I tried. I swear, I did.
For almost a whole ten minutes.
I flipped on CSPAN and watched the Republican National Convention, thinking that I would try to be open-minded and compassionate for these horribly misguided individuals.
But I couldn't stand it. Because I looked at their faces, with their grand-old flag waving and their minds intent on taking away civil rights and and civil liberties and butting their self-righteous noses into my doctor-patient relationship and into my bedroom, and their continued pigheaded inability to stop getting our troops killed or to believe in rational science...and I guess I'm just too weak. I couldn't be brave. I couldn't be calm. I couldn't stand one more second. I grabbed the remote and quickly switched the station.
When Tim came into the room, he laughed at my viewing choice.
"Aah. The library channel. That bad huh?"
He didn't even see the worst of it. I also spent time on the University's channel with the Deep Vein Thrombosis Seminar, on the city channel with a two-week-old school board meeting, and on ESPN (a channel we only get the picture to, no sound) for some b-list-stars poker tournament.
Then I turned off the set and simply stared at the black screen. Given all my options for the evening, that seemed the most enjoyable.
For almost a whole ten minutes.
I flipped on CSPAN and watched the Republican National Convention, thinking that I would try to be open-minded and compassionate for these horribly misguided individuals.
But I couldn't stand it. Because I looked at their faces, with their grand-old flag waving and their minds intent on taking away civil rights and and civil liberties and butting their self-righteous noses into my doctor-patient relationship and into my bedroom, and their continued pigheaded inability to stop getting our troops killed or to believe in rational science...and I guess I'm just too weak. I couldn't be brave. I couldn't be calm. I couldn't stand one more second. I grabbed the remote and quickly switched the station.
When Tim came into the room, he laughed at my viewing choice.
"Aah. The library channel. That bad huh?"
He didn't even see the worst of it. I also spent time on the University's channel with the Deep Vein Thrombosis Seminar, on the city channel with a two-week-old school board meeting, and on ESPN (a channel we only get the picture to, no sound) for some b-list-stars poker tournament.
Then I turned off the set and simply stared at the black screen. Given all my options for the evening, that seemed the most enjoyable.
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You don't hear Alaska being touted like that -- for its land mass -- very often...
Geez...
Sara
Elizabeth is such a dingdong.
That was my first-choice insult. Coming in a close second:
Elizabeth is a stupid, poopyhead.
The scary part is that there are far too many people that are followers of the Right exactly like her, that let their religion govern them, as well as wanting laws so that others must do the same. Or something like that...