November 26th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk Tomorrow, in the U.S. at least, is Thanksgiving. It may be difficult to tell sometimes based on conventional observance and media coverage but there is a deeper meaning to this holiday than four day weekends, shopping and gorging oneself on roasted fowl. Thanksgiving is about reflecting on what you are thankful for; although given the economy, the two wars that we’re engaged in, and the deteriorating environment it may sometimes be difficult to find things to be thankful for. In the true spirit of the holiday, I want to reflect a little bit on what I am thankful for. There are many things I could write here, but I won’t. It’s too easy to make a facile list of ways in which I may happen to be better off than the average chump. Instead, I want to focus on the one thing that I am truly and honestly thankful for. I am thankful for the friends in my life. That’s it. It’s the bonds that we form with people in this world that bind us in the world; and true friends are the purest form of those bonds. I am lucky to have a great set of friends; both in
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November 18th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk Need to set the MacMacs, the freetards & the mommybloggers against each other; thus starting the long prophesised entitleclypse. Thus spoke I. This is so not going to make me any friends; but what the hell, alienating people is all part of the fun. Before I commence to ranting though, let’s make one thing clear. Any vitriol I expend here is not directed at mothers in general. Those who know me know that I have the greatest respect for mothers; fuck for parents in general. Anyone who would willingly subject themselves to one or more half-formed proto-humans gets props from me. Gods know I can’t bear the thought of creating my own little hell-spawn. What I don’t have any respect for is entitletards; and, based on the recent “motrinmoms” retardation, I’m going to place the “mommybloggers” firmly into the entitletard category. So, what’s all the fuss about? Well, on one level I’d have to say, “some new media douchebagettes got their knickers in a twist over a fucking commercial” On another, slightly less profane level, the deal appears to be this. The makers of Motrin ran a somewhat snarky advertisement advising mothers with backaches from lugging their demon-seed around all
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November 7th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk As you may have noticed from some of the political posts I’ve written, I consider myself to be a fairly progressive liberal Democrat. That’s why it pains me to be forced to admit that, sometimes, I fucking hate my fellow travelers on the Left. Why is that? Simply put, I despise the propensity of some liberals to eat their own at the ultimate expense of the Progressive movement as a whole. Case in point: the the breathless panic induced in some progressive liberals by the news that President Elect Obama has named Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff. You can read a fairly balanced piece on this from The Nation here that lays out the issues nicely. Let it be said, I am in no way a fan of Rahm Emanuel. He’s a Democratic Leadership Council Clintonite; and I think he represents everything that is wrong with the Democratic party. But one thing that no one can deny is that he can beat people into doing what he wants. And, as Chief of Staff, that’s exactly what his job will be; to browbeat various parties into going along with President Obama’s agenda. In that way he’s a
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November 5th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk I don’t think that I’m going to be able to write an in depth piece regarding the election; but I do want to get some of my thoughts down. To that end: In all honesty, Barack Obama wasn’t my first choice during the primaries. The truth is, despite the cries of “most liberal Senator” (wait wasn’t that Kerry 4 years ago), and “socialist,” Barack Obama isn’t liberal enough for me. Seriously, to me, “socialist” is a good thing. Nonetheless, when it became apparent that the primary race was down to Clinton and Obama I resolved to support either of them in the general election. Not because I have any real loyalty to the Democratic party, but because I honestly feel that the country can not survive another four, let alone eight years of the policies currently espoused by the Republican party. That being said. In the end I became an Obama believer. I think that the moment that it crystalized in my mind was Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Here was a candidate who was, for the first in a long time, preaching a message not of fear, but of hope. Now, it’s easy to
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November 4th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk Those who know me know that I am not, by nature, a hopeful person. In fact, one might even say that I am a cynic. But on this night, this historic night, I am hopeful for the future of my country. Hope, and a sense of community has triumphed over fear, greed and exclusionism. The road ahead will be hard, but together we will bring about a bright new era; and I’m proud to be a part of that.
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