A Couple More Things

Yeah, I'm depressed and angry, too. But:

1. No, you're not moving to Canada. Enough with that crap already. First of all, they don't want you. There's a long waiting list (over a year) and you have to have a job waiting for you and they're not gonna open up the borders for a bunch of whiny Americans who didn't get their way. Besides, even if your little Utopian dream came true, what would that leave in the USA? Rich white folks, Bible Belt rednecks and all the poor, elderly and minorities who couldn't just up and move to Medicine Hat. And this country would be right next door and they'd have nuclear weapons. Eh, hoser? So take off that damn toque and lay off the back bacon.

2. Here's my other favorite. "The Democrats are finished! We must build an entirely new grassroots party of the left!" Okay, sunshine. You're right, that 49% of the country that voted for Kerry is no base to build on! Let's write off the elections for the next 20 or 30 years while we build a new base of...who, exactly? New blood in the Democratic leadership is an excellent idea, but come on, get off your white horse already. The two-party system ain't going away.

I guess that's all the venting I've got for the moment. My real ire is reserved for the Bush voters, of course. It's a huge shit sandwich they've prepared for us, and now we've all got to take a bite.