The Puggers Made Me Do It

Here's one more reason I love living in Western Mass...

(The video gets *really* good around the 2:38 mark, but it's all worth watching!)

For those of you who would rather read about it (although the video is SO much more entertaining), here's a link:

Former Bush aide Card is booed at UMass. If you read the article, it mentions that "The protests were mainly contained to an area in the back of the campus arena, though many of the faculty members onstage joined the three- to four- minute outburst." As you can see from the video, that was clearly not the case.

And, as quoted on the Wikipedia page about Card,

"In 2007, Card received an honorary degree in public service from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The decision by the university administration to give Card the degree was met with protests and petitions from thousands of university students, faculty, staff, and community members. They argued that Card played a leading role in disseminating deceptive and misleading evidence to justify the Iraq War. At the May 25, 2007 graduate school commencement ceremony, hundreds of students, faculty, and staff protested the award with boos and catcalls as Andrew Card accepted the degree. Protesters, including many faculty on stage, drowned out Provost Charlena Seymour's remarks, asserting that Card lied about the Iraq war."

So I know this post is a bit delayed, but I wanted to process before screaming about the State of the Union speech. Being the nerd that I am, I actually took notes so I'd remember points that really chapped my hide. Funny thing is, not a lot made me curse at the television. I suppose it's because most of the speech was a repeat of what we've all heard before- the same old lies that have ceased to cause an immediate "F*** you, Bush!" reaction.

Anywho... ( Some general observations and some points from the speech... )

Nuke-you-lure, al-qaeda, the "author of freedom"... blah blah blah

Since when does the Bush administration care about genocide? When did America become the land of "freedom and moderation"???

Bah, king george. You looked scared. And you know what? You damn well should be.

Republicans as of late (well, always really) have been a prime example of my biggest pet peeve. I can't think of anything worse than hypocrisy. My favorite poster boy as of late is Mark Foley. Foley, who championed for stronger internet predator laws; who said that people who prey on children are sick and should be locked away. He doth protest too much, methinks.

It's interesting how many people will rally to fight against a misdeed which they themselves are guilty of. Almost as if they believe that protesting will protect them from ever being accused or convicted. But we all know that isn't the case.

You can advocate for stronger internet predator, drug, domestic abuse, rape, etc. laws but it still won't change the fact that you have been indulging in the very things you claim to hold so morally reprehensible. It also won't change the fact that the people will turn against you once your actions are known- as they damn well should.

If a party is going to spout off about "family values," they may want to make sure they are practicing them. At the very least, they may want to make sure they aren't breaking any laws before handing out moral advice to the rest of the public.

Well, they received their smackdown. Let's see if we will continue to hold everyone else's feet to the fire...

Not a lot of time or energy to write a long entry about the protest in NY today. So for now this clip and these pics will have to suffice. I'm exhausted, but happy...

I've been waiting with baited breath for someone to post these to youtube. I am so in love with Bill Clinton it isn't even funny.

(Keith Olbermann isn't bad, either. lol)

This is amazing- and the only 9/11 related thing I will be posting.

Every once in a while I fondly remember being a wee thing and staying up at
night (even though I was supposed to be sleeping) to tape Dan Savage's radio
show. Then he started doing his column and everyone in the world knew who he
was. *sigh* I was on to him first!

But ever since I left Seattle, Dan Savage has fallen off my radar. This
lovely link was sent to me by devi_gaz.
God bless her for sending it to me!

ITMFA

Enjoy!