Friday, August 21, 2009

game changers

so apparently america's pissy little children of politics, the republican party, can't get it through their fuckin heads that they had their turn and its time to share. apparently according to many republican senators, and confirmed by rachel maddow, the democrats need to get 75 or 80 votes to pass health care. so i decided to inquire into which orifice these people (and i use that term loosely) unceremoniously yanked this 80% requirement. considering the us constitution requires a mere majority (51 votes or fifty and Joe Biden) hell, dems even conceded to the republicans the filibuster which requires a 60 vote majority to overturn, then proceded to put baby in a corner by winning 60 senate seats (yay al franken!). okay so where in the blue crossed/blue shielded hell did they come up with a 75-80% majority... as a launching point? so i checked the constitution and nowhere does it require more than majority. checked the ammendments: no 75% senate vote for bill ratification ammendment (though the 20th changed the dates of terms). checked case law precedent: found results about indonesian vendors, corporate business contracts, and senator vivian davis figures but no 75 vote majority in the senate. i was perplexed, and a little dejected. would a political party really have no precedent for such an outrageous figure?

then it dawned on me like dish detergent on a greasy pan: they don't want this bill to pass at all!! it's always bugged me that this rebel party would always seem to undermine the best interest of the people they claim to serve if it would increase their power, or, worse, just to stick it to the dems. they're like that kid who got told to sit out, so they kicked the ball into the neighbors yard. this is party that would rATHER HURT EVERYBODY THAn let the other guys win. you know those movies where the bad guy gets his ass kicked, and rather than just accept that his ass is kicked, he hits the self destruct button and takes everybody down with him? that's the republican party right now, and that's exactly what will happen if health care is defeated. but the pussy dems look lie they're going to sit back and let this affront on american politics slide! well i wont. those who are responsible for concocting this cockamamie scheme, this albatross, this unicorn of 75 senate votes as a requirement to pass health care must be set straight. they have to be forced to accept that they can't cheat us out of our necessities. besides the system is set up so that changes can take place, we oughta use it. so here's my proposal: every republican calling for a fillibuster on health care, or for a ridiculous majority, or for some bs bipartisan bill must write "universal health care is not a socialist conspiracy" over 1000 pages. and anyone who falls for any of the bs surrounding this issue (death panels and what not) must eat their words before the can become a real people like you and me, dear reader. after all, anything that tastes so gnarly must be good for you. and god knows they need to eat right, i mean, it's not like they have health care.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

i cannot remain silent

"...And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."

those words are from our favorite slave-owning, slave-screwing founding father thomas jefferson. they are in reference to the necessity of waging war against the british if the colonies wanted their independence ("colonies" is a minor misnomer, but that's for another blog). what they were not in reference to was the citizenry protesting necessary reform. of course that means someone out there is going to interpret them that way. i think we can forget the fuck-up of the week awards for the rest of 2009 and just give it to this guy William Kostric. for those who dont know, kostric is the chump who carried a sidearm to an obama health care "town hall" along with a sign reading "it's time to water the liberty tree" hmm... sound familiar? it's a reference to the jeffersonian "the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of tyrants and patriots" bit. now lets put two and two together. a man wearing a pistol with a sign that calls for the blood of tyrants (three guesses who that is) at an obama rally. raise any eyebrows 'round yer way? if it dosen't perhaps this interview will:



now if a man with a gun at a presidential event carrying a sign that calls for blood that sounds as blah about it as this dickwad doesn't raise your tim mcvey/david rudolph meter to at least 8 (mines at 11, but im a nervous nellie) you're effn whacked. by the way, Cenk Uygur, Host of The Young Turks, compared this guy to mcvey in his huffington post blog. he also raised an interesting quandary: what if two, ten of these assholes show up at the next obama function? will people think its so harmless then?

speaking of harmless, one media outlet had the audacity to defend kostric's actions because they were legal. cbs.com blogger Declan McCullagh wrote a blog that had the gall to chastise the news media for condemning the action. his blog
"Gun-Toting Man Draws Scrutiny Outside Obama Town Hall" defends kostric's actions saying:

"New Hampshire state law is pretty clear about protecting its citizens' rights to carry firearms in public. Carrying a pistol or revolver openly is permitted without a license; carrying a concealed weapon requires a license from the state or local police.

William Kostric took advantage of that law on Tuesday to show up outside President Obama's Portsmouth, N.H. town hall meeting and hold a sign saying "It Is Time To Water The Tree Of Liberty." That invokes a phrase from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

note a few things about that opening: he mentions a new hampshire state law allowing people to carry guns openly, which kostric was. only he NEVER MENTIONS THAT KOSTRIC HAD A GUN! in fact i looked up new hampshire's gun laws.

Carry
It is unlawful to carry a loaded handgun in any vehicle or concealed about one's person without a license.

Exceptions to the above prohibition are:

* Carrying in one's dwelling, house or place of business.

