I'm breaking my personal rule here and putting up a second post with a political bent (I don't like to get into politics too much because it's such a personal issue that you wind up offending or putting off someone), but I thought I'd repeat this quote by Karl Rove from The O'Reilly Factor, noting in all fairness that I'm doing so totally out of context and accompanying it with a picture of Karl Rove's humongous head.
For those curious, Ahab is Rep. John Conyers, while Rove is the aforementioned whale whose name I'm loathe to mention to avoid making a crude joke, thus losing my all-ages blog rating.
Here's a couple of youtube clips featuring my absolutely favorite song, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow". My favorite version is by the Shirelles, but some of the other versions --particularly the one by Dusty Springfield (who, for years, I'd assumed was a man) -- are pretty good. But before we get to that, here are the aforementioned observations.
I voted in the election held a short time ago. For anyone outside Canada, you vote for your local MP (Member of Parliament) and the party with the most MPs has it's leader elected Prime Minister. Needless to say, this is the fifth election I've voted in, and since my candidate didn't win, my success rate is 1-4.
I've been thinking about throwing a US election night party, but there are two things holding me back from going forward with it: 1) I doubt I'd be able to keep my friends focused on the election coverage and we'd just wind up playing Mario Kart and NFL 09 like we do every other time we get together, and 2) if McCain wins I am going to be awfully cheesed off, which won't be fun for anyone. Still, it could be fun I suppose.
The price of Marvel Comics in Canada went up 50 cents last week, and DC is likely to follow suit soon too. My local comic shop has already raised the price of DC titles to match Marvel because they're losing too much at the current prices. A bit of a kick in the head, but it's not too bad since I get a pretty good discount as a regular customer. And since four of the titles I follow have been cancelled (Amazing Spider-Girl, Checkmate, The Flash, and Manhunter), the timing works out. Unfortunately though, since I really like Spider-Girl, the Flash, and Manhunter. Checkmate I was probably going to drop anyway. I shudder to think what it's going to be if Marvel raises the prices in the US. I'd really come to believe that a $4.25 comic was a thing of the past.
Funny, but wouldn't Homer have voted for McCain. Come on, an easily impressed "Joe-Sixpack" with conservative values who once bought several copies of an album because he was warned if he didn't "Al Qaeda would win"? This is from the upcoming Halloween special though, so you can chalk it up to the fact things are generally askew in those episodes.
On another note, despite my (some would say fervent) interest in the 2008 US election, I'm pleased to say that I've arguably spent more time following my own national election than I have before. Not enough to bother blogging about it or anything, but more than I've spent the last few times I've voted. Why I even watched a few minutes of one of our debates before tuning out because it was in french.
(And don't get mad for the Joe-sixpack bit -- I borrowed it from Sarah Palin.)
"It's very important when you consider even the leadership qualities of the evil in the world."
"Some decisions that have been made poorly, with his warnings proving that he can work both sides of the aisle."
"With his warnings two years ago about being the beacon of light the road that America may find itself on."
"What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at with his warnings and I would hope that's the case."
"It is for no more politics as usual and that is what America needs today has to be considered also."
"We can't afford to lose the dealings with Freddie and Fannie, not as competitive, scary thing, but one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today."
Check it out for yourself. It's the next best thing to having an awkward, confusing interview with the real Sarah Palin.
Now you can question the validity and necessity of such a question in times such as these when things are unquestionably tumultuous around the world, both politically and economically, especially when the subject in question refers to a couple of comic book panels from a story published 30 years ago. But if I did that it'd make me a hypocrite for all of the nonsense I've wasted time debating over the years. Besides -- it's pretty obvious he did. But to lessen the blow (no pun intended -- whoops, there goes the 'G' rating), she was in the middle of a messy separation and when the ball-and-chain confronted good ol' Spidey, he roughed him up some.
Even Spider-Man deserves "a good break" every "now and then" too, right? A tip of the hat to the fellow who added "Peter should be happy that the caption said two hours later and not ‘an awkward, unfulfilling 15 minutes later’". That tickled me.
You'd almost think not becoming President was the best thing to happen to him. I've got to say though, that if he ran now he'd clean up.
My take? You know how people voted for Bush II because he was "the kind of guy (they'd) want to have a beer with"? I'd vote for Al Gore in part because I think I'm starting to feel the same way about him. Come on -- you think Bush would appear as an animated disembodied head?
I don't normally like to talk politics, seeing as it tends to bring out the worst in people, but I took this neat quiz that tells you where your politics lie, the neat thing being that it tells you pretty much what you already know.
So in the event someone happens upon this and considers me the spawn of the unholy because of how it came out, settle down. And thanks for coming by.
There are two polarizing topics I don't like to discuss: Religion and politics. Everyone has an opinion on both, and no matter what either side tells you, they're convinced they're right and if you don't agree with them, they'll hate you for it (even if they say they don't). Still, I've got to comment on Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. It's just too much. I don't care much for the guy -- Iraq, Katrina, et al -- but nominating someone with zero judicial experience, likely (and this is where my reasoning behind not discussing politics comes into play) so she has no background for opponents to draw from or accuse her of flip-flopping, and definitely because she's a family friend, is a horrible way to make decisions. It's times like these I'm glad to be Canadian, because Bush isn't even trying anymore. He just does whatever the Hell he wants when he wants.
I'm breaking my personal rule here and putting up a second post with a political bent (I don't like to get into politics too much because it's such a personal issue that you wind up offending or putting off someone), but I thought I'd repeat this quote by Karl Rove from The O'Reilly Factor, noting in all fairness that I'm doing so totally out of context and accompanying it with a picture of Karl Rove's humongous head.
