Saturday, June 20, 2009

Yes, I am alive...

It's nice to know that I'm loved...Seriously - I appreciate emails from people wondering if I'm alright - especially from people who have never actually communicated with me before. So yes, I am alive and mostly alright.

I am currently in TN with my boys for the weekend--eldest wanted me here for fathers day. I am also brutally fucking busy and will probably be too busy to get a lot written over the next few weeks. I am going to do what I can, but I have been really stressed and honestly, reading the blogs has been making it worse lately, so avoidance has been key for the last week.

I am fucking pissed at our fucking government, which I expected to be. I just didn't expect to be angry about the things that I am. I was honestly hopeful that I would be pissed because things that I happen to believe in would be done badly or halfassed. Never - never in a million fucking years did I expect to actually be considering whether we might not be better off with a president McCain, tempered by an opposition congress.

But I am.

Not even his first motherfucking SCOTUS pick is looking any better than someone that a president McCain would have picked. And given everything else that this sick fucking excuse for an administration has fucked us up the ass without lube about, that was about all I had left.

I am grateful that he has made science a priority. But that is hard to weigh against the outright destruction that this motherfucker has done to our justice system - a system already fucking broken. But hey, we really didn't need to protect the rights of suspects to be free from the pressure of law enforcement to waive their right to counsel during questioning - as long as they've been charged and are now considered a defendant.

Obama is a fucking disgrace and our circle jerk fucking congress is absolutely fucking pointless. These shit eating bastards are no better than the fucking republicans. At least the republicans actually throw their constituency more fucking bones than these fucking scumbags do...

8 comments:

Toaster Sunshine said...

DuWayne, now, you know it's not good to bottle up your anger. Why don't you just go ahead and let it all on out?

Juniper Shoemaker said...

I love the assemblage of labels you've designated for this post, dear.

P.S. Happy Father's Day!

DuWayne Brayton said...

I'm pretty certain that if I put it the way I really feel, I would probably lose most of the readers I have...

I considered some new labels actually...

Juniper Shoemaker said...

I considered some new labels actually...

Hmmm. So you can add to your collection of endearing juxtapositions such as "ANGRY LABEL! ANGRY LABEL!!11!!!GRRR!111! Politely Helpful Label Indicating 'Personal Information' . . ."? Excellent. Verily, thou art possessed of too much boyish charm. I love you, too.

Jason Thibeault said...

I need to know -- seriously -- if you, or anyone else, honestly thought Obama was a liberal. He, his platform, his triangulation on issues as fundamental to said platform as health care, his cabinet picks, etc., are slightly right of center. You don't have a left and a right party any more... you have a right-of-center party and a batshit insane party. The overton window has been dragged so far to the right that insanity is considered an acceptable opposition platform.

Beth said...

Jason, are you insane?

Jason Thibeault said...

Err, no, but I *am* Canadian, so my perception is skewed. And most Democrats, Obama included, would be considered centrist in just about any other country.

All that said, if Obama manages to get health care for you folks, even without the single payer option being on the table, then I'm happy for you. (this being a tip-off that he's not liberal -- that, and not doing anything about DATD, and his centrist pick for SCOTUS)

Cath@VWXYNot? said...

I agree with Jason, the US concept of left and right is heavily skewed to the right compared to Canada and much of Europe. Even the most right-wing mainstream politicians in the UK are in favour of nationalised healthcare, which will get you labelled as a socialist in the US!