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Day 50 - Chrismahanukwanzakah has a new name

Status: Christmasy. Christmas Eve today. Tree is up. Presents are under said tree. Wrapping said presents. How much further back can I go? Anyhow.

For those of you who haven't heard yet, the liberals are making another not-unexpected attempt at overthrowing Christmas with "The Winter Solstice".[Source]

Sorry that there isn't more but it's a big day, being Christmas and all. I'll have more in a few days. There's some stories I have yet to have the time to look up. I'll have time soon, hopefully. Also, my friend says he might want to contribute a few video rants to the record here. More on that later as well.

Merry Christmas!

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Line By Line: Fireplace police on patrol

Welcome to Line-By-Line! WARNING: If you can see this line, than the following transcript may not be formatted properly: you will not be able to tell the article from the commentary. Please go to the original post to see the proper Line-By-Line output transcript. Please enter the URL of the news article you will be berating today. >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/BAIV147OJ5.DTL Now Loading Article... Title: Fireplace police on patrol; smoke can draw fine Author: Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer News Source: San Francisco Chronicle Release Date: Wed Nov 19, 2008 - 16:21 PST Area: San Fransico Begin Article:

The fireplace police descended on the Bay Area on Wednesday.

Oh boy, get ready for a rant. I can feel it coming. I can feel the greenie-weenies coming...

For the first time ever, residential fires are illegal under a new law, passed in July, that bans home burning on winter season Spare the Air days.

"Spare the air! Oh please spare the life of our precious air as it gets sucked away by you vile awful sons-of-dogs that have no concept of how to take care of our fragile, fragile earth," he said, perfectly imitating liberal thought.

The first such ban took effect at noon. Seventy inspectors from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District planned to spend the day and evening patrolling residential neighborhoods, looking for telltale chimney wisps.

Oh good, Big Brother has spent several hundred dollars, if not thousands, creating a Secret Police that goes around looking for wisps of smoke from the chimneys of the city. Do these politicians have nothing better to do? "Hey! Yeah, you! Don't you know that chimney smoke is bad for the environment? You better put that out!!" First our factories, then our homes...

Violators will get warnings by mail. Repeat offenders face fines of as much as $2,000.

Always another tax... Of course, you have to love the strongly-worded letter they send you. Maybe they should use this method on North Korea. They've already got the strongly-worded letter stage out of the way, now fine them into oblivion!!

The fireplace police say they are determined to keep law and order in the living room.

Wait, what about the bedroom? Didn't they complain about laws in the Bedroom? But they want laws in the Living Room. Hey! What about the right to privacy we have in the Constitution?! I don't hear anybody talking about THAT now, do I?!

"We're serious," said district spokeswoman Kristine Roselius.

Well, I'm am too. You don't honestly think I do this JUST for fun, do you?

"This is a major health threat. The weather conditions are such that smoke is trapped closer to the ground and anyone with respiratory problems will have a hard time breathing."

Wait wait wait wait wait... Are you telling me that SMOKE, which is mostly hot air, DOESN'T go up into the atmosphere and dissipate over the earth, but CFC's, which are MUCH MUCH HEAVIER than air, do go up into the atmosphere and disperse over the earth and create ozone holes? I'd like to meet your science professors, please. I have a physical message to deliver.

With 1.4 million fireplaces in the Bay Area, Roselius said the district is hoping for voluntary compliance. It notes that wood burning produces about one-third of the particulate pollution on a typical winter night.

I'm sure, but there are smokestacks for a reason: to make the smoke go UP INTO THE AIR and NOT collect on the ground. I'm sure that most of their measuring devices are situated somewhere up on the highest building somewhere.

The district predicts as many as 20 Spare the Air days during the winter season, which air quality officials define as Nov. 1 through Feb. 28. That means it could be illegal to fire up the fireplace as often as one day in every six.

Wait, they "predict" Save the Air days? You mean they're on a whim? Like Ozone Action Days?

Wait wait wait! That's it! They only want more control over you! DUH!!! They have Ozone Action Days in the summer, but they had nothing in the winter, until now! Ozone Action Days in the summer, and Spare the Air Days in the winter! It all makes perfect sense! THEY WANT TO CONTROL YOU!!! (as if that wasn't obvious already).

Similar bans have been in place in the San Joaquin Valley and in the Pacific Northwest for several years.

And I'm sure they'll readily produce hockey-stick graphs to prove that those places worked.

