November's only post!

As we draw ever so close to December and the end to the wild ride that was 2011 I have to take just a brief moment to mention a minor milestone with this here "blog." This was the most prolific year for posting in it's entire 6 years of existing and I think that is pretty exciting. Well, mildly compelling? Perhaps vaguely interesting? Or at least, it happened and if you happened to read this post then you now are aware of said "happening." Isn't that nice? Also, using the handy-dandy tracking software featured in Blogger we also know that we have a world wide audience visiting this blog at least 5 or 6 times a month! Thanks readers! Or sorry this isn't the page you were actually looking for, friend!? Either way, thanks for the clicks! If we had advertisers they might have raised their eyebrows momentarily as they attempted to remember which blog this was and then maybe wonder why they would have advertised here.

Now THAT'S a milestone!  I would also be remiss to not mention our sometime collaborator/contributor Hamster Running on the Server Wheel who freshened up our usual ignorant political ranting with ignorant political ranting from an opposite point of view. The research staff, interns, roving journalists on the streets, as well as the graphics and design team we pretend to employ would also enjoy a hearty, "Thanks" if they were real.

Back to business, so this brief post can keep in line with the general themes of recent years here, it's worth noting that, as usual, A LOT has happened since we last posted. The Occupy Wall Street movement, now generally referred to as the OWS, has continued to make quite an impression on the national discussion. It also served as a wonderful platform demonstrating that in America we know how to protest peacefully, without violence, just as well as anyone taking part in the so-called Arab Spring. Pay NO attention to the fact that in several cities recently that the police state had made a few slight attempts at removing protesters to, you know, tidy up a little. Do not worry! No one in this free, democratic country would think to stop the patriotic practice of speaking out with any sort of violent behavior.



Why, that is ABSURD! Why do cops need to dress up in full riot gear and use shields, batons or pepper spray? Redonkulous, isn't it? And while I cease from beating that dead horse allow me to switch suddenly to another, the 2012 Presidential election! Naturally, one of our two super fine parties made it their sole mission in 2009 to defeat Obama and as we have covered have sent up a whole bunch of true Americans to answer that call. So, how's that going?

GREAT!

Things can and do change on a dime these days what with all the crazy media cycles and so on but so far I am unconvinced that my prediction for the 2012 election will be wrong. Just like John Kerry in 2004 it's going to seem like Mitt (or maybe Newt?) is going to win, or should win, and then...he doesn't. Then all involved with the red team will shake their fists in the air and wail to the heavens, "How can we deal with four more years of OhBAHHMAHHH!?!?!" Then it will somehow get even uglier.

And since this is going to have to be a brief, this and that kind of a post allow me to leave you with an outstanding quote that I came across in comments from an article about Ron Paul that had run off the subject rails of him and veered into Ayn Rand territory, courtesy of someone named "Roger" on Kung Fu Monkey:

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

Now, for me, that's some laughing out loud stuff right there. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (a week late)