free obama sticker!

just that...a free obama bumper sticker.

what is so wrong with this?

michelle obama is all over the news for saying that, for the first time in her adult life, she is proud of her country. so what the hell is so fucking wrong with that? from the time we are children we are force fed the "proud to be an american" shit while we are not properly educated on real issues. i am not saying i hate our country, and if you do, i think you should go elsewhere. but why is it so horrible to make the point that she is making? i think it's completely valid.

oh, bush on the big screen

in case you don't know me or have never read any of my blog or are an idiot, i should inform you that i loathe our president. but unlike several millions of americans, i didn't wait until his 6th or 7th year in the white house to start harboring this disgust for him.

i can't wait for this movie to come out, and i hope it's an honest view of what a completely dissapointing leader W is/was.

in related movie news, michael moore is working on a sequel to farenheit 9/11. can't wait to see that shit either!

young, female and republican (stupid)

as mentioned in a previous post, i like to keep up with dear prudence, a section of slate that provides occasional entertainment because, often times, idiots write in about the dumbest shit and, almost as often, prudence responds with a smart ass reaction.

one of her newest letters is from a woman seeking advice about the fact that she is a republican who is dating a republican, in a family of republican bashers. so, i am on the side of the family (coming from a family of one-liners and blunt honesty, i think that she should just get over it). i must admit that i might be slightly biased since this chick is a republican. but initially, i did feel slightly empathetic, seeing as how my dad and i bump heads when it comes to politics.

but then i kept reading. let's take a look....

Dear Prudence,
My family members are staunch Democrats and love to bad-mouth Republicans every time the conversation turns to politics. This is heartbreaking, because I myself am a secret Republican. My mom already knows that I'm in love with a Republican, and she won't stop condemning him behind his back for his beliefs, calling him names like "right-wing whack job" and "little lord Republiroy" (also making fun of his height). My brothers all say stuff like, "Republicans suck" and, "Those Republicans are dumb-***es." I am afraid to come out to them about my beliefs because of potential verbal abuse being heaped on me. Also, being a teenager, I do not have the advantage of moving out of the house and escaping said abuse. What should I do?

this bitch is a TEENAGER. i would be willing to bet my left tit that she is a republican because her BOYFRIEND is a republican. he is also short (as she mentions) and apparently she has to hear about that too.

so i wonder, how did it come about that this girl is a republican, if not for her boyfriend? in my life i have known a ridiculous number of females who have chosen football teams to support, colleges, jobs, locations, you name it, based around a man who would never do the same for them. if she comes from a family of democrats, and she is at the age where she is still going to school every day-definitely not working her way up the corporate ladder, then why, WHY is she so dead-set right wing? if this bitch gets knocked up she will be at the abortion clinic before the doctor shows up...i mean, she clearly couldn't tell her parents THAT if she has to hide her political views from them.

furthermore, did she just fall from pluto and land on this family's doorstep? she should know how they are and how to handle them. and if she had any valid reason for being a dead-set republican, chances are she would have some good arguments to back it up, rather than having to write into prudie.

these are the kinds of things that annoy the shit out of me. i can't help but think she's a stupid bitch because i don't have much else to work with. but even if she's not and she has valid reasoning behind her political views, then why can't she just stand up to her family? she is already hearing enough bullshit from them, why cower behind your views? oh, maybe because she has nothing to back them up with, other than her short-ass boyfriend.

prudie's response (she's a lot more forgiving than i am)

this just in

john edwards is backing obama!! woo hoo! maybe that will speak to some good ol' southerners and make them realize that it's okay to be a white man backing a black man. either way, they all still think women are worthless, but i can deal with that as long as mccain doesn't creep into the white house. most bitches are pretty stupid anyways.

on that note...has hilary already hit menopause? if not, and she was elected, we should prepare ourselves for irrational decision-making and staggered speeches from a sweaty browed broad. god...i hate my own gender.

watch it

by no means am i trying to get in a political debate...i think the one i had saturday night was enough for the remainder of the year. but i do think that, despite your beliefs, you should watch this. it's interesting, very, very interesting. oh, and i am surprised that FOX (aka, the network of biased opinions and misinformation) has this available for viewing.

am i the mailman's child?

