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Well, it was an interesting week and a half. Last Thursday democrats, every minority, and in general anyone with an IQ in the double digits celebrated the death of South Carolina senator Strom Thurman. Most notable for stating at another senator's birthday that he felt the south would have been better if it had remained segregated, he lived until the over ripe age of one hundred, and helps prove my point that assholes do indeed live longer than the nice guys. You have to wonder what state would vote for a man who could barely walk or keep spittle from falling out of his mouth due to his being 100 years old. Yeah, South Carolina. Go there for it's beautiful beaches, sports cars, and women, not its people. I mean to look at the women. I know that they are people. You just probably don't want to meet them if they vote for ultra-right-wing, hundred-year-old-men to be their representation in congress. Well, actually, you probably could, because most are probably staying at the resorts, and are just visiting. Anywho...

The Supreme Court celebrated as well by deciding a case that supports privacy and gay rights. This is made even more monumental by the fact that the court's been packed with Bush's cronies, and are therefore usually bound towards bringing civilization back into the Neolithic age.

And then Barry White, everyone's favorite super low bass, giant African American passed away. Black flags will be hung from many a house and public building, I'm sure. I bet even the damned garbage collectors will call it yet another holiday. If you don't understand that, let me explain. See, our local garbage men take every opportunity to get off of work. Every single holiday out there, even non-federal holidays. They take off for New Year's Eve and Day, Valentines Day, Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays, Cinco de Mayo, Russian Independence Day (every single one), US Independence Day, Whacking Day, Garbage Collecting Day, Radioactive Hamster Day, Labor Day, Arbor Day, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza, El Dia de los Muertos, and All Hallows' Eve, just to name a few.

Speaking of Independence Day, it's come and gone. Another year, another reminder that we're ruled by a cruel retarded hypocritical hick who can do anything he wants, because if the government is ruled by your party, there's no one to punch you in the face when you go on conquests for political and personal economic gain with your country's soldiers. It's been a few hundred and some-odd years since we fought the oppressive King George, won the war, and set up our own oligarchy. That's right, a government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich. We've gone from the wise international policy of not meddling, to fighting for our trade rights and slaughtering indigenous people, and then simply using military force to subjugate the indigenous people of other countries to protect American business investments. Thanks, Teddy Roosevelt! Without you, we wouldn't be considered an international bully/asshole/greedy dickface! Your efforts to support a Panamanian revolution because you wanted to build a canal and it would be cheaper to fight a war for the country than buy it from another, and your use of military force to stop the Hawaiian revolution and force the current government to resign under gun point and give up all of the indigenous people's rights began a soon to be global effort to own every country out there in the name of "democracy." (Read: more money for the rich American businessman.) Hats off to you!

Speaking of blatant imperialism, hi there, Bush. How's that contract to rebuild Iraq doing? You know, the incontestable contract that only went to the oil company that your vice president was CEO of before joining forces with you? What's that? I'm sure you'll find those "weapons of mass destruction" some day. They're probably buried underneath one of Saddam's palaces. Really deep down. Like that centrifuge. That's proof. I believe you, even though it would take thousands of them, and oh... I dunno, radioactive materials, to create a nuclear weapon. I'll just believe you because you're a republican, and I'm a complete moron, and you run around yelling "Praise Jesus!" so you must be a good guy. It's ok, you can send thousands of our troops to their deaths, because you're doing it to uphold democracy. Good for you!

Yep, sarcasm. Lots and lots of it. And when you've had to ride in a car for 28 hours, you get a lot of time to think. I've finished my junior year in high school, and as such am one step closer to college, then work, and then eventual death. Such a wonderful society we live in. What do I remember from my junior year? There's Jacob's and Andy's house. The typical alienation and boredom of a high school student. Lots of StarCraft and Diablo, my drawing class, and that's about it. Another productive year. Yay. I can't wait to be a senior and feel isolated from my peers for another year while I push around the stupid freshmen class. I hate them with a passion. They get smaller and more slutty every year.

So anyway, I'm going to start the chronicles of my trip tomorrow, because I've been rambling on this update, and Monday should be the real beginning of the week anyway.

Oh yeah, it's been two months, so I'm due to update my archives again. If you're one of the very few who read my site and have missed earlier updates, I apologize. I forget about that page quite easily.

posted by Slade at 4:56 PM