Last night’s debate (sorry… no witty title)…

I’m having a helluvatime waking up this morning, so I’m not sure how eloquent I can be right now.  But I’m gonna give it the old “college try”.

I watched the debates last night with Sully, and if my 10 year old can see through McCain’s bullshit (without any coaching from me), I don’t understand why the rest of the country can’t.  It’s interesting to hear a child’s commentary with something like this.  He has enough basic understanding of the issues to get a general idea of what the candidates were arguing about (though I had to explain a few of the details and politician-speak phrases to him).  But Sully’s main observation was that McCain not only didn’t answer any of the questions with direct on concise responses; but even when Obama thwarted accusations thrown at him, McCain still clung to the original accusations as if no explanation from Obama was ever given.  I can’t even count how many times McCain would accuse Obama of something or mangle Obama’s stance on an issue, then Obama would explain (in simple enough terms for my kid to understand) what the facts actually were, THEN McCain would jump right back in with the original mangle…. and then Sully would say “Wasn’t McCain listening?  Obama JUST EXPLAINED THAT?  GEEEEEZZZZ!!!!  What’s wrong with that guy?”.

Out of the mouths of babes.

But apparently a good percentage of our country’s population doesn’t have the intelligence of a 10 year old, because the polls and pundits are saying that anywhere between 31%- 46% of our country think McCain did a good job last night.

But something that Sully and I also noticed was that NOTHING frazzled Obama.  McCain had to resort to snide remarks and witty little comments (or at least HE thought they were witty… there was much eye-rolling from me and Sully in response to McCain’s “wit”), having to always have the “last word”- no matter how petty and vindictive it made him look.  And it did make him come across as petty, and desperate, and pathetic.  Where Obama calmly and precisely outlined his plans for helping the economy and the middle class, and our broken health care system.  Obama came across as graceful and level-headed under pressure.  Exactly what we need.

I’m also REALLY tired of people having a problem with allowing the government to provide health care for people who can’t afford it.  I’m sick of people saying that “socialized health care” is a scary thing.  Socialism DOES NOT equal communism.  Come on you ignorant fuckers- wake up!!!  We already have socialized systems in practice in our country!!!  Our police force is socialized!  Our military is socialized!!  Would you like to do away with our police and make that a private practice?  Then each neighborhood will pay a private group of roaming thugs with little training or legal guidelines to protect your area?  How well would that go over?  You may have the argument that our police force is already like that- but at least when you call in for emergency help, they have to come, AND there are strict guidelines on how they handle emergency situations.  And at least that assistance is provided to the entire country instead of just “those who can afford it”.  “Socialized” health care would mean that no one would have to go without medical care.  Children, the elderly, the poor, etc, would all be able to get medical treatment, which would mean less expenses for the hospitals, insurance companies, and the tax payers for having to pay for medical treatment of people who have received aid without insurance.  COMMON SENSE, DIPSHITS!!!

And did anyone else catch McCain’s response to the Roe v Wade topic?  When he was asked whether or not he would ever nominate someone to the Supreme Court that disagreed with his strict pro-life stance (which the next president WILL be electing new members of the Supreme Court), McCain fumbled around and gave a bunch of political babble about only electing qualified people…. THEN he slipped in the end really quickly:  “I don’t believe that someone who has supported Roe v Wade would have those qualifications”.

Did you catch that?  It was pretty tricky (though Sully picked up on it).  McCain DOES NOT believe that anyone who supported Roe v Wade is qualified to be on the Supreme Court.  Which means that, Yes, he will keep people out of the Supreme Court who would fight him in overturning Roe v. Wade… because he DOES want it overturned.  He wants the laws to be put into the hands of the state.  INSANE!!  So if you live in a state where abortion is illegal, and you’re a minor who was raped by your father and get pregnant, you have to travel to the closest state where abortion is legal in order to get one.  Or lets say that  I get pregnant despite all my birth control efforts, and as a grown woman who already has a child and knowing full well that my family doesn’t have the resources or ability to care for another child, I have to actually take time off work and a family road trip to a different part of the country to get an abortion if it’s illegal in my state?  Are you fucking kidding me??  I hate you, John McCain.  You’re a rich old white male who will NEVER EVER have to make that decision, so keep your fucking ignorant one-sided opinions out of my uterus.  I want to bitch-slap that dick until his eyes bleed.