After the initial warning, repeat violators will face fines, some as high as four figures. In other no-burn districts, offenders have been permitted to do penance by attending "smoke school," similar to traffic school.

Oh, fun! Smoke School! I get to go for a 10 week course, paid for by the tax payers no less, about how I SHOULDN'T light my fireplace. So tell me, why do I HAVE a fire place to begin with?!

But the Bay Area is a no-school zone.

I wonder why? Is it because of the high number of things that kids shouldn't see going on here? Hm...

The air quality district declared its Spare the Air Day because of what it called moderate levels of pollution all around the Bay Area. Moderate pollution is expected to remain today in the East Bay, the South Bay and the Santa Clara Valley regions, with good air quality in the North Bay and coastal regions. The district will decide by noon whether to extend the wood-burning ban.

I'm sure they will, for the sake of the polka dotted owl that can only live in snarl-sin-sook forests next to the toot-twanglers and jin-janglers.

The fireplace industry was seeing red about the prospect of more smoke-free days and nights.

As I'm sure they would. After all, we have to bring down those evil corporations.

"This is obviously something we're very concerned about," said Chris Caron, vice president of Duraflame, the Stockton-based purveyor of sawdust fireplace logs.

As you well should be, Mr. Caron. I suggest going into the polka dotted owl protecting business as well, to try and keep your assets in line.

He said he hoped the new ban would not affect the fire log business and that Bay Area residents would burn even more logs on non-Spare the Air days.

Not likely.

"After (the district) gets through trying to scare everyone to death, we expect they will realize that people still want to burn in their fireplaces," Caron said.

Not a cold chance in hell, Mr. Caron. Which, by the way, I highly suggest moving to hell, as I'm sure your log burning business will fare much better there than up here in cold cold San Fransico, et al. No offense intended towards the man, and as much offense as I can muster intended to the stupid environmentalists.

He also said it was unfair to lump cleaner-burning sawdust-based logs with ordinary wood. And he said he was hoping for lots of cold, rainy, windy and miserable weather this winter.

Mr. Caron, have you seen those "clean coal" commercals? These people don't think anything is cleaner burning. And also, they don't care about the environment, they care only about controlling you, Mr. Caron.

"Bad weather is good for us," he said. "And good for air quality."

They beg to differ.

Rich Ventura, proprietor of Rich's Firewood of San Carlos, called the ban "a little excessive." Ventura sells oak fireplace wood for $400 a cord, a quantity of stacked wood that measures 4 by 4 by 8 feet.

Hm... a little shameless plug from the newspaper. How nice.

"They should try education first - that would be a better way to go," he said. "If you build a fire properly, and get it really hot in a wood stove, there's very little smoke."

You don't understand, Mr. Ventura, they don't want education, they want control! MUAHAHAHA!!! I SHALL RULE THE WORLD VIA FIREPLACE CONTROL!!! That's what they say, though maybe less dramatically, though it would be really funny if someone were caught saying that.

Tim Regan of San Francisco said he had already gotten his education and wouldn't be spending Wednesday night burning any of the firewood he was buying at the Safeway on Market Street for $18.

......Then why buy it?

"The environment has to trump comfort," Regan said. "I'm sentimental about these things. A fireplace is so romantic, the curl of the smoke rising up - it's like Norman Rockwell. But I'm willing to make a concession to the planet's health and survival."

I can so totally see him saying this in a high-pitched girly-man voice. "Oh ooh! These things are so romantic. I'd love to curl up with Rockwell and just spoon in front of the fireplace all night!" (Note: Children should not be reading my blog posts. You have been warned, a little too late. :D )

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For more information on wintertime Spare the Air Days, check the air quality district's Web site, www.baaqmd.gov, or call (877) 466-2876. Residents may also sign up to receive automatic notification of no-burn days, by e-mail or recorded telephone messages.

Yes, if you want to know when the next Government Control Day is, please contact this site or call this number. Thank you for your undeniable cooperation and commitment to saving the polka dotted owl.

E-mail Steve Rubenstein at srubenstein@sfchronicle.com.

Email him if you want, but I don't think he's the guy you want to talk to about this. Maybe Ahnald can handle it instead. Anyhow, that's been Line-By-Line. I love this program. More fun later to day. Bye all!

