Holy Schneykies! teh Editors has announced his intent to run!

un.

fucking.

believable.

if you are unfamiliar with the poor man institute for freedom, democracy and a pony then you are, well, a terrorist. the editors announced yesterday his intent to run for president. the above video is of his press conference. everyone should watch and learn. this is true democracy in action. go and leave a comment at the institute's blog expressing your support.

word!

and i got nothing...

fucking les editeurs... it's another one of those god damned keyboard kommando komics that always make me cry with joy.

to see how it all began, click here for the first episode.

or go to the bottom of this page and work your way up.

and fuck you, the editors.

fuck you.

good luck, bad luck, who the fuck knows?

it's completely clear that we got the house (wait... who is this "we" of whom i speak? what i meant is that they've lost lost the house... or... fuck. you know what i mean!). the senate is still up for grabs, which means it's still up for manipulation. south dakota shot down an incredibly restrictive anti-abortion bill (good news) but seven new states passed laws banning gay marriage (fucking nitwits). the terminator gets another round to play the role of governor of cali (sure, angiledes was no saint, but wtf?), and the army times (and navy times, and air force times and marine corps times) has called for rummy's resignation (wow. didn't see that one coming).

so where do we stand? how much better off are we today than yesterday. did it make any difference at all that we took back the house (there's that "we" again... i don't know where it comes from, i swear)? we're still mired in iraq, most of the fuckers that voted us into that clusterfuck are still in office, and there's still no coherent exit strategy.

we're still addicted to oil. we're still a fundamentally racist, sexist, classist and homophobic nation. we still (as californians) have abysmal public education (k-12 and higher ed), and nationally we are completely uncompetitive with pretty much all the other industrialized nations. our debt is soaring (in no small part due to our bloated "defense" budget), our reputation as both citizens and as a nation internationally is in the shitter and i don't think anyone outside of america is going to be fooled by a slight shift in the name of the majority party of the lower house.

now what? what can we do to really fix this mess? this is not a rhetorical question. i want to hear your ideas. bring it on!

UPDATE 1:oh yeah. almost forgot. this and this and this (via boinboing)

UPDATE 2: looky here... rummy resigns. how sweet it is.(via the rude one)

UPDATE 3: and now this. so when do we start the impeachment hearing? (thanks, junkfarm)

election night blues

its hard for me to get excited about this one. even if the democrats do win the house (likely) and the senate (… less likely), i don’t believe they will be the opposition party that progressives want them to be. i might be wrong. i HOPE i am wrong. but they will still have to compromise with an imperial presidency that they helped create through their own inaction.

it takes no backbone whatsoever to take a stand on an issue (specifically, iraq) only after the majority of Americans have finally decided the situation there is royally f***ed. it doesn’t leave me brimming with confidence when all the opposition can say is “look how bad they messed up. we need to change direction.” well, what direction do we need to go in, fellas? seriously.

it will take leaders of vision and intelligence to get us out of this mess without letting that country (or worse, the whole region) dissolve into a never ending firefight on top of a spilled can of gas. to my eyes no democrat (or republican, or anyone really) has demonstrated they are up to the task. i guess that's what good politics is all about.

that being said, at least there will be a few less bible-thumping right-wing crazies walking the halls in D.C.

i guess we’ll see…

ARJUNA ADDS: i just heard an interview this morning (11/8/06) on npr with jack murtha. they asked him point blank (as cnn did to howard dean last night)what the new iraq direction is. he had nothing concrete. just sound bites. the fucker couldn't even say anything stronger than that iraq qasn't going so well and things ought to change. when are the dems going to finally stand up?

but yes, junky, at least there's a little less churchy in the house (and the senate, too).

this savage season

the rude one has always been one of my favorites, and today he captures my skepticism, pessimism and fear as well as he has ever done. i'm off to moveon's san francisco office (1366 mission, between 9th and 10th, if you're up for it) to do some more volunteering at three today. i hope you all go out and vote today. somebody smart said something to the effect that the most important political office is that of the private citizen performing a citizen's duty: voting. i'm not currently a full citizen (thanks to my own stupidity, negligence and laziness, i admit), so the volunteering is the best i can do. you all, on the other hand, can exercise your right to exorcise these demons.

get to it.