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.

goddam! why's he always gotta do that?

that fuckin' rude bastard always says what i want to say, and always says it better than i ever could. makes me wonder why i even pretend to want to write.

i agree that rummy's actions are criminal. i agree that he should be held accountable. his rudeness, though, implies that we should inflict pain up to that which is comparable to, but not exceeding, what is experienced during organ failure to acquire information from the disgraced secretary of defense. not really my cuppa, you know?

but we've come to a point where we can actually bring some sort of justice about. first, though, is to impeach the president. that way he can't pardon any of these fuckers. then impeach dick. once pelosi is pres, then we try them all for crimes against humanity.

ahhh... what a dream that would be. and we're all allowed to dream still, right?
(photo via pbs's nova online.)

UPDATE 1: from the comments, "causal" says that pelosi will start as soon as we tell her to. click on the link in causal's comment and follow the instructions (thanks causal!)

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)

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.