All Apologies

Hey you freaks,

all apologies for not writing for a few days. i actually wrote a couple blogs that i immediately saved in my draft file. mostly, they were all ridiculous, raging rants about our dear friend Tina Fey, i mean Sarah Palin - my mistake.

okay let us get down to business: the VP debate. let me put it plainly, it was largely disappointing in that Sarah Palin failed to completely fail. my whole week's delight rested upon her utter inability to articulate any point with any intelligence. Yes, although her debate was a gross example of what our educational system fails to produce, primarily intellect.. at the same instance she passed the bar of expectation for herself, thus not entirely failing.

i was really hoping we'd have repeat performances on the 'bush doctrine'. my brother and i, highly anticipated the comedy and humor resulting from Thursday night's debate. at one point, in anger, i almost turned off the television. what the fuck? yes, she by far is not the brightest crayon in the box, but she definitely upped her standards. damn.

and yes, i am a sick person because i gain heaps of glee from the failures of others, whatever i am human and so are you. so stop all acting morally superior. you're not.

so officially, on one month from this day, we will elect our new president. this also coincides with my decision to leave or stay in the country. i told a friend this, and she responded, "yeah, but that's what we all said four years ago and look, no one left." damn, she's right. after bush was elected the second time, despite the threats, no one left- there was no mass exodus. shit. what's wrong with us? we said we'd never elect him again, and look, we did. we said if we did, we'd leave... and we didn't. and now we say, 'never again.' but what if 'it' is again. we claim we'll really leave this time, but will we really? or are we just throwing threats because it feels good? does it distance ourselves from the barbarous facts for which we cannot justify? does it distance ourselves from the deaths of millions for which we are intrinsically tied? should we not stay? just take the blame for that which we probably deserve? when are we, as a People, going to face the fact that we are not as proactive as we'd like to believe. perhaps, in fact, we fail to be the global citizens for which we so indeed inspire? what if we are really all failures? after all, we did elect bush not once, but twice.

once, i came across a ridiculous website where people took pictures of themselves with some sort of cheesy sign, reading to the affect, "world we are so sorry we are so dumb that we elected him again." i think this website went up right after the 2004 election results. i thought the page was a prime example of how far removed the american public is from the rest of the world. a measly web page showing our 'sorrows' does not make up for our utter failure to dismantle the evils of the bush administration. such apologies does nothing for the families in Iraq of whom have suffered at the hands of our injustices. what such web page shows, is the typical, american token effort to bandage a wound that we've torn apart. it shows no genuine effort to mend what we've created, to face the consequences of our efforts. it merely shows how shallow us americans really are.

like i said, i am not sure if the web page even still exists today- although i'm sure it does. but i really hope people can come up with some better efforts than this... it is really pitiful and you all disgust me. (even though i did post a picture at the time) i guess this is example of american hypocriticalism. whatever, i admit it, i am faulted and i change my mind- often. at least i'm honest about it- unlike some people, cough, cough.

anyway, i have to check out to do some homework. i hope you all have a great weekend. full of american sickness.

don't forget to vote on the 4th, after all, it is your patriotic duty, even if it doesn't do shit in the long run, at least we have to pretend.

PS- i found the website: http://www.sorryeverybody.com/