Affirmative Potato
I'm not normally a political person. I'm not sure if that has to do with plain and simple ignorance, or if it is because I just never spent the time to pay attention to the issues, and where each canidate stood. Either way, this year was different.
Obama is President, and I voted for the other guy. To be honest, I didn't have a lot of confidence that either candidate was a stupendous choice for our nation, but really it was just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.
In a sense, I'm glad Obama won, despite my vote. I think that it's exciting that a black guy is president. I think that it shows that although our nation isn't rid of racism towards African Americans, we've made a powerful step in that direction.
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Speaking of racism...
I was sitting in a bookstore the other day, flipping through some magazines, when some fat lady made herself at home at the table adjacent to me. No big deal right?
At the same time... behind me there were some ladies, obviously originating from the Middle East. They were wearing the shawl-like things that are customary to their culture. They were chatting amongst each other excitedly, almost as if they were getting together and catching up.
To be perfectly honest, they were being a little loud. This WAS a bookstore and although its not an official rule, one would expect the environment to be similar to that of a library. They weren't by any means out of control, but slightly above the norm.
So, let me set this up. This chick... is probably in her early 30s and very obese. She's wearing edgy / narrow glasses and has her hair ratted to the point that it was ridiculous. She has massive amounts of nasty, thick makeup and she was wearing super tight black jeans... that were NOT flattering in any sense of the word.
So, she CHOSE to sit down, next to me and these other chicks... with her latte, and massive cookie. Immediately I could tell she was irritated with these girls behind me. She started acting irritated, and flustered... like the occasional giggle is preventing her from reading her "Cosmo" and sipping her latte. She keeps shifting around and making loud sighs, etc. Her huffy-puffy fit was actually more distracting then the girls behind me.
Finally, she leaned in and whispered to me... "I wish they would just shut up." I stared at her right in the face and didn't say anything. I just stared cause I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to agree with her, cause I didn't care. They weren't bothering me. But I didn't dare disagree, for fear that she would start a scene. I just couldn't understand why she would assume I shared her opinion.
So, I go back to reading, and ignoring all of them... and finally the lady stood up, and said to the girls, "You are being REALLY rude, you need to SHUT UP!! People are trying to read!"
Immediately, I could feel the thick awkwardness in the room. No one was expecting her exclamation, because frankly, no one else seemed bothered. So, the girls kind of snickered but lowered their voices. Finally the lady started to gather up all her shit, and as she lumbered away, she said, "Go back to where you come from!"
My jaw hit the ground. It was one thing for this dipshit to make a scene, especially when it wasn't a big deal. But, to pull THAT kind of comment out of no where? She is the PRIME example of the type of Americans that give the nation a bad name.
People look at us as this prideful, conceded and totally ignorant nation, full of fat lazy citizens that eat our potato chips and watch TV. As she was walking away, I wanted to say something in defense to these girls. But, it would have escalated the problem, and frankly there was no way that woman was going to listen to reason. The fact that she had THAT much hate for immigrants, and felt it necessary to express it over something so stupid, showed me all that I needed to see.
* * *
I love the USA. I think it's a great and powerful nation. I feel that a lot of our strength comes from our origins. Our foundation is built on the fact that we are a melting pot of many different cultures, and diverse people. Ironically, that has become our weakness in recent decades.
I believe that we've made a lot of race oriented mistakes. I also think, that by trying to "pay" for our mistakes... we've turned around and inadvertently been racist to other races. It's this big circle of finger pointing. What a mess.
Obama's past associations scare me. The lack of information about what he did in college is a little mysterious. He's policies on gun control, the war, and oil drilling all bother me. I believe that a lot of the votes that put him into office were lemmings, just following what the cool, edgy, and "modern" people were doing. The media has been shockingly bias towards him. Lastly, I think that a lot of the votes, made by black Americans were totally based on his race, and not anything they'd spent the time to research.
(Come'ON, people... don't flame me... you're retarded if you don't think this last part is true.)
Despite that, props to him. He overcame some pretty daunting racism and discrimination and proved to the world that there are some Americans out there that aren't ruled by their childish anxiety towards someone that is different than them. (ie. The idiot in the bookstore)
On the other hand, McCain was a weirdo too. Don't think for a second that I was jumping for joy at the prospect of him being President. I just felt a little more confident that he knew what he was doing. He had the experience. Everyone loves to talk about Palin's lack of experience. Um... are you joking me? Since when did Obama exude experience?
Oh well, Obama won. Woot for him, and I hope that he has a successful presidency (Whatever that means), and our nation prospers. I hope that the nation will get over all this petty arguing about who owes who what, because of this and that, etc, etc. It's getting a little old.
Reguardless, I'd still shit my pants and be outrageously honored to meet the President of the USA, whether or not I voted for him.
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So, ya... this is a hot topic post. If you don't like what I wrote, fine. Before you start to flame me, make sure you read my "Disclaimer" up top. I didn't make this post because I was interested in why you think I'm wrong.
