Happy Black Friday

Walmart shoppers trample man to death.

That’s voluntary manslaughter, if you ask me. And I’m sure there were security cameras running. Should be a helluva trial, or a series of them. Made for TV.

humbly

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

- Wilhelm Stekel

It is a fundamental defect in the American character, and always has been. What a waste.

the peace

I wasn’t disturbing the peace, I was disturbing the war.

- Ammon Hennacy, activist (1893-1970)

He had a point. How can you disturb something nobody’s seen for damn near two terms?

turn out the lights

Well it’s over.

The end, and glory to God. Pass the pierogies, comrade.

I don’t know where I’m going with that, except that in old Russian monasteries, all the monks would eat while one stood and read Psalms. And he wouldn’t get to eat until he finished. So when he did, he’d say something that sounds like konyetz y blagonashimo slava … the end, and Glory to God.

Anyway, it’s been a while since I squelched forth. Been busy, had a cold, but mostly just laying low until it was over.

I’m very happy with the outcome of the presidential election, as you might expect. Now I wish the media should shut the fuck up about the economic crisis for a few days, and how bad Obama’s challenges are, etc. Just for a few days, let us all calm down. … Where the hell is Britney Spears when we need her?

I’ve been hearing a lot about why McCain got so soundly thrashed. I mean, Barak took him out behind the woodshed with a good keen switch, y’all. Mostly, the pinheads pundits are saying things about McCain’s disorganized campaign, and how Palin was a Titanic anchor, lashed to McCain’s dinghy. But the best reason I’ve seen comes from Buzzstuff:

Bush. No Republican was going to win this year.  None.  No way.  Because of Bush.

Right. But Palin really was a liability, whether McCain ever sees it that way or not. She’s a mooseshootin’ nutcase. And completely unqualified for public service at any level above assistant librarian. Seriously, this year the folks here in my little town were more careful about electing the school board than Alaskans have been when electing their governor.  And she could’ve gotten Obama killed. That ain’t politics, kids. That’s treason against the democratic process. But it’s over. Konyetz.