But Obama made my heart warm when he strongly stated that he is in full support of Roe v Wade, and that these hard decisions should be left in the hands of the people who are affected by it.  I love you, Barack Obama.  There’s nothing lovlier than a male feminist.

Overall, I have no idea how some news reports can state that McCain won the debate (well, only 1 did… but even Fox News is saying that their advisors stated that Obama won).  And I have no idea how after these debates people are still clinging to Relic McCain.

But now that the debates are over, the time to vote is coming up fast.  For all of you who are registered, and would like affordable health care, and would like clean energy, and would like to decide what happens to your own body, and would like to be able to go to college without INSANE student loans, and would like to see an end to this stupid war so that money can go back into things like public schools and programs to help people in need, etc etc etc…. vote Obama.  PLEASE keep McCain from getting his old and gnarled clutches on our country.

And if you didn’t register to vote, you’re a douchebag.

Off to work I go.

I got testecular cancer in my “Second Life”….

Ok, so I wanted to write a whole bunch about the Vice Presidential debates last night, but a discovery of something truely creepy has jumped up in my face and is screaming for attention- so I’ll sum up my view on the debate really quickly: Palin did better than I had expected, and the weeks of drill-camp coaching they must have put her through looked like they paid off.  But she still avoided straight answers to every question, outright lied in many of her responses (click the link for a listing of her bullshit), and resorted to being “adorable” when put under pressure.  Her “adorable” “down-homey” tactics are so goddamn transparent and make me want to vomit. And when Biden got emotional when talking about his struggles with being a single dad after his wife and child died- she looked like a total asshole for all her “I know the struggles of Average Joe” babble.  Summary:  Biden won.  Palin is a douche drinker.  Enough said.

But now onto my new horrifying discovery that occurred this morning.  I went onto my “flickr” account this morning, and someone with a bizarre looking profile picture had marked one of my pics as their favorites.  Since I was in my “just having my first cup of coffee so I’m randomly clicking on things” state of mind, I clicked on his flickr page to see his pictures.  My “creepy” siren went off, and I was immediately hooked.  This guy had hundreds of “snapshots” of virtual reality women that were apparently “taken” in virtual reality settings in something called “Second Life”.

I’m going to preface the rest of this by stating the most I know about virtual reality online games is what I’ve seen on old episodes of the “X-Files”.  The existence of them has always given me the creepin’-willies.  And I was under the assumption that they were all themed.. like you could be a knight or a wizard or a warrior or space invader or some other kindof nonsense bullshit, and you “dueled” other people who are also online trying to avoid reality.  Apparently I am very very wrong.

“Second Life” (for those of you who are as ignorant to this weirdness as I am) is a virtual reality online “game” where you just wander around the Second Life world as a regular person, doing regular people things.  You can buy property (which costs you REAL money, not virtual money), and go out to eat, and go to clubs, and I guess you can hold a job, and have pets, and whatever else normal people do in normal life.  You meet other virtual people (who all look like porn stars) and can go on virtual dates, get virtually tipsy, make virtual witty banter about your virtual occupation and virtual experiences, and can go home and have virtual sex (does virtual sex come along with the virtual “morning-after regret”?).

This seriously blows my fucking mind!!!!  As if real life wasn’t bogged down with enough bullshit, these people have to take on a SECOND LIFE that is filled with the same mundane crap!!!  Do they not know that they can actually go to a real restaurant with real people and eat real food or go to real clubs and actually use their real feet for real dancing?  Or is it just that they can’t participate in these things in real life while looking like a low-rent porn star?