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Day 41 - We Dodge Insults as Well as Shoes

Status: Laughing hysterically to the point where I can barely type. Yes, I heard about the shoe throwing incident today. The full story can be pieced together from several sources. The president made a surprise visit to Kabul, Iraq, to meet with the Iraqi president. At sometime during the press conference, an Iraqi reporter jumped to his feet yelling something like "This is a farewell kiss, you dog" before tossing two shoes in succession at the president. The phrase "You Dog" has been fully confirmed by the media, of course.

What happened next is in dispute, depending on which media source you read. Some say that the president cowered at the shoe throwing [I still have yet to find the article Glenn Beck was referring to]. Some say he dodged it "like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix [csmoniter.com]". Everyone seems to be saying that police rushed in and tackled the dissenter, but no one seems to want to mention the Iraqi reporters that tackled the guy first [video link below]. Only a few also mention how much the other Iraqi reporters apologized for the actions of their colleague [Extra]. After the incident, Bush played off the incident, saying that the man just wanted attention, just like any protester. Others mention, though most fail to mention, that Bush played off the incdent in a joking way saying for example "I didn't know what the guy said, but I saw his sole," [AFP] and "All I can report is it is a size 10" [Slate]. Most of the news stories seem to focus on how the dissenter was treated, about his abuse [NYT] and his subsequent arrest [CNN].

Form your own opinion: you can see the full video from several angles here; YouTube is a wonderful thing.

Anyhow, enough of that, let's talk about the bailout. *Gear Change!* For a while now, I've had no position on the Bailout because I didn't know what it would do. But yesterday, my little brother was doing his history homework. He was learning about Germany between World Wars I and II. It was then that I remembered learning about it in history class last year in college: Germany's economy was completely in the tank because their inflation was so high that hundred dollar German Marks were worth as much as a pebble. In those times, the workers were paid everyday at noon and when the left work. It was then, immediately after they got paid with wheelbarrows-full of Marks, that they ran out and bought food immediately, because if they waited until later, the money they were just paid would be worth nothing. Inflation made it so Germany could not pay off their debts and is the indirect cause of Hitler's rising.

So what is the US Government doing in this day and age? Causing inflation. They are releasing trillions of dollars into the market for nothing. NOTHING! Are they TRYING to drown us? Because despite what news reports like to say, that money is not taxpayer money they're throwing at the failing companies - it's money they're pulling out of their gigantic ass. It's not even money, or wealth per say, it's a representation of wealth. And when they release these trillions of dollars, they will cause inflation to skyrocket, because if there's more representation of wealth in the system without the ACTUAL wealth, inflation occurs! [Huffington Post]

Maybe I'm being a conspiracy theorist at this point and invoking Godwin's Law, but as they say, "History repeats itself". If inflation skyrockets in this economy NOW while Bush (lame-duck though he is) is still in office, everyone will blame the economy on Bush (and they already are, see Huffington Post above). Then, when Obama comes into office, Obama will be hailed as a savior as he attempts (and fails) to lift the economy back on its feet. He will try for several years and when he fails, he will ask to help him continue his efforts past his eight years in office. Then after twelve years, he'll ask for another four. And another four. And another four...

And when Obama starts up the concentration camps for blacks, you'll know where you heard it first.

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Day 35 - Ontological Marginalization

Status: about to rant:

So, I was called "Closed-minded" again today. I was called it once or twice before, and usually while I was speaking something about politics or Obama. Well, today, it was during a debate. On YouTube. About pot smoking. Or rather those who smoke pot. The debate can be found in it's original context here, if you really want to see it. Just do a find (Ctrl+F) for my name, Tustin2121, on the second page. And if you're going there, you might as well watch the video too, 'cause it's pretty funny.

But I digress (slightly). Let's give some context. I make a small comment about how the video shows how pot smokers talk about conspiracies. I said something about how pot smokers don't make up conspiracies, they get them from elsewhere and they think they're real. Well, a debate breaks out, and it starts out friendly enough, but soon it degrades into name calling - and I mean very soon. To see the debate, in full (posted here for archival and don't-delete-my-posts! reasons) see the addendum to this post.

Anyhow, eventually someone posted this:

People like you are the reason racism, sexism, and ontological marginalization occur on a daily basis.

So thank you for aiding and abeting the social reproduction of ignorant stereotypes and unjust prejudice.

I hope one day you realize that even the most avid "pot smoker" can never be as closed-minded as you.

Well, as you can probably see, I've won the debate. As soon as name calling this fierce ensues, and no arguments are made, you've won, hands down. And I'm sure she was aiming for my self esteem, but she missed it by a mile and actually made me feel better.

