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Oh YouTube

These are kind of funny, the second one is a little sad. Take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vwKZiDsY4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT0XxtNPVdQ

Hooray for The Clash and John Lennon.

2 comments October 29th, 2006

Devin vs. Goliath

The other day I came across Father Time. With eyes slit, mouth barely parted in sardonic stupor, he said to me, “Both parties are woefully on the fast track to oblivion.” This once sharp, snarky man had become an embittered broken record. His comments and demeanor were eerily reminiscent of another bitter old man, who had a thing or two to complain about at the turn of this century. That man? Ralph “Buckle Up” Nader.

Neither party is anywhere near what I would like them to be, ideologically. But I would never want a government to think just as I do (I wouldn’t wish that on anyone). And good Dems stand for a lot of the things that are important to society.

Phil Angelides knows that to make California schools great again we’re going to have to tax folks. Sherrod Brown thinks it’s ludicrous for the U.S. to be the only developed country without universal healthcare. Ted Kennedy refuses to vote for an immigration bill that treats illegal immigrants like they aren’t real people. Ned Lamont doesn’t believe spending 300 billion dollars to kill 500 thousand Iraqis was a good idea. Russ Feingold says don’t take away the rights of citizens and call it the Patriot Act.

Then, there are the Republicans. When they get fired up, it’s because all 7-11 owners secretly report to Al-Qaeda, because Tom and Mark think they just might be in love, or because Janet Jackson showed half of America her tit. Well, I’m still waiting for the outrage to hit me on those.

Keep in mind, Nader’s tomayto tomahto mantra was specifically referring to Al Gore and George Bush. Al Gore has done more to spread awareness about global warming than any other human being on the planet, and George Bush bombed Iraq over “nuclear” weapons he can’t pronounce, that don’t exist. Um, I think I’d prefer the fucking tomayto, please.

Humans will never be perfect, and by extension, neither will politicians. But saying “all politicians are imperfect, thus all politicians are the same” is a cop-out syllogistic fallacy. There is a distinct separation between the two ideologies of these parties. It’s the difference of a party that says let’s defend our country, and one that says let’s defend our country without destroying the things that make it worth defending.

Yet another publisher’s note: If you really do pronounce it tomahto, who do you think you are?

4 comments October 29th, 2006