I showed this all to Brad this morning, and his immediate response was “Don’t you dare fucking contact any of these people and make fun of them!!  Don’t comment on their flickr “snapshots”, don’t send them messages, don’t even let them know you exist!!  These people are fucking terrifying, and we want no part of their reality”.  *sigh*  Ok.  No contact.  I get it.

BUT what I want to know is do I HAVE to be a porn star on there?  Do I HAVE to only wear daisy-dukes and cleavage showing tops, with long flowing hair and have a glamorous profession?  What if I wanted to be a homeless 400 pound hermaphrodite with goiters, herpes, and constant explosive diarrhea?   Can I do that?  It’s MY second life… it should be an option.  Can I spread my virtual herpes around the virtual community?  Are there virtual treatments for it?  Can I be a virtual serial killer?  Can I virtually egg someones house?  Can I virtually run red lights or will I get virtual tickets from the virtual police?  Can I be a virtual burglar?  The list goes on and on.  There shouldn’t be rules.  Because in my virtual life, I would be able to do all these things.  My perfect virtual life would consist of being able to go up to strangers and jam my finger in their eye…. but that’s against the “rules” in Second Life.  In my perfect virtual life, I’d be able to trip people on the dance floor and drive head on into oncoming traffic without getting hurt.  I would be able to walk into a restaurant and shove every person’s head into their food, and knock down huge expensive glass displays in stores at the mall.  My “id” would be able to completely take over, and be able to act on all the infantile impulses and thoughts that go through my head throughout the day.  But apparently virtual life is filled with just as many social rules and regulations as real life.

So what’s the fucking point?  To be able to exist in an “alter reality” with fake tits?  Go get fake tits in real life and be done with it!!  At least in the other on-line “virtual games” you can be something that you could NEVER EVER  be in real life… like a knight or warrior from hundreds of years ago or something.  But this?  This is just MORONIC!!!  Is the draw the virtual sex?  Having virtual sex with a virtual person is still just masterbation.  You aren’t ACTUALLY doing it!  WAKE UP!!!  IT’S CREEPY!!!!

The existence of this thing just totally boggles my mind.  And it’s BECAUSE of stuff like this that I have urges to jam my fingers in people’s eyes, and drive into oncoming traffic.

There’s no denying it- Obama DOMINATED the debats last night…

So here’s what I heard when watching last nights debate:

McCain: babble babble, old man stories, babble babble, cough-cough, babble, random use of historic trivia in desperate attempt to sound patriotic and knowledgable, babble, pregnant pause waiting for applause- oops! there is no applause during a DEBATE!!!, issue dodging, muddled abstract babble babble, comparing heights of North and South Koreans (huh?  where the fuck did that come from), more awkward and vague babble, “I KNOW HENRY KISSINGER” (um, who cares?), babble babble babble, “Obama has no experience!” and then praising his running mate (ha ha ha!! bullshit, much?), babble babble, cough…. you get the idea.

Obama: Totally polished with his thoughts together, a little bit of “politician double-speak bullshit” here and there- but not overwhelming, a touch of babble- but that’s to be expected, stayed on point 95% of the time, didn’t need to rely on stupid dramatic stories (though he did get sucked into the “I have a bracelet too!!” weirdness that didn’t pertain to anything), didn’t go into as much economic detail as I personally would have liked but gave enough key points to show he knew what the fuck he was talking about, only a couple “Um…’s” here and there, unflustered, well knowledged, and full on good.

They both seemed to be really trying to stay civil in order to not alienate any voters out there- which was impressive because the primaries were pretty vicious.  But there’s no denying that Obama handles pressure so much better than Old Man McCain- and Obama is totally on top of the issues.

Here’s a great little video that one of my darling friends just emailed to me…. enjoy:

Sarah Silverman on voting for Obama

And now… I need more coffee.

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oh!…. and everyone needs to watch the video on this link: Is Palin Ready to be President?

It’s HILARIOUS, and she gets BUTCHERED!!!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!