Duck

A new report shows that gun sales have increased since the election of Barack Obama.

I wouldn't worry. It takes a lot of planning to assassinate a president...so I'm told. I am pretty sure you can't go buy a gun and then just shoot him. You have to at least have a plan.

Career Day

Who is more excited about Career Day at their school this year than Obama's kids? How many kids can compete with them?

"Hey, what's your Dad do? Oh yea, he's a doctor? Nice. Yea, my Dad is President...of the United States!"

"Your Dads a lawyer. Whatever, my Dad's the leader of the free world. Bring it bitches."

The Strangest Thing

The strangest thing happened this morning. I woke up, America had elected a black President and everything was OK. I saw people going to work, people walking down the street in a normal walking fashion. There was no fighting, no murderous rampages, no apocalypse. Weird.

Look people, it is like this. In football, sometimes when things aren't working and the offense is not clicking, you need to make a change. You need to restructure so you can succeed. Sometimes you just need to change your quarterback. It's not always permanent, but it is sometimes necessary.

We'll be OK. We'll definitely be better off. Obama is no savior, but he is a good man that will get some things accomplished. Bear in mine though, he is just a politician like the rest of them. Some of the stuff he does will piss us off and some will be great. I don't see how there is anyone who can say we will not be better off than we have been for the last 8 years. Bush screwed us all and more importantly he screwed up our country. He will go down in history, I think, as the worst President we have every had. Way to go Bushy...this is your legacy.

Speech vs. Speech

I don't claim to be heavy into politics nor do I necessarily lean towards Democrats or Republicans. I did, however, watch both Barack Obama's and John McCain's speeches at their respective conventions. I will give my uneducated, ill-informed yet unbiased opinions of each...

Boring!

My reasons why are pretty simple. They were boring. I did feel a little more inspired by Obama's words, but not much. And McCain just sounds like a nerd. Politics in general always feels like a bunch of empty promises. The same things are repeated time and again, election after election. Their advantages to saying these things are that after four years, most people won't remember what they promised. So, I guess, why not say what ever you feel like.

I have been racking my brain trying to make this funny, but I can't. The speeches were boring, full of propaganda designed to attract votes. Just once, make me believe you are gonna change the world. Don't give me a tax break on a car I don't want (do they not realize how much hybrids cost???). Don't speculate on spending money that is not yours. Don't try and wow me by saving me a few bucks a year. Just make me believe.

I get annoyed that I cannot remember a President that did not come from a privileged upbringing. How are these people supposed to relate to the common man. The ones they should be calling their base. They cannot. Just like a man can never know the pain of child birth or a kid from the suburbs can't see what a kid from Afghanistan sees everyday. While Obama prances around with his Harvard degree and McCain can't figure out which key goes to which house, there are people out there that can't take their kids to school because they cannot put gas in the car. Figure out who your base is, who really matters and do something for them.

Make a frickin' difference or get off the pot.

Political Hip-Hop Lingo

I recently saw an interview with Barack Obama on BET. The portion I saw started off asking Obama what hip-hop artists he listened to. He mentioned Jay-Z and some other notable musicians, but noted he was more of an “old school” guy that mostly had Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire style songs on his iPod. What got me so interested in this interview was the conversation that followed.

Obama, being the politician that he is, turned the conversation to social issues as all politicians do, rarely answering a question directly. He made valid points about some hip-hop music being derogatory towards women and speaking to negative aspects of society. He continued by saying he would like the artists to focus their songs more on the positive aspects of community in an effort to inspire their listeners.

What got me was the lingo he kept “dropping” during his answers. Anytime a politician tries to keep it real, they always come off sounding so lame. I know most of the country truly believes Obama is a black guy, but I am not so sure. Even dorky black dudes can use words like “real” and “down” when talking about cultural influences like hip-hop and not sound like your father trying to be a bigger part of your life. You could tell Obama was not comfortable talking like this and that only comes from not ever being a part of that lifestyle. I am sure he never listened to any hip-hop until he began his campaign and had to get in touch with his black roots.

But then I got to thinking…how would Hillary Clinton or John McCain answer the same questions? “Mrs. Clinton, which hip-hop artist has influenced your life the most?” I imagine she squirms a little bit before answering, “Well, I think they are all great, but I think Fitty’s trials and tribulations have shined the most light on me, showing me what it takes to persevere in today’s society.” Okay, maybe she could sound worse than Obama.

How about McCain? I think this line of questioning could catch him so off guard, his mind may collapse in on itself trapping his consciousness in his POW hell camp memories, forcing him to run the country with a solid focus of revenge against all asian countries. Little bit scary.

Clinton and McCain are two pretty damn white people and I do not see how they are going to be able to reach out to their non-white constituents. I don’t think I would be very good at it either, but I am not trying to run the country.

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORIE! I love you!