random musings of a twenty something
When Barack Obama said,
“You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.”
He was merely comparing Senator McCain’s economic policy to that of George Bush’s. Of course conservatives were quick to twist Obama’s seemingly unrelated message into a sexist attack on misses Palin.
Still, this new debacle got me thinking (as moronic media coverage often does). Would a pig with lipstick truly look like Sarah Palin? I booted up Photoshop to find out. Sure enough, that piggy does look sorta like Sarah Palin, see?
Coincidently this spawned another far deeper quandary. Who would be a better vice president? After a few minutes of contemplation I came to an unfortunate conclusion: this nation would be a hell of a lot better off with a pig in the oval office than a milf from Alaska.
I’m sick and tired of conservatives claiming that Obama is going to raise taxes. This simply is not true. The chart below has aired several times on CNN; it is a valid comparison of both candidates proposed tax plans. I encourage everyone to look at the facts, not the rhetoric.
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Summary:
99% of Americans will see a significant tax cut from Obama’s plan (unless of course you make over $603,402). McCain’s plan on the other hand does almost nothing to help lower and middle class families. Instead he gives huge tax breaks to the wealthiest people in American. How is that going to solve this country’s financial crises?
Why is it that the media and Iraq war protesters never seem to bring up the Iraqi death count? Sure, they talk about the 4,000 dead U.S soldiers but never the 1,000,000+ dead innocent Iraqis (yes, that’s one million). Do most people just not give a flying fuck about the death of a foreigner…or are they just ill informed? We’re not making these people’s lives any better, we’re killing their families for Christ’s sake.
And what’s all this jargon about “supporting the troops”? How can I support something that I’m fundamentally opposed to? And why is it politically incorrect for me to NOT support mass killing?
Sure I feel bad for the naive lower and middle class soldiers that the U.S government sends to do their dirty work. I even have friends in the service, but supporting their career choice (to a much lesser extreme) would be like a “good German” saluting the S.S troops. This blind patriotism B.S and political rhetoric has got to go.
note: I am aware that there are conflicting reports on the death count. Maybe it’s off a few hundred thousand (in either direction). Regardless, it’s still extremely high.