in case you didn't know, it's an election year. and if you didn't know that then you probably don't know what an election is, so just stop here and go read my hate mail (they are short and easy reads). but seriously. i am stoked about the fact that we might have a female or black president. it really is almost amazing to me, because it's something that i never thought would happen in my lifetime. that may seem odd to some of you, but had you been born and raised in the south, you might understand where i am coming from. that being said, you can imagine how excited i was when obama won the NC primary.

you see, in the south it's not really about who has the most experience or who is more trustworthy, or who cares more about this and that. it's more like this; would the close-minded rather have a WOMAN or a BLACK MAN??? of course, there are thousands of people like me who reside in the south who don't feel this way, so i am stereotyping. but seriously, there are people who are beside themselves because of their choices (or lack their of).

take my father for example (because that's really what this is about). he started sending me emails about 5 months ago that were full of retarded information about obama. things like:

HIS FATHER DESERTED HIS MOTHER AND HIM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND WENT BACK TO HIS FAMILY IN KENYA
my response- so um, just because his dad left then he would make a shitty president? i guess that rules out at least 50% of society

HE "WORKED" AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO- HAS NEVER HELD A PRODUCTIVE JOB. THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS POST NOR IS IT SUBJECT TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SET ASIDES
my response-well, i am not going to list the book that i wrote in response to this one. it really doesn't merit a response because this statement is just completely false, but i can never bite my tongue.

so you get the idea. it's propoganda. it's shit that some redneck who actually knows how to type conjured up and sent around and then it spread like herpes throughout the brains of old-fashioned, close-minded folks like my DAD.

i really, REALLY have tried to keep my patience with this man. i mean, i love him to death. he's the greatest dad i could have ever asked for...except for the fact that he is a closet racist. it's not really his fault. he was raised on a farm in SC and up until the day that she died, my grandmother spouted terms like "porch monkey". so, my dad didn't have much to work with growing up, but that's still no excuse. i mean, he married a wop from brooklyn (my mama), so deep down inside there must be someone who knows better, right?

after the above referenced email, i told him not to send me anymore emails about anything involving obama. and he stopped...for about two weeks...and then i get this. ---------------------------->

oh god this man was just pissing me the fuck off. he called me over the weekend while i happened to be at the self-checkout in wal-mart. i wasn't going to bring up the fact that he was disgusting me, but the first thing he says is, "how'd you like that email". so right there, RIGHT THERE IN THE WALMART, i decided to give him a piece of my mind. i should have been barefoot and pregnant...oh, but then i would have been arguing AGAINST obama.

so last night, i decided it was my turn to call him. and here's how that conversation (if you could call it that) went:

me: hey dad
dad: hey, we are going to come there next weekend instead of this weekend
me: okay...so you watching the news?
dad: no, why?
me: BECAUSE OBAMA JUST WON NC...HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
dad: BROOKE, he's not a good person
me: why do you say that, i need an actual reason
dad: he's just not
me: i said i need an actual reason. why do you not like him (i was just fishing for him to say, because he's black, but i think he knows that i would really have to disown him then)
dad: brooke, he's muslim!!
me: no he's not
dad: yes he is, his dad is
me: okay, well you are baptist mom is catholic and i am agnostic because you and mom refused to take us to church because you hated having religion force fed to you growing up, so what the hell does that have to do with anything?
dad: i just don't trust him. you can't trust any of them. we don't NEED any of them.
me: well, hate to inform ya, but we are going to have ONE of them, so you have to pick the best of the choices we have
dad: well brooke, i don't like hilary either but i would rather have her in there than HIM
me: once again...why?
dad: wait 'til you see what happens when he gets in there. just wait
me: fine dad, i will wait. and what am i waiting for?
dad: there are already people plotting to kill him
me: well, i guess i should be thankful that one of those people is not you. love you, bye.

so this is what i am dealing with. the man is not dumb, he's completely lost all faith in any bit of government and because the one person (as far as i am concerned) that might have a shred of morality, honesty and decency left in his bones is black, my dad immediately rules him out. ugh.god...i hate talking politics, though this was more about me and my dad than politics. but still, it's tiring and depressing. i need a drink...AND A NEW FUCKING PRESIDENT. SHIT!

obama wins north carolina!

and that makes me happy. if you don't like it, feel free to let off some steam by shooting me in the face.

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