Monthly Archives: October 2008

Their ignorance is inexcusable

For those who have not seen this load of shit for my home state, enjoy the trainwreck.

This is simply appalling. I want to feel embarrassed for these people, for not only being so moronic to believe what they are saying, but for being for damn gullible to believe it in the first place. More than anything, I’m just pissed off that they are this stupid. I just want to take a baseball bat to their heads, and begin to pummel them, but it sounds like they’ve already been knocked senseless. Because only a complete imbecile would suggest that Obama is a terrorist.

And you know who these people are, too. These are those people who think Bat Boy really exists, Harry Potter is satanic and that you can truly win $1000 from Microsoft for forwarding an email.

Then again, they are from my home state, so it’s to be expected to an extent. After all, PA has given us Rick Santorum, and this kind of thinking isn’t far a cry from his.

Looking for a new name?

It appears there is another Rants of a Misanthrope blog out there, and while I’d like to think my idea was novel in concept and execution, it may appear not to be. So I’m considering to do a change up in the name of my blog.

I think the misanthropic pov is working for me definitely, but anyone have any suggestions? Anyone? Or should I just leave it as it and just call the other guys blog a copy cat. Although when you Google search it his comes up first. 😦

Then again, I have the ‘Blogged’ seal of approval, so I should leave things be.

If I leave it as is, I may try buy the domain name and expand to include my photography, but it’s just a thought…

Karma is a bitch, ain't it Sox fans?

As I watched the news on Sunday, I saw that The Chicago White Sox won their game, and were still in playoffs. Good for them. After all, after the Cubs blew it, the city could use a little good news.

Then I saw how some Sox fans jeered the Cubs, making obnoxious comments about their loss. “How did the Cubs do on their game today? Oh That’s right!’ some fat assed south side Joe was blabbing to ABC news as they covered the Sox victory. It burnt me a bit, because when one team is down, it’s not sportsman like to talk trash about their foibles. Okay, so it happens, but I guess I expected a bit more from the hometown crew. If the tables were turned, I’d hope Cub’s fans wouldn’t be as obnoxious and go and diss the Sox. Frankly I think Cub’s fans would be too consumed at the fact that the Cubs were winning to trash the Sox.

But two days later, and it’s all over. The Sox went down to Florida and pulled a Cubbie move, they lost 6-2. Playoffs for Chicago baseball is over for 2008, from the north to the south side.

All I can say is that trash talk you Sox fans were throwing around Sunday night? Karma. In. Spades.

Suck it Sox fans, and welcome to the pity party.

Wasted away another post season in Wrigleyville

You know, frankly I half expected them to exceed my expectations and actually pull it off this year, but once again the Chicago Cubs have blown it.

In a season where they reigned in first place the entire time, and a World Series advance was practically handed to them on a silver platter, Lou Pinella and the Cubs went out with a mere whimper to the LA Dodgers in three games, as their fate was sealed last night with a 3-1 loss. Congrats to the Dodgers, their first post season in 20 years.

And to the Cubs, now at 101 years since their won a World Series, and to the fans,  it’s time to give up the ghost, fire Lou Pinella, burn Wrigley to the ground, salt the earth, and turn your attention to the Sox, who at least won a World Series in this century. I mean really, how much more can a fan take? I even saw Ronnie Woo-Woo the other day on the Grandville train platform, and his ‘Let’s play ball’ reply to my calling out his name even seemed half-hearted. He knew. Even the woman in the grocery store talking to her friend knew after game one. Come on folks, why keep holding out for something that will never happen? There is faith, and then there is folly, and after tossing away a record season to Los Angeles, fandom for the Cubs is sheer folly anymore.

Or you can complain life isn’t fair like John McCain and say, ‘there’s always next year.’ And if that’s the case, then the only fool is yourself for chanting that ridiculous mantra for the past 100 years. If and when the Cubs prove me wrong, then can you call me out on this.

Otherwise, make like a Cub and suck it.

Life Isn't Fair

Reading the news today as the Vice Presidential debates loom, and I found this interesting nugget of a quote from Senator McCain regarding the person who is tonight’s moderator. Gwen Ifill is writing a book about politics in the Obama age, which I must say doesn’t really add itself to a bipartisan point of view. But McCain’s reaction to this is a comment shy of teenage temper tantrum.

McCain’s exchange on  “Fox & Friends,” as released by Fox News Channel:

HOST BRIAN KILMEADE: Right now a recent study says and the polls reflect that Barack Obama is gaining ever since this crisis has landed in everyone’s kitchen table, why is that?

McCAIN: Because life isn’t fair. … He certainly did nothing for the first few days. I suspended my campaign, took our ads down, came back to Washington, met with the House folks and got on the phone, and also had face to face meetings.

I just want to stop right there and reflect on his initial response to the question. ‘Because life isn’t fair…’ Wow, what a startling realization that must be for you Senator. Because I and many other people came to that conclusion a LONG FUCKING TIME AGO.

That’s right, life isn’t fair. It’s not fair when you lose a job, or have to pay skyrocketing taxes, or a loved one dies whether from an accident or old age or even, and maybe most unfairly, in a war. It’s not fair the Cubs haven’t won a world series in 100 years, or that September 11th happened, or that I don’t make as much money as I did six months ago. But it’s life, and complaining that it’s not fair in a public forum doesn’t gain you sympathy, it just makes you look ignorant of what fair is, and more like a sore loser. Is that what your reaction is going to be on November 5 when you lose the election, because it isn’t fair? If that’s the case, go home now, get your blankie and teddy bear, and go suck your thumb in the corner.

And trying to make yourself out to be the underdog guy, ‘well I did this and that and he didn’t, but he’s more popular so that’s not fair…’ get over yourself. You sound like an douche.

HOST GRETCHEN CARLSON: Do you think it will work to your advantage [having Ifill moderate the debate given her book] because people will really be looking at her questions?

McCAIN: Frankly, I wish they had picked a moderator that isn’t writing a book favorable to Barack Obama. Let’s face it. But I have to have to have confidence that Gwen Ifill will handle this as the professional journalist that she is. … Life isn’t fair, as I mentioned earlier in the program.

See, the smart answer here would have been, ‘Why yes, I think the public is smart and will be ultra critical of the moderator, and I definitely see that as an advantage for me and Sarah Palin.’  Granted, his reponse was genuine, and he did say he had confidence that Ifill would be unbiased. But he doesn’t give the general public credit for being smart enough to see this,  and then he said it wasn’t fair again. All he succeeded in doing was look like a spoiled brat who didn’t get his way, and in the process completely undemined himself and his campaign.

I made a comment on Facebook after the last debate about seeing McCain for who he really was, and it sparked several people to comment about it. One of those people, a fraternity brother of mine, felt the need to remark about how obama stuttered during his comment. Now first of all, this is not something I noticed, so either it never occured and it was designed to slam Obama for the way he spoke, or if he does indeed stutter regardless, I found the remark childish. But I see from where they get the concept of attacking people in this way.  I mean, here is the candidate for the Republican party, making comments about how life isn’t fair. Of course the next step of devolving would be to make fun of the way a person talks.

Can you imagine this man in office? ‘We didn’t have very good negotiations with Afghanistan, life isn’t fair…. the economy is in the toilet, life isn’t fair… People don’t like me, life isn’t fair…Condi Rice talks with a lisp.’  Life isn’t fair.  Wow folks, glad you picked up the clue phone and realized what the rest of us have had to deal with.

I guess we better get used to it, we’ll be hearing this line from Republicans for the next four years after Obama wins in November.