* Law enforcement and military personnel when on duty.

* Organizations authorized by law to purchase or receive firearms.

A person may carry a handgun openly upon his person or unloaded and exposed or locked up in a vehicle without a license to carry.

looking at the law, it allows for a person to carry a hand gun openly, no arguments the bastard didn't break any laws. i never am one to advocate against our constitutional rights.

but this isn't about rights. this is about the meaning of the message and the possible affects of it. when you brandish symbols that advocate the murder of people, in this case the tyrant, grand-lord emir obama, and brandish a weapon you go beyond the realm of public discourse and into other territory. true, it's not as flashy as a burning cross or as auspicious as a hanging effigy, or even as blunt as a swastika painted on david scott's office door but the message is clear. you want to kill this tyrant.

and that, my dear mccullagh, is what these pundits that you take such joy in chastising are bitching about. which brings me to this quote:

"you'd hope that television commentators would take the time to learn at least a little before calling for measures such as court injunctions and disarming by police"

well, i'm sure chris matthews does his homework, but he ain't debunking the law. he's talking about the message that this incident sends. speaking of the law, here's mccullagh's final argument:

"... a lawsuit filed last week in Washington, D.C. seeks to establish a broad Second Amendment right to carry firearms in public -- which, if successful, could mean that William Kostric's exercise in public handgun ownership will become much more commonplace. "

let's dissect mr. mccullagh's statement. for one thousands of lawsuits are filed daily. using a filed lawsuit to expand a law as evidence to support the actions of this man is tantamount to defending charles manson because he never actually committed those murders. legal or not, these actions SHOULD raise red flags in the eyes of any reasonable person. you don't bring a firearm to a political rally, ESPECIALLY if that politician is the first balck president, period, notwithstanding if you're holding a sign that calls for blood. given our nations history with race relations, in which the two biggest black civil rights leaders and the president that heard their call to action were assassinated, you gotta wonder how this guy thought his display would be taken.

next, its a little presumptuous to assume that a successful case WILL prompt people to carry firearms to all manner of public forums again (i can't wait to see guns in school and .22 totin' preachers). lets face it: court decisions, even highly publicized ones, take time to catch on. hell, after the Brown v. board of education decision was publicized, 9 of the millions of black students in the country integrated a school. it took years (and the national guard, and a few additional court rulings)for integration to complete itself. and this is one of the biggest court decisions ever. so fie on your logic mccullagh!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

great moments in nomenclature

in honor of the great basketball name Fab Melo, a top 5 prospect in the 2010 class, your dark warrior has decided to compile a list of the most intriguing names of all time. i call this list the DDisUU hall of nomencalture inaugural class:

leading off we have the man with the meanest, toughest most painfully awesome man name ever:

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster (actual army officer)

next we have the most interesting baby name:

Thor Wang (father chinese, mother swedish)

here we have most unintentionally awesome name:

Batman Bin Suparman
here's the passport poto that proves it!

list time!

basketball:
1. God Shammgod - and thou shalt rejoice in him
2. Gregor Fucka - he told you!
3. Chief Kickingstallionsims - where did he get this name and how can i be down?

football:
1. Atari Bigby - just damn good
2. Mac Speedie - he was a wideout. perfect
3. Lucuous Pusey - think about it...
4. Dick Butkus - legendary man, legendarily named

baseball:
1. Jung Bong - get high
2. Urban Shocker - sounds like an anti hero
3.

soccer:
1. Norman Conquest

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

a film about robert johnson

birth of the blues

They says they was a man
But they ain’t sho’
Don’t nobody know what was this mans home
He don’t got a mama o’ a pappy
Aun brutha o’ sista
Alls he got’s his gitar and a his saaaad sad song
His balls and his word
But dontcha go on aksin him
Cuz he wont tell

Lawd jesus could he play
Eva note the tears o’ the devil
Let me tell it the devil his self
They say he wont born
He like not to eva’ exist
Nary a picture of him ‘round

They say he was come to the cross roads
Full grown, a go’geus black man
Lands a’mighty he shone like wood fire
Beside this man was a gitar carved from
Black oak with strangs a’gold
He git up and looked
Left, was desert, right was a forest
Trees fulla that there
Strange fruit

And ahead was blacker than the heart
That made him
So black ya couldn’t see ya eyes close
And it was sweet as revenge

They say they was a road yonder
Plain as day it shone through that darkness
And it was anotha’n run ‘cross it
He aint know why or what, but he know
He gotta cross that road

And there he go, holdin’ fast to
His flesh bound book

Skin was white as snow in the moonlight
Eyes burned like whip ‘cross yo back
With the finest zoot suit yo’ eyes did see
He was beautiful
And this man called to that butha
And told him he would change the world
If he would give up his soul

If’n he he was a man ‘fore this
He might’na knowed what’d happen
But he wasn’t
He was newborn, green, a lil’ sapplin
And this here beautiful man was a full tit
Offerin’ him the great I am
The world for a soul and a suck

