All right, let's try this again

After 25 or so years of punching a timeclock for somebody else's best interests, I'm still having a bit of a struggle getting used to the luxury of doing things my way without having to answer to anybody else - plus finding things to do with my day. My small vending machine buisness is just starting to show promise, but it only requires about 8 hours a week to maintain and run - and my rinky dink dot com takes about the same, so I have a lot of free time with very little human contact most days, which causes me to go stir crazy on occasion.

As I said, I was wide awake at 3am and not in a very good mood or frame of mind. I'm known for posting babbling paragraphs of crap, so to a few folks, my recent posts weren't much of a surprise.

I really have no buisness even showing up here, because lately I really don't have anything new, funny or intelligent to bring to the table - but sometimes I forget, and show up and make myself look like an idiot.

For the record, to date I have always voted Democrat - and I've said many times to folks in the recent past that there is no way in Hell the majority of the voting public will allow a Republican President to run things this time around.

I've got a better idea who Huckabee is than the rest because he was Governer here, so I was able to keep a closer eye and ear on his daily actions than any of the others. I still like the guy, no matter what his religious views are. I would give up part of my evening to watch him stand at a podium and talk about World Change, but I wouldn't give him one minute of my time to listen to him preach from a pulpit. He just has more experience as a Leader than Obama.

I like Obama, but my current view is that he's only been a Senator for 4 years, and whoever takes over next year is gonna have to wade and wallow through a pretty deep pile of shit generated by the Bush tenure starting from Day One before he or she can even think about turning things around, and I'm just not sure this is a time to pick someone that needs on the job training - but on the other hand, maybe a guy with the enthusiasm to learn on the job can't make things worse before making them better - because it would be pretty hard to make the current pile stink any more than it does already.

I have 9 months to decide who I think is the best fit for the Big Desk, and although I may have given the impression before that my mind was made up already, I was just pondering out loud the possibilities through a sleep depraved rant.

I watched Obama and Hillary earlier tonight, and at the very least, even though I'm still not sure Obama isn't too "green" for the task this time around, I've decided that I really want him to be available as a choice in November. So, no matter what I decide by November, Obama will get my vote Tuesday - even if it means loosing Huckabee in the process. If it's gonna be a Republican, I could stomach two of the 4 offered - but if I decide I want a Democrat, Obama will bring something fresh and new to the office - because when you really think about it, Clintons and Bushes have had a monopoly on the White House for 20 years now.

There. I'm done. No more opinions from me. As you were.

BTW, it's been a good 25 years or longer, but I used to eat fried squirrel,
and I kinda miss it.

See there? I just can't let myself get out clean. Don't know when to shut up.

Thanks for clearing that up, Rob

Rob:

I'm starting to think I shouldn't post at all during an election year. In the last half hour I've posted like six complete tirades, then deleted them when I realized that they were over the top. One of the drawbacks of the internet, I think.

I told some little girl on Myspace to basically tell her English teacher that she was a failure. (The teacher told her should couldn't read Fluke for a project because it wasn't serious enough or long enough.) Now, thing is, I have no idea what the parameters of the assignment are. Maybe the teacher needs something that has a whole buttload of symbolism in it, so that kids can learn to find symbolism and go, "Oh, he means Jesus", instead of reading something where the writer goes, "So Jesus goes into a bar--". But the message is already sent and I can't call it back. So some high-school kid is going to traipse into class tomorrow, no doubt with printed copy of that note, and make some poor, underpaid, unappreciated woman who is doing a difficult job, feel like dog shit. I started to share this story to make you feel better, but now, many sentences down, I've only served to make myself feel like crap.

My point is, people are fucking stupid. And we are people.

Thanks for clearing that up, Chris.

chris wrote:

Rob: I'm starting to think I shouldn't post at all during an election year. In the last half hour I've posted like six complete tirades, [...]

Those could be collected into a special separate gift book:

The Complete Tirades of Christopher Moore.

Re: All right, let's try this again

Rob wrote:

I really have no buisness even showing up here, because lately I really don't have anything new, funny or intelligent to bring to the table - but sometimes I forget, and show up and make myself look like an idiot.

Dude, at least you're in good company. Luckily I do most of my idiot lines in other venues, but if it'll make you feel better I'll cite one example.

When I post a tirade, I get personally attacked. So I'm back to just reading Chris' tirades and going, "Yeah! Me too!" So Chris, don't stop tirading. I need you, man!

Rob: I envy your freedom (not having to punch the ole time clock). Carpe diem, dude.

Chris: Depending where the teacher works (State/City/Public or Private schoo?), and how long she's been at it, she may not be as poorly paid as all that. About 10 years ago I was a one-year leave replacement at a public elementary school. The district was lower-middle class with a few exceptions on either end of the spectrum, so not the most moneyed place. Anyway, I'd graduated a couple years prior to being hired but had been home with my then infant son, so, no teaching experience and no graduate study under my belt--truly, I was on the lowest rung of the hiring ladder. My salary back then was about $35K. In many districts teachers can command higher salaries just by continuing their post-grad work, and if they're tenured they don't lose their gigs no matter what they do. Granted, I'm not intimate with the specifics of this student's teacher/assignment, but it wouldn't surprise me if the teacher just dismissed Fluke without knowing a damned thing about it. And most likely, if the kid does go in with the printed note, the teacher'll think, "Who the fuck does this guy think he is?" and will promptly toss it.
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So, the lesson is, get more sleep?
You know, I thnk Bill Clinton offered that same advice in his latest book...

mllefifi wrote:

chris wrote: Rob: I'm starting to think I shouldn't post at all during an election year. In the last half hour I've posted like six complete tirades, [...] Those could be collected into a special separate gift book: The Complete Tirades of Christopher Moore.

I'd buy that!