Long story short, I'm tired of people calling me closed minded, so I've change my manner about it. I no longer worry about it, and in fact I am glad they did! I'm happy to be called closed-minded. Because, every time someone is called "closed-minded", then they have conservative values. That's what being closed-minded is! Having Conservative Values! Because, we all know, every time someone is called "open-minded", we always end up with more of our freedom being taken from us. Always!

And in fact, let me take this a step further. Being closed-minded means you have values. Values that you do not want to alter; values you know are right and true by you. Being open-minded means that you'll accept what ever is coming at you without a filter (at least that's what it should mean, but it seems most open-minded people have filters against closed-minded, aka conservative, values).

So, thank you, whatever-your-name-was, thank you for this epiphany. I AM closed-minded and I'm proud to be.

Oh yes, and someone tell me what Ontological Marginalization is, please? It's alphabet soup to me and is probably some buzz word for spreading conservatism. I googled it, and nothing reliable came up, so, whatever. :)

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Day 35 Addendum - YouTube Debate

Begin YouTube Transcript. Names have been removed to protect the pot heads.
[Person A] said:

not all pot smokers make up conspiracy theories dude

Tustin2121 said:

Who said anything about making them up? They think they're real. And usually they just repeat what others have already made up, but they're tripping so hard that they think it's a brilliant idea they just came up with. Believe me, I know, I have a friend who's always high.

[Person A] said:

You have a friend that's always high, and you're basing your opinions on marijuana smokers on just his actions??? Wtf?

Tustin2121 said:

Is there a problem with that? I don't see the problem with basing your opinion on pots smokers ON a pot smoker. It's not like I got my opinion off TV or something.

Show me a couple pot smokers who aren't talking about conspiracies or writing poetry. Yeah, I know it's a stereotype, but those have to get started somewhere.

(Though, where did the fried chicken for blacks come from?, 'cause that's just weird and stupid.)

[Person B] said:

your stupid, dont judge if you have never smoked

Tustin2121 said:

Right, I'm not the one sucking in smoke and killing brain cells and/or developing cancer.

And besides, that's not what this thread is about. I don't judge you - smoke all you want. But I'm saying that people who smoke pot usually fall into the same general personality set, and one of their traits is believing in conspiracy theories.

I'm not judging you, though by how very well-written your argument is, I'd say your short a couple IQ points yourself. It's "you're", not "your".

[Person C] said:

conspiracy's? Im sorry but I smoked pot throughout my childhood and never had a sence of being watch'd or beleaved that someone was planning something out of the ordinary. Also "pot" dosen't cause cancer, because if pot caused cancer then doctors in florida and california wouldn't give it away as a prescription for cancer. Although yes it does kill brain cell it still is the safest drug out there. (not inplying that anyoneoke it) should sm

I responded to this post, however, someone felt the need to delete it. I told him I hoped his "childhood" didn't include years with a single digit. I also told him that being watched doesn't necessarily have to be part of the conspiracies, and usually include the government gaining control of things they couldn't possibly gain control of. I related Katrina without getting into details.


[Person D] said:

So every sterotype has some some sort of basis. Like Blacks and watermelons and Asains and being bad drivers and how about all jews being rich or all Indian people smelling bad? Give me a break man seems like you're the one with a low I.Q......Square

I also responded to this post, but someone deleted it as well. I told him, yes: Jews were the only people's whose religion allowed them to work in banks, and I knew more than a couple Indians who had unfortunate body odor problems. I also said I didn't know where the first two came from.


[Person E] said:

People like you are the reason racism, sexism, and ontological marginalization occur on a daily basis.

So thank you for aiding and abeting the social reproduction of ignorant stereotypes and unjust prejudice.

I hope one day you realize that even the most avid "pot smoker" can never be as closed-minded as you.

Tustin2121 said:

Hm... Someone's been deleting my posts....

Thank you for name calling because you have not argued your point, you have simply called me closed-minded, a racist, a sexist, and some other "mean" words. You realize that by doing so you have proven that you have lost the debate.

And, you know what, I'm going to take that "closed-minded" name as a complement, because whenever someone is called "open-minded" more of our freedom slips away. Thank you.

Tustin2121 said:

Oh yes, and while we're at it, please define "ontological marginalization", because for all I know it means absolutely nothing.

