THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST-NAZI-COMMIE-MUSLIM OUT TO REDISTRIBUTE YOUR WEALTH TO WELFARE QUEENS!!
I'M SHOUTING, SO IT MUST BE TRUE!!!!! (<-- REALLY! Just look at all the exclamation points!! AND THE CAPITALIZATION!!!)</p>
I'm recently unemployed, and that being said, have had an unusual amount of time to:
drink,
smoke,
watch daytime tv,
watch the local news...
and I'm blown away... yes, my head has officially exploded¹.
On today's local news:
Someone sent an email to the weatherman because they were worried about the tropics.
Worried about the tropics? With everything that is going on around you, that is your biggest concern?
Town hall meetings over health care reform, where the most ignorant and uninformed amongst us got maximum microphone time to spout misconceptions and Fox-inspired lies.
May I remind you that I'm unemployed, and uninsured?
A Congressman got booed for suggesting people turn off Glenn Beck.
Seriously?!
Booed?! (I thought those were reserved for things like war criminals? The whiniest, most pathetic POS that Fox has to offer, and they have a LOT to choose from, is a hero to those "people?")
Weather that is vastly different from this morning's version that I saw on the same channel before my first nap.
I don't know if I should water our dying garden or not. What I do know is that I can't see the bottom of the bottle yet.
And it goes on, and on, and...
I see bumper stickers with sayings like "Secede!" and "Imagine a World without Liberals" (apparently this one never read/heard about Joe) and "NObama!" on them and I pity the fools. FYI, I live in Houston, the fourth largest city in this (usually wonderful) country of ours, and this is what I see around me. Why the fuck would I want to leave my house? These people DO surround me. Ignorance seems to be multiplying exponentially as (apparently) more people get their orders news from the likes of Glenn Beck (or Fox).
Thanks again, W. You have succeeded in dumbing down this country to the point where our fellow countrymen strive to be average.
I am sad for my daughter and my grandkids. We have become a second world nation (I don't know what that means, but we're not quite third world, IMHO), and it's going to be a long haul back up to where we belong.
Here's a fairly recent example:
Several weeks ago, my wife and I went to a Friday Night Social at the Houston Museum of Natural Science called "Mixers and Elixirs." It's a wonderful assortment of Houstonians mixed in with live music, dancing under the dinosaurs, three wet bars, and free hors d'oeuvres that are actually quite good. On the way there, through downtown Houston, we noticed a lot of people heading to some sort of event. We pulled up next to the sidewalk after curiosity finally spanked us and asked a couple that seemed to be part of Landrew's minions, what's going on? Their answer?
Well, when we heard the words they spoke... that was the first time our heads (collectively) exploded².
They were (proud) holders of hard-to-find tickets to a Glenn Beck "concert."
CONCERT?!?!?!
Do you people even have any idea what a concert is?
Glenn fucking Beck?!?! My head swung right-to-left-to-right-to... several times in a very good Louis Black impression IMNSHO.
Immediately and without thinking, my hand went up in the "shape of an L on my forehead," quite profoundly displaying my derision of them and their event.
What are they scared of? After all, we could all use a little change.
This isn't even comedy. This is brainwashing.
So, now I see that those same people are showing up at town hall meetings, as I crawl into the bottle after meeting with Herb after watching the news after looking for a job after getting up.
Being a DFH isn't easy. I think I'll close my eyes and visit with Herb and Jose for a while.
L8r.
¹ - After careful repacking, I'm at least as good to go as any teabagger.
² - Second time for me. Good thing I have a great wife willing to continually help me find the pieces of gray matter distributed here and there.
UPDATE: I started this diary rant a couple of weeks ago and since then I found a short contract position with my former employer in a different department, but it ought to carry us into the New Year when I hope to find a more permanent and stable job.