«Recount»

HBO showed the movie «Recount» earlier.

It is a somber reminder that every one's vote does matter -- may be not down at the individual level, but collectively, yes, definitely.

That fateful 2000 election gave the country W and eight years of misery. To think about it otherwise, that the US would not have invaded Iraq, the US economy might not be in such deep trouble, people of the world might not have to endure so many -- seemingly endless panic attacks, one has to imagine, the world could have been a much different, even much better place than it is today.

But in that fateful month, the Americans collectively decided that the country's path down towards hell for the next eight years. There were enough blames to spread around. If Clinton were not stupid enough to let loose his zipper, the election result could have been different. If there were a little less ignorance in the country, the election result could have been different.

But history is what it is. We are all just humans, even the judges in the Supereme Court.

In a little more than two weeks, the country will have another chance to choose its path forward. And this time for the first time, I will be able to vote.

I wish that the country will choose wiser. We must all learn something from the last eight years of sufferings.

John McCain said in the last debate last Wedensday that he was not "President Bush". Fine. But he is still a Republican. He may be able to be a "maverick" sometimes, but he is still a Republican in the end. A commentary in the News wrote the other day, Republicans seemed to be anti-intellectual. I think they are more than that. They are anti-thinking. For that reason alone, I will not vote for a Republican.

Pigs with Lipsticks

The Republicans leave me with no other words for them.

Putting Lipstick on a Pig

You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.

John McCain calls that saying sexist? That's really pathetic.

Sarah Palin

This woman is a bulldog.

Watch out, Democrats!

Rudy Giuliani

"True American here". I guess Rudy counts himself as one of those?

"The American people", not the "Hollywood celebrities". So I guess Hollywood is not inside America.

"America comes first"! And then American media criticizes the nationalism of the Chinese.

I am waiting for Rudy to say that John McCain will get rid of taxes once and for all. No one will have to pay tax anymore and everyone will live happily ever after.

"Shake up Washington" -- Yeah, right.

"A beacon for the world" -- maybe back in the days when the twin towers were still standing.

Hearing Mike Huckabee

There are decent people among the Republicans. When Mike Huckabee talks about the evil of big brother government taking away our liberty, I trust that he is sincere. That is exactly what all the Americans need to do: Kick out the government that is taking away our liberty.

But are all the poor people "waiting for the government to rescue" them? It makes me think of the white-haired gentleman holding a sign at the south-bound exit 41 on US-23 these days. The sign says:

Vietnam veteran
Hungry
Homeless

John McCain is a respectable person. But that doesn't automatically make him a president. If he kicks GWB's behind in public, I may consider give him my vote.

Is Romney Mocking McCain?

He says America needs to get ready to look to the west for the Sun.

Do all Republicans follow that logic? Somehow it looks that way.

Meg Whitman Speeks ...

"The government should not spend more than it takes in".

How true!

That tells the urgency to push the current government out and keep it out.

The "John McCain Story"

The Republicans talk so profoundly about the John McCain story. They don't seem to have any memory that they are the same people who dumped shit on their dear John McCain in 2000.

Retards!

"Federal government involved in raids on protesters"

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/31/raids/index.html

CNN today also showed a little bit of footage of people getting tear-gassed in St. Paul.