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Day 32

Status: Happy, for now. Yes, I'm still here. I didn't get carried away by the secret police... yet. There's just this thing that liberal colleges implement to keep college kids from doing things they want to do. It's called homework and finals. And term papers, which I hate more than I hate Obama's plan for the country. Actually, let's get the middle element out of it, since liberals did it all the time during the Bush Administration: I hate Obama! ANYBODY BUT OBAMA! no, that doesn't sound quite right... ANYBODY BUT BARAK! No, still too many syllables. Obama needs a one syllable name, like Bush does...

Anyhow, I'm about two weeks late on this, but Hillary Clinton has been selected for Secretary of State. Hillary got her her power back, apparently. She does have quite a grip on the state of the nation in this position. I'm sure she's just going to use that power to trade with the Chinese again. And Bill gets his interns again. This will be a fun presidency, especially for Obama. I'm sure he's thrilled. I wonder what Hillary was going to do to him if he hadn't done this - oh wait, I know, she was going to out him on not being a US Citizen! I'm sure he doesn't want that to come out, especially since Bill Richardson has done such a good job at keeping it a secret. [Best video I can find right now]

Beware those who want to work for Obama this presedency - he does not take kindly to ANYTHING that might land him in trouble. For those of you who have not heard, the questionnaire that Obama requires from you has been dubbed "the most intrusive questionnaire ever". For the full questionnaire, you know, in case you want to work for Obama, can be found here. Have fun with that now!

I will be posting more later, including transcripts from my new Line-By-Line program! But right now, I have things to do. Make up your own quote to go at the end of this.

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Day 10 11 12

Status: Pissed off. Sometimes the leaping and screaming of liberals just does me in, and I consider myself a considerably patient person. But the name calling has just gone far enough already. YOU GOT YOUR F***ING PRESIDENT!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!?!?! A letter to the editor today in the college paper complained whole-heartedly how proposition 8 was the work of "fundamentalist Christians, wealthy conservatives, and Republicans". EscUUUUUUse me, but do I look wealthy to you?! I'M A F***ING COLLEGE STUDENT!!! I'LL BE DAMNED IF I CAN PAY TUITION THIS SEMESTER!!! It just pisses me off to no end. No End... [Source]

So, confirmation has come in that Obama, upon finally achieving the Office of the PRESIDENCY, will rescind Bush's Executive Order to allow off shore drilling. This will cause gas prices to rise, the economy to fall, and Nancy Pelosi's and T. Boone Pickens's natural gas market to boom. And the libs said that Bush and Cheney controlled the oil market... [Read up]

Also, speculation is rising on what North Korea actually plans on do with their bombs. None of the bombs seem to want to work properly - that is, guide themselves neatly to their targets. Yet, the US is booting their missile defense system. The real threat and real goal of the North Koreans could be an EMP attack, which would be far more devastating than a conventional attack. Be informed. Stay Vigilant. Read up, and protect yourself.

Cabinet News: Jamie S. Gorelick This is bad... It is simply very bad...

Finally, I'm going to step into the race issue for a moment. As those who have read this may know, I don't care that Obama is black. A black president is in office - so what? Who cares? Well apparently, lots of people cared. But it is my pleasure to inform you that you don't have to anymore. White Guilt is Dead! I have never been a believer in white guilt, nor have I ever experienced it (though I have felt out of place on more than one occasion if I'm in a room of people I don't know and the whole of those other people are black; that however, doesn't count as guilt). So hopefully, people will follow my lead and the lead of several other conservatives across the country and stop feeling guilty for being white. After all, a black president is (going to be) in office now. Though I would have much rather had Condoleezza Rice instead...

And yes, I started this a couple days ago, but I had other things to do and didn't get the chance to finish it until now. Here's to getting an education instead of sitting around at home doing nothing all day and getting paid for it by Obama!

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Day 8

Status: Still alive. That is, it has officially been one week since Obama has been elected and nothing big has happened yet. This was admittedly completely expected, considering that there there is not Office of the President Elect (Obama, are you listening?).

Meanwhile, the democrats are still trying to steal the senate. In Minnesota, the recount continues in the senate race between Coleman and Franken. Strangely however, the lead that Republican Incumbent Coleman has seems to be slowly waning with each passing day. Supposedly, they're finding more votes for Franken in a warehouse somewhere... [Fox News]

A small town story now: A teacher gets suspended for telling his students that now that Obama is elected, the flag will be changing to the KFC flag and the National Anthem will be changed to "Moving On Up". I find this very racist of him. I have no problems with race: if anyone wants to run for office, be my guest - a person is a person no matter what color skin they have. My concern with Obama is his ideology. So, now that Obama is elected, the flag will be changing to the new Socialist Flag of the USSA and the National Anthem will be changing to a variation of the USSR National Anthem.