This man they say look at his gitar
Then he look at the snow white stranga’
He say he’d give anythin’ a make that
black and gold moan
And he prick his own fanga
And sign his name in that stranga’s book

Not even ‘fore the blood dry
This here wood fired man o’ ash and coal
Strum them strangs
And sounds man aint neva know poured out
The tears o’ the devil
They say that strange fruit jump down
from the tree, and move like
Like this man plucked Gawd’s breath outta that
Gitar

man look around for the stranga
But he was gone
Nuthin but the smell o’ sulfur and burnin’ flesh
Left behind
And a note that say
“See ya’ in 27 years my boy”

So he was born
Black man sho’ nuff like no other
And ever act to come there afta’
Would know the name
O’ Robert Johnson

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

nipping at my tar heels: a blog by drew everyday

yes, i am a tar heel. yes it feels good. yes i hate waking up in the morning. yes i love this class. yes i will make an 'A'. yes yes yes.

with that said, i return mid-may to make a proclamation: i am clean, educated, in pursuit of happiness, and hoping for the best. by hoping of course i mean that i am actively working toward my goals. I've made a few life decisions in the time since our last encounter. for one I'm celibate. women are but a distraction to me, and i need to be focused on the mission, not my urges. ah, who am i kidding? the real reason for my celibacy is the negative results of the "exam". no more chances for the man of every hour, no sir. from this point forward we only philander with companions, savvy? i also decided that i was to continue with my education by any means necessary, even if it meant obtaining bachelors degree number two pre-law school entry. my folks don't think it's a good idea, but i'm not exactly anxious to jump right into a situation i'm not mentally ready for (post grad) or that's not economically ready for me (the, well, economy... or the job market). anywho, what else? what. else?
oh yeah, i'm leaving me humble abode as soon as my situation allows for me to do so. not that i've fallen out of love with the place itself, no. but i can't deal with the arrangement. i didn't sign up to live in a group home, and that's what the place is becoming. one my current roommate lets his friends run rough-shod over the place with no regard for anyone else that lives there, not to mention that he has no respect for people who don't live by his neanderthalic creed. he's moving out (good riddens). but now i learn that apparently i'm supposed to be getting some new kid as a roommate today. who, you ask? i don't know. neither does my landlord. i'm done. i had enough trouble trusting his judgement on letting his kinfolk move in which was a disaster (remember the "good riddens" guy?). i mean the kid doesn't even respect the landlord! and now i'm supposed to trust that this random guy who he doesn't even know is going to be a good roommate? hell fuckin no. i'm leaving ASAP. ASAP! ok, anything else new?
nope, alright bitches, I'm done for now. until next time, holler!

Monday, April 6, 2009

the madness of march

i took march off for a reason. it was my birth month, so to speak. it was, a march when i first donned the mask, you see. at any rate, it's the month i choose to recognize, so i keep it sacred and work free. i jest. i was "born" in march, but the reason i didn't post in march is because i really had nothing worth sharing. i was off on an adventure that turned out to be fruitless, but never you mind that. here is the update:
0- i completed the legend of Zelda
0- i discovered a new found talent for baking
0- i reaffirmed my hatred for politics
0- i watched cable
that was my march. oh yeah i almost forgot:
0- i got "born"
so with all this said, oh faithful followers, i return humbly to maintain the order of your net days. i will continue to follow the mission that i set forth in my initial post. and i will always continue to be your dark warrior.

big day tomorrow....

Friday, April 3, 2009

DARKstradamus

dont believe me? read this blog in which i predicted Obama's election almost exactly 2 years before the fact, back when i was still an Edwards guy (yikes):
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=24550090&blogId=193609273
BAM BITCHES! lets see if i can make lightning strike twice.... uhhhh.... KEITH OLBERMANN WILL EAT BILL O'REILLY'S HEAD THROUGH A STRAW AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT CABLE WAR! RACHEL MADDOW DEFEATS ANN COULTURE AT THE BATTLE OF BRISTOL! AMY HOLMES AND WOLF BLITZER WILL HOLD LIVE COVERAGE! GEORGE W. BUSH ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT OF SPACE! USE (UNITED STATES OF EUROPE) BEATS USA 189-188 IN THE GOLD METAL GAME FOR BASKETBALL AT THE 2020 OLYMPICS! OSAMA BIN LADEN STILL AT LARGE! PRESIDENT SHWARZENAGER LOSES HIS BID FOR REELECTION TO WILL SMITH AND HIS RUNNING MATE BEN AFFLECK! WHEN ASKED HOW HE FELT ABOUT HIS LOSS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL RESPOND "AGJAEHAGCUEOEJBDOUO, I'LL BE BACK"! and finally, PROFESSOR PLUM, IN THE ATTIC, WITH THE CANDLE STICK! DARKstradamos has spoken...