fuck it, i give up

Nearly a year ago, i wrote,

And worst of all, our country will continue to suffer under the uncaring eye of the Bush administration and nobody will even notice because, hey, don't you know there's a war going on?

[...]

[It's] plain now, as it was four years ago, that he is a poor leader.

Well, people noticed.  But that hasn't changed the way the Bush administration works, as the terrible story of Michael Brown has given way to even more cronyism.  And that's really the point: nothing has changed.  Every time something horrible has come out of the White House, i've said, "I'm not surprised."  Then why am i still paying attention to what happens?  It's not changing anything, and it's not doing me any favors.

There was a time when i didn't want to shield myself from the news, but that's no longer the case.  It's eating me up, especially when i read about anyone defending the indefensible.  So i've thrown all of my political RSS feeds off my reading filter (well, except for the comics, because those i don't take seriously).  Whatever happens in the world of politics between now and midterm elections, i don't want to know about it.  I don't need to know about it.  Odds are that nothing that happens in the next 13½ months will be any improvement over what's happened in the past almost five years.  I'm tired of being so negative, and i know some of you are tired of it, too.  So fuck it.  Come Nov 8 2006, i'll turn my eyes back to the political landscape, to see if America is any better off.

Until then, well, i can worry about more pertinent things, like why the retarded Department of Justice is cockblocking the acquisition of my employer and thereby causing an unprecedented lack of industry in my department, not to mention a vague sense of dread.

fuck it, i give up

Nearly a year ago, i wrote,

And worst of all, our country will continue to suffer under the uncaring eye of the Bush administration and nobody will even notice because, hey, don't you know there's a war going on?

[...]

[It's] plain now, as it was four years ago, that he is a poor leader.

Well, people noticed.  But that hasn't changed the way the Bush administration works, as the terrible story of Michael Brown has given way to even more cronyism.  And that's really the point: nothing has changed.  Every time something horrible has come out of the White House, i've said, "I'm not surprised."  Then why am i still paying attention to what happens?  It's not changing anything, and it's not doing me any favors.

There was a time when i didn't want to shield myself from the news, but that's no longer the case.  It's eating me up, especially when i read about anyone defending the indefensible.  So i've thrown all of my political RSS feeds off my reading filter (well, except for the comics, because those i don't take seriously).  Whatever happens in the world of politics between now and midterm elections, i don't want to know about it.  I don't need to know about it.  Odds are that nothing that happens in the next 13½ months will be any improvement over what's happened in the past almost five years.  I'm tired of being so negative, and i know some of you are tired of it, too.  So fuck it.  Come Nov 8 2006, i'll turn my eyes back to the political landscape, to see if America is any better off.

Until then, well, i can worry about more pertinent things, like why the retarded Department of Justice is cockblocking the acquisition of my employer and thereby causing an unprecedented lack of industry in my department, not to mention a vague sense of dread.

but, because i'm a total weasel

Before i shut up, i give you Jon Stewart at the Emmys.

but, because i'm a total weasel

Before i shut up, i give you Jon Stewart at the Emmys.