quiver in his voice, he’s a little boy lost in a game of men.” – Lisa Simpson The last week of the presidential campaign can only be described as the “Countdown to ‘Nigger’”. Rallies featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin became so vitriolic that McCain [...]
Posted 12 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Bush the Younger, I Love America, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Systems Analyst, The Art of the Possible, Unintended Consequences
Tagged with Go Barack Go!, it’s still racist, just a little ‘b’ ‘s’, living white is easier but that doesn’t make it easy, posted late for no particular reason, Red campaign tactics haven’t been helping though, terror alert levels are fucking stupid
The Blurst of Times
“I can’t believe it; we won another contest.” – Marge Simpson “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!” – Homer Simpson “I wanna see Wilmington!” – Lisa Simpson “I wanna visit a screen door factory!” – Bart Simpson All good things must come to an end. Yesterday, the eleventh, and as far as I’m concerned final, [...]
Posted 8 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in South Park, The Simpsons, The Vast Wasteland
Tagged with bitter killjoys, can’t wait for the show to become unprofitable, damaging legacies, euthanasia, fuck’s sake they’re on season 20 now!?, sometimes dead is better
Easier, More Seductive
“Marge, I’m feeling a lot of shame right now.” – Homer Simpson “I’m hearing that you feel a lot of shame.” – Marge Simpson Yoda was right. The dark side is easier and more seductive, but it is not stronger. It’s easier to torture a man into telling you what you want to hear than [...]
Posted 5 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in Book Reports, Bush the Younger, David Addington, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo Bay, I Love America, Institutionalized Stupidity, Jane Mayer, Sophomoric Imperialism, The Art of the Possible, The Dark Side, Torture
Tagged with abandoning good principals is a sure course to ruin, dumb people are always attracted to dumb ideas, Go Barack Go!, please let there be indictments, senseless wastes of human life, shameful shit, the first chapter is well worth your fifteen minutes
Treat the Heart Attack, But Don’t Forget the Cancer
“Homer has many, many horrible problems.” – Springfield General Hospital Doctor/Veterinarian It is natural to forget dull aches for flashes of sudden pain, and our vaunted twenty-four hour media can only keep so many stories in the air at once, but lost amid the continuing shit storm of attention devoted to finance and the economy [...]
Posted 1 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, Iraq, Sophomoric Imperialism, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Go Barack Go!, Iraq costs a lot of money too you know, senseless wastes of human life, the follies of Bush the Younger are numerous in amount