Bottom line? If you don't like my opinions...
Suck it.
*V*
Obama is President, and I voted for the other guy. To be honest, I didn't have a lot of confidence that either candidate was a stupendous choice for our nation, but really it was just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.
In a sense, I'm glad Obama won, despite my vote. I think that it's exciting that a black guy is president. I think that it shows that although our nation isn't rid of racism towards African Americans, we've made a powerful step in that direction.
* * *
Speaking of racism...
I was sitting in a bookstore the other day, flipping through some magazines, when some fat lady made herself at home at the table adjacent to me. No big deal right?
At the same time... behind me there were some ladies, obviously originating from the Middle East. They were wearing the shawl-like things that are customary to their culture. They were chatting amongst each other excitedly, almost as if they were getting together and catching up.
To be perfectly honest, they were being a little loud. This WAS a bookstore and although its not an official rule, one would expect the environment to be similar to that of a library. They weren't by any means out of control, but slightly above the norm.
So, let me set this up. This chick... is probably in her early 30s and very obese. She's wearing edgy / narrow glasses and has her hair ratted to the point that it was ridiculous. She has massive amounts of nasty, thick makeup and she was wearing super tight black jeans... that were NOT flattering in any sense of the word.
So, she CHOSE to sit down, next to me and these other chicks... with her latte, and massive cookie. Immediately I could tell she was irritated with these girls behind me. She started acting irritated, and flustered... like the occasional giggle is preventing her from reading her "Cosmo" and sipping her latte. She keeps shifting around and making loud sighs, etc. Her huffy-puffy fit was actually more distracting then the girls behind me.
Finally, she leaned in and whispered to me... "I wish they would just shut up." I stared at her right in the face and didn't say anything. I just stared cause I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to agree with her, cause I didn't care. They weren't bothering me. But I didn't dare disagree, for fear that she would start a scene. I just couldn't understand why she would assume I shared her opinion.
So, I go back to reading, and ignoring all of them... and finally the lady stood up, and said to the girls, "You are being REALLY rude, you need to SHUT UP!! People are trying to read!"
Immediately, I could feel the thick awkwardness in the room. No one was expecting her exclamation, because frankly, no one else seemed bothered. So, the girls kind of snickered but lowered their voices. Finally the lady started to gather up all her shit, and as she lumbered away, she said, "Go back to where you come from!"
My jaw hit the ground. It was one thing for this dipshit to make a scene, especially when it wasn't a big deal. But, to pull THAT kind of comment out of no where? She is the PRIME example of the type of Americans that give the nation a bad name.
People look at us as this prideful, conceded and totally ignorant nation, full of fat lazy citizens that eat our potato chips and watch TV. As she was walking away, I wanted to say something in defense to these girls. But, it would have escalated the problem, and frankly there was no way that woman was going to listen to reason. The fact that she had THAT much hate for immigrants, and felt it necessary to express it over something so stupid, showed me all that I needed to see.
* * *
I love the USA. I think it's a great and powerful nation. I feel that a lot of our strength comes from our origins. Our foundation is built on the fact that we are a melting pot of many different cultures, and diverse people. Ironically, that has become our weakness in recent decades.
I believe that we've made a lot of race oriented mistakes. I also think, that by trying to "pay" for our mistakes... we've turned around and inadvertently been racist to other races. It's this big circle of finger pointing. What a mess.
Obama's past associations scare me. The lack of information about what he did in college is a little mysterious. He's policies on gun control, the war, and oil drilling all bother me. I believe that a lot of the votes that put him into office were lemmings, just following what the cool, edgy, and "modern" people were doing. The media has been shockingly bias towards him. Lastly, I think that a lot of the votes, made by black Americans were totally based on his race, and not anything they'd spent the time to research.
(Come'ON, people... don't flame me... you're retarded if you don't think this last part is true.)
Despite that, props to him. He overcame some pretty daunting racism and discrimination and proved to the world that there are some Americans out there that aren't ruled by their childish anxiety towards someone that is different than them. (ie. The idiot in the bookstore)
On the other hand, McCain was a weirdo too. Don't think for a second that I was jumping for joy at the prospect of him being President. I just felt a little more confident that he knew what he was doing. He had the experience. Everyone loves to talk about Palin's lack of experience. Um... are you joking me? Since when did Obama exude experience?
Oh well, Obama won. Woot for him, and I hope that he has a successful presidency (Whatever that means), and our nation prospers. I hope that the nation will get over all this petty arguing about who owes who what, because of this and that, etc, etc. It's getting a little old.
Reguardless, I'd still shit my pants and be outrageously honored to meet the President of the USA, whether or not I voted for him.
---
So, ya... this is a hot topic post. If you don't like what I wrote, fine. Before you start to flame me, make sure you read my "Disclaimer" up top. I didn't make this post because I was interested in why you think I'm wrong.
Bottom line? If you don't like my opinions...
Suck it.
*V*
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