Political Shenanigans Again

Okay, so I weighed in on the whole delegate thing early this year when they were fucking over my vote. Today is when the chickens come home to roost. Today is the day when the Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee makes a decision on whether to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan. I must say it made for some interesting TV on CNN and C-SPAN.

Needless to say the Dems in charge for the most part fucked things up royally. And then they likely hoped it wouldn’t be an issue since they thought things might be decided by now. Oh how they are wrong! Barack is winning and Hillary ain’t quitting. To say it is a mess is somewhat of an understatement. What is at stake in Michigan is what is the best way to not minimize fucking over the Michigan voters. Because until the national election begins and we get a chance to cast a vote that is meaningful at the time it is cast, fucked over we shall remain.

The synopsis of the hearing for Michigan is here.

I guess my favorite part was when The wonderful senior Senator from Michigan, The Honorable Carl Levin, verbally bitch slapped the RBC for starting this whole mess. Basically he said that the problems came about when New Hampshire decided not to follow the new rules and moved their own primary up without penalty. Which inspired similar moves by Florida and then Michigan in protest. Which led to the unseating of delegates. Which led to the popular notion that the primary results would be meaningless in nominating the candidate. Which led to folk removing themselves from the ballot and not campaigning for votes. Which led to an extremely flawed election in Michigan. So flawed in fact that everyone has created their own fiction about “what would have happened”. And he basically said that a compromise needed to be made between the two opposing candidate’s positions for unity’s sake. Then he challenged the RBC to come up with a better solution if they didn’t like his. I doubt they will.

The only good solution is a redo. Of course the taxpayers here in Michigan don’t feel that it is a worthy project for state funding, a second time. Of course I don’t see the RBC getting party leaders to help foot the bill for a bunch of people’s bad judgment. So what I am saying on that is, there won’t be a good solution.

But it WAS good TV!

A Dozen Random Quirks And Factoids

I been “cussing since the age of talk”. Hey! I learned early from older neighbors who were very accomplished at it themselves. I saw one of them a couple of days ago. I guess it is why I thought to mention this. I forget if The Wife or Mom coined the phrase though…
EDIT: It was The Wife who coined the phrase…

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My wife has some very interesting stories about me farting that she LOVES to tell. So of course on some selfish level, I hope none of you ever meet her! But then again, them shits is funny as hell so I guess I wouldn’t mind too much.

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I hate things outta place. I ain’t saying I am a neat freak. Cause my shyt look blasted often. And I never injured myself trying to clean anything. But once something finds itself a place in my house, I expect that shyt to stay there until needed!!!!

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I have a different drinking vessel for each type of beverage. Yes that is right.

• I have a coffee mug.
• I have a tea mug.
• I have a pop cup (and no I DO NOT MEAN SODA).
• I have two water jugs (half gallon), one repping my beloved Pistons.
• 2.5 52-Ounce 7-Eleven cups, was four (Old racing is broken inside, new racing walked off, one went to dad…okay five), one for Slurpees and the other for fountain drinks.
• I have two other cups in semi-retirement. Mostly because of the metal interior or exterior that prevents them from being used in a microwave.

All of them are insulated. And woe to any fool who thinks to put one up to their lips. Especially my coffee cup. In addition I have a few others that are used for different reasons but are generally disposable.

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I am a pack rat to a certain extent. I tend to keep things that may have some value at some point in the future. Kinda quirky since I seem to have a good sense for what ain’t junk. Hey, you never know when you need to niggarig something. Gotta get my MacGyver on at times. I saved a piece of electronic equipment from a broken kids toy and now I have a headset for my cordless phone which allows me to chat and blog at the same time. My wife however throws stuff away like she got a trust fund or something. She has thrown away several good housewares because washing them was too monumental a task. How do we manage to live together?

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I love me some housewares. Yep. I like plates and mugs and flatware. But get me to some glasses! Man! Especially bar glasses. I stand there envisioning all the wonderful drukenness that can be had with THAT set! And I pretty much got the next kitchen picked out. All KitchenAid. I just gotta get a kitchen so that I know what color to get it all in…

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I never really learned yard work until I was almost 30. Still kinda suck at it. But the first time I lived in a house occupied by the owner was just before my 28th birthday. And it was mid winter when I signed the papers and moved in. So my 28th birthday had come and gone six weeks before the grass needed tending. Something to be said for apartments and townhouses up until then…

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I can only watch MTV in the middle of the night. That seems to be the only time when anyone interesting has a video on the air. Or anybody have a video on the air. In fact, lemme consult the TV Guide for a sec… Uh… Nevamind. Scratch that. It seems that you won’t find one even then. I think I only saw one or two hours of music videos scheduled for the next 48 hours on Music Television. Go figure. So when are they gonna change the name to RTV? The seem to have more reality shows than anyone else! When did that happen? And what the hell is the world coming to?

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The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack is still one of the best I have ever enjoyed. Very relaxing. I have slept well many a night with that on the CD player. Some of those nights didn’t even require me to get all sweaty and spent first…

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I am definitely Old School and definitely not Hip-Hop. I can’t really even define Hip-Hop. But then I haven’t really heard anyone else come up with a clear definition of it either. But I know it ain’t me. Why? Because Earth, Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, The Stylistics, The Spinners and the many others who make up my music collection are most definitely NOT Hip-Hop. Although I do enjoy a little here and there. But you must also remember this about me…

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I was an 80’s white boy! During the formative and growth years of Hip-Hop, I was listening to the white cats. Mostly.

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Did Erykah Badu hook any of you like she got me? I thought On and On was just too strange and out there and cool to be merely background music played ad nauseum on some radio station’s hot 20 rotation.

Do You Remember?

Y’all remember this? I think this is still one of the funniest damn things I have heard on a sound recording that wasn’t on a black comedy album.

I’m Back!

A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…

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A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…

I’m Back!

A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…

I’m Back!

A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…

I’m Back!

A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…

I’m Back!

A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…

I’m Back!

A request has been made that my old avatar make a triumphant return. Who am I to say no to her? I have returned to the panel to the right. At least until I can get the right really shadowy picture of me done…