I have been working on my political comic, and you can see some sketches up on deviantART. It's not much now, but I did characterize the government as an abusive step-father. That must be worth something.

Finally, I want to apologize to all the veterans out there for the country's election of Obama. I didn't get a chance to do this ON Veteran's Day, so I'm doing it now. I'm sorry, boys, but everything you did for us in protecting freedom will all go to hell in less than two months time. Stay Vigilant. Stay motivated. We will return to Former America someday, even if that someday is after God comes down form heaven, rules the earth for a thousand years, and goes back to heaven again...

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Day 6

Status: Afraid. I fear for the future, obviously. But what I fear most is what will happen to me. I have never been the POW kind - the kind that John McCain is. If I were ever tortured, or deprived, I would crack faster than Winston in the face of a mask of Rats. I fear what speaking out might do. But what I fear most is the Draft. I support our troops, but I never could be one. And Obama will reinstate the draft. He will offer it, or his "civilian defense force". I can't fight. Nor could I join the ranks of the brown shirt army... Must stay strong...

Obama is not even president yet, and already the world loves us again and he is being compared to Kennedy and "the great presidents of the past". Also, apparently there is now an Office of the President-elect...

Cabinet News:
Google CEO says 'no thanks' to Obama cabinet position
Now what would a Director of Technology do? Would censoring the internet be appealing to one taking the job?
Obama Appoints Fairness Doctrine Backer
If anyone doubted this... and what's worse: the FCC bypasses Congress in making "regulations", so calling your congressmen doesn't help...
Granholm pleads for auto aid, avoids Obama cabinet question
Obama has appointed to the economic transition team the governor of Michigan. Note that is it Michigan that has everything Democrats think makes a good economy, and people are leaving in droves.

Finally, the head of the office of the President-Elect has stated what he thinks of the Constitution. There are several movements now to change it, and there is no doubt, given his statements, that he wishes to change it. What I love about this source is that the purpose of it is to quell conservative attacks. Excuse me while I jump around happily for a moment. [Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOinedzuoh4]

INTERVIEWER: Barack Obama, what are your thoughts on the Declaration or Constitution?
BARACK: You know, I think it's a remarkable document... uh, I think, uh...
INTERVIEWER: Which one?
BARACK: The original constitution...uh...as well, as well as the Civil War amendments, but I think it is an imperfect document, and I think it is a document that reflects... uh... some deep flaws... uh... in... uh... American Culture... the colonial culture [prevalent] at that time. African Americans were not...uh... (first of all they weren't African Americans). The Africans at the time, uh, were not considered, uh, as part of the polity that was... uh... of concern... uh, to the framers. I think that, as Richard said, it was a nagging problem... uh, in the same way that these days we might think of environmental issues or some other problem where you have to balance... uh... you know, cost benefits, as opposed to seeing it as a moral problem involving... uh uh... persons... uh uh uh of moral worth. And in that sense I think we can say that... uh uh, the constitution reflected a enormous blind spot in this culture that carries on until this day and, and uh, and that the framers, uh, had that same blind spot. I-I-I don't think that two views are contradictory to say that it was a remarkable political document... uh, that paved the way for where we are now and to say that... uh... it also... uh... reflected the fundamental flaw of this country that continues to this day.
INTERVIEWER CONTINUES.

I hate to break it to you, Mr. Obama, but given the "but" you had at the beginning of your speech there (underlined above) you were bullshitting us about thinking it is a "remarkable document". Not only that, but you have completely forgotten about two important issues concerning the racism (cleverly not called directly so) you see in the Constitution:

1. As you unwillingly point out in the beginning, your qualms lie with the "original" Constitution, before the Civil War broke out. Stop living in the past, Mr. Obama: The Civil War and the (conveniently forgotten) civil rights movement have changed the Constitution to rid it of any "racism".
2. Obama conveniently forgot that the framers to the constitution were at odds over how slavery should be represented. The northern states wanted black people and slaves counted as whole people, while the southern democrats did not. They settled with the three-fifths rule, which, restating point 1, was repealed with the 14th Amendment, ratified during Civil War Reconstruction.

