Last night was vaguely more interesting than the night before. Sure, a cantaloup surprised me by rolling down the aisle at 37th and Bryant, but that was just about all the excitement the evening could muster.
I've noticed this before but never remembered long enough to make it home, but the new neighborhood signs for East Harriet Farmstead are badass. Like most things in the city, they look even better in the rain. I love the rain. Especially when I'm working. I've never understood umbrella people. I have enough to carry, and it's not like an umbrella will keep you more than a little bit dry. I guess I'm a baseball cap person. The only bad part about the rain is that I was going to take my dad golfing for his birthday. There's always next weekend. Now, this is the kind of post that usually induces yawning than attracts awards [I can't get enough of that -- I haven't been written about in an arts weekly since the pulse made fun on the (essentially adult contemporary) band I was in when I was 19].
What's up with those crazy super aggressive drivers with Kerry or Visualize World Peace stickers? It pisses me off as much as the Bushies, but aggressive driving at least fits with the "me first and the gimme gimmes" ideology of the neo-cons. But the dems that drive that that just look stupid.
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Yeah, tell me about it, pal! I was driving down Lyndale near Minnehaha Pkwy. and some dude in an SUV cut me off. He/she had a bumper sticker that said "Blind faith in bad leadership is not patriotism." Just goes to show that lefties can be prats too. I'm glad your prejudices have been overcome, Ryan. ;)
Posted by Ben | April 29, 2006 11:43 AM
Posted on April 29, 2006 11:43
What about those Land Rover's with "Critical Habitat" license plates? WTF?!
So your accusing the neo-cons of "me first, gimme gimmes" and not the party of socialized medicine and expanded welfare?
Posted by dugar | April 29, 2006 1:56 PM
Posted on April 29, 2006 13:56
there's a party in america that is for socialized medicine and expanded welfare? you'll have to let me know who that is. they've got my vote.
Posted by zakcq | April 29, 2006 7:45 PM
Posted on April 29, 2006 19:45
oh, and btw. are you seriously trying to say that the poor wanting to eat and not die of treatable diseases is selfish? If you're so against the government helping out I'm sure you'll be willing to forgoe the tax deduction on your mortgage when you but a house, right?
Posted by zakcq | April 29, 2006 7:48 PM
Posted on April 29, 2006 19:48
oh, and btw. are you seriously trying to say that the poor wanting to eat and not die of treatable diseases is selfish? If you're so against the government helping out I'm sure you'll be willing to forgoe the tax deduction on your mortgage when you buy a house, right?
Posted by zakcq | April 29, 2006 7:48 PM
Posted on April 29, 2006 19:48
No I'm not saying that at Zakcq. I'm saying that selfishness and gimme-gimme attitudes aren't only found among "the rich." It's not selfish to "want to eat" or "not die of curable diseases" but it is selfish to think that it's other people's responsibility to take care of you.
The government already steals enough from me to pay for social programs that don't do anything, so no I'd prefer to keep the tax deduction.
Posted by Chris D. | April 30, 2006 12:17 AM
Posted on April 30, 2006 00:17
you have no idea how much money actually goes to anything do you?
Posted by zakcq | April 30, 2006 1:38 PM
Posted on April 30, 2006 13:38
No, sadly I don't. I'm not as smart or enlightened as you. I was homeschooled remember?
Posted by Chris D. | May 2, 2006 12:48 AM
Posted on May 2, 2006 00:48
i wasn't refering to conservatives. i was refering to the tom "forced abortions" delays and the duke cunninghams (to name a few high profile gimme gimmes). not the john mccains or the arlan spectors. i disagree with those guys, but only on a political level. i'd still have dinner with them.
Posted by ryan | May 3, 2006 12:56 AM
Posted on May 3, 2006 00:56
i like rain. i like driving agressively. i have no bumper stickers so no one can judge me. i'm just a super agressive girl with ADD that likes to swerve in and out of cars and never get caught or in any accidents. yup.
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Posted by michelle y. belle | May 3, 2006 6:36 PM
Posted on May 3, 2006 18:36