So, Obama, what is the fundamental flaw of the Constitution if "racism" has been removed from it? He will change the Constitution, and it will be for the worse. So help us God.

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Day 4

Status: Slow. No Cabinet positions have been announced yet, and only speculation runs abound. However, given some of the speculations, the country is about to go to hell, if no one knew that already. Stay vigilant. Book houses overseas. Canada has bad health care, and Britain is only slightly better. Slightly. If there are any conservatives left out there, know that you are not alone, in presence and in song. If any of you are contemplating suicide, turn instead to The Right Brothers to quell your fears. They've got a few songs, like "Bush was Right" and "The List" that are at least worth the listen. End Plug. Word just got in that President Bush has "taken the high road". Hopefully those reading this know that upon entering the White House in 2000, President Bush found all of the "W" keys missing from all of the computer keyboards in the White House. On Friday, we learned that President Bush directly told his staff NOT to pry all of the "O" keys from the keyboards. Weather anyone agrees with this or not (I certainly don't) it does show how much more integrity Conservatives have, in case anyone was in doubt. I have started on the comic I said a couple days ago I might take up. The initial sketches are being shown on deviantART. More are to come. I didn't even know I could draw like that, and it makes a great alternative to listening to liberal professors in class rambling on about how great Obama is. Stay vigilant. Ignore liberal bile. Hope that "Hope and Change" will not destroy the country. Shatter that Hope. No quote today, I was too lazy. But I'm sure if you looked up something about Mr. Gorbachev tearing down walls, a thought might occur to you as it has to me: when will the iron curtain rise around Former America? End Log.

Day 2

Status: Wary. The president-elect supposedly got his top security status today. It's only a matter of time before he knows everything... and starts messing everything up.

I heard that Pelosi has taken it upon herself to begin the Obama reign with this session of Congress. Soon, things will be implemented on behalf of Obama before he is even inaugurated. I knew this would come, and it scares the hell out of me. Very soon, I will be cut off from the conservative world and then I'll know nothing of what is going on... Must stay Vigilant. Constant Vigilance...

I've decided that for dinner tonight I'm going to order a pizza from Obama Pizza, where they take my order and my money and deliver the pizza elsewhere... Now there's Marxism at its finest.

South Park last night was very good. The reason I love these guys is that they showed both sides of election night. Obama supporters were drunk and rioting in the streets for Obama. McCain supporters were sad and trying to kill themselves. And the candidates themselves were part of Ocean's Eleven... A great twist. I just have to remember that it wasn't really the case... [http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1212/]

Finally, I was minded today of a warning against Communism given by former Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft, in 1965. The interesting part of this soundbite begins at around 2:40 :

"As we[I and Mr. Khrushchev] talked face to face, he indicated that my grandchildren would live under communism. After assuring him that I expected to do all in my power to assure that his and all other grandchildren will live under freedom, he arrogantly declared in substance: 'You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright. But we keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you finally wake up and find you already have communism. We don't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.' And they're ahead of schedule... in their devilish scheme." --Ezra Taft Benson [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7LcplfkgY]

This is a warning that was not headed... and I fear never will be until it is far too late...

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Day 1

Status: No Socialism yet, except of course the giant following of supporters who swear he's the messiah. But aside from that, nothing yet. Keeping vigilant. Must not waver.

Thinking about a comic. Not a Pitt and Pendulum comic, but a political comic via microcosm. If I do it, I'll post on DeviantArt. It might be fun. Must define a style first.

South Park tonight will have something on the new president-elect. Planning on watching it.

The local college paper has the pres Obama's image plastered on it. It takes up the entire front cover. I'm positive if McCain had won, they would not have done that. They probably would have simply given it a head line. I fear for the republic.

I know if any Obama supporters read this, they'll comment and call me closed minded, or mean spirited. I don't care really. I mean, everyone is cheering for the first Black President. I say, I don't care. After all, Martin Luther King said in his "I Have a Dream" speech, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." That day has not arrived for America. Not yet.

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Day 0 - Election Day

Status: Sad. The country has elected Obama. Huge outpouring of support for him. Popular vote has a small margin. Electoral votes show him ahead by 200+. Big difference, big let down.

I watch sadly as McCain secedes from the race. I watch sadly as Obama makes a wonderful prepared speech. The event is huge. The crowd roars.

All I can think: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause." ―Padmé Amidala

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