I Had To Look Up How Inauguration Is Spelled
So, dude takes office tomorrow or something. Yeah. Very exciting. Except ... not really. Yeah, you read that right, I'm not excited. In fact, I'm kind of unhappy about the whole thing. Did you just check to make sure you're reading the blog you meant to be reading? It's me. You're not lost. I did vote for Obama, and I am happy he's becoming our president.
But to be honest, I think I'm more excited that Georgie is getting the fuck out. Yes, the politically correct thing to do is to celebrate the positive, but hello, have you met me? I want to celebrate the negative. That Bush is finally leaving. That his hurricane of destruction is dying out. That when Americans travel abroad, we (or should I say you, since I have never traveled abroad?) won't claim to be from Canada so as not to be hated any longer?
How gross are we to do that, by the way?! After all the fun Americans poke at Canadians, for being stupid, for the hockey, the syrup, the cold? But when the United States are sucking and an embarrassment what is the best choice? Claiming to be Canadian. Sorry, Dave.
So back to this inauguration thing, and why I'm not happy. Something like four million people are expected to show up for Obama's thing (I can not bring myself to type that word again). I heard on the news recently that 5,000 porta-potties were being brought in. By the way, that's not enough, so if you're going, don't drink anything, or wear a diaper.
Part of why we like Obama is because he's into the environment, right? He believes in the whole "global warming" thing, thinks it's real? Doesn't pollution go hand in hand with that? Do you REALLY TRULY believe all those four million people aren't going to pollute? How much money do you think it'll cost to clean up after four million excited people?
Isn't part of why we like Obama because he acknowledges we're in a major recession? So don't you think it would be better to save the money it will cost to clean up, to provide crowd control, security, etc., and spend it on more important things?
Also, one figure says that over 65 million people voted for Obama. So let's just completely generalize and say that a lot of people like him. There are a lot of people out there who don't like him. There are even a lot of people who'd probably like to kill him. Some because they're afflicted with hating black people disease, some because they want to be famous for killing a president, and some for other, unknown reasons.
Know where a good place to hide is? Inside a big fat fucking crowd of people! Like say, four million of them. I like Obama. I think he can do a lot of great things for our country, or, at the absolute very least, staunch the flow of bad things Bush has been doing to our country. I don't want Obama to die, and I'm really scared about that. (How come nobody talks about that?) Now, I'm sure there's some statistical system that figures out how many people one cop/security guard can control, and that's how they figure out how many cops they need for this crowd. But the thing is, two is not just one more than one. 100 people are not just twice as strong as fifty people. My confidence in whatever security will be working tomorrow is shakey at best. I am a skeptical person. If anything goes wrong, I do not have confidence that order can be maintained.
You're white, and young. You don't understand how big of a deal this is, and why we need to celebrate. Well, you're partially right. I am white, and I am young. But I do understand that this is an outrageously huge deal. That's why I cried when Obama won. I was crying with relief. I watched the debates, I asked tons of questions, did lots of research.
But I think it'd be much more cost-effective and environmentally friendly (not to mention safer for Obama) for his inauguration to take place inside somewhere, without crowds, and simply televised for all to see from the comfort and safety of their own homes.
You all hate me now, don't you?
But to be honest, I think I'm more excited that Georgie is getting the fuck out. Yes, the politically correct thing to do is to celebrate the positive, but hello, have you met me? I want to celebrate the negative. That Bush is finally leaving. That his hurricane of destruction is dying out. That when Americans travel abroad, we (or should I say you, since I have never traveled abroad?) won't claim to be from Canada so as not to be hated any longer?
How gross are we to do that, by the way?! After all the fun Americans poke at Canadians, for being stupid, for the hockey, the syrup, the cold? But when the United States are sucking and an embarrassment what is the best choice? Claiming to be Canadian. Sorry, Dave.
So back to this inauguration thing, and why I'm not happy. Something like four million people are expected to show up for Obama's thing (I can not bring myself to type that word again). I heard on the news recently that 5,000 porta-potties were being brought in. By the way, that's not enough, so if you're going, don't drink anything, or wear a diaper.
Part of why we like Obama is because he's into the environment, right? He believes in the whole "global warming" thing, thinks it's real? Doesn't pollution go hand in hand with that? Do you REALLY TRULY believe all those four million people aren't going to pollute? How much money do you think it'll cost to clean up after four million excited people?
Isn't part of why we like Obama because he acknowledges we're in a major recession? So don't you think it would be better to save the money it will cost to clean up, to provide crowd control, security, etc., and spend it on more important things?
Also, one figure says that over 65 million people voted for Obama. So let's just completely generalize and say that a lot of people like him. There are a lot of people out there who don't like him. There are even a lot of people who'd probably like to kill him. Some because they're afflicted with hating black people disease, some because they want to be famous for killing a president, and some for other, unknown reasons.
Know where a good place to hide is? Inside a big fat fucking crowd of people! Like say, four million of them. I like Obama. I think he can do a lot of great things for our country, or, at the absolute very least, staunch the flow of bad things Bush has been doing to our country. I don't want Obama to die, and I'm really scared about that. (How come nobody talks about that?) Now, I'm sure there's some statistical system that figures out how many people one cop/security guard can control, and that's how they figure out how many cops they need for this crowd. But the thing is, two is not just one more than one. 100 people are not just twice as strong as fifty people. My confidence in whatever security will be working tomorrow is shakey at best. I am a skeptical person. If anything goes wrong, I do not have confidence that order can be maintained.
You're white, and young. You don't understand how big of a deal this is, and why we need to celebrate. Well, you're partially right. I am white, and I am young. But I do understand that this is an outrageously huge deal. That's why I cried when Obama won. I was crying with relief. I watched the debates, I asked tons of questions, did lots of research.
But I think it'd be much more cost-effective and environmentally friendly (not to mention safer for Obama) for his inauguration to take place inside somewhere, without crowds, and simply televised for all to see from the comfort and safety of their own homes.
You all hate me now, don't you?
Labels: Election Shit, Obama, Overthinking, People watching, Personally, Potential Depth
posted by Green at 1/19/2009 08:41:00 PM
5 Comments:
no, I don't hate you, I hear you. I know someone on twitter that is there, and has nearly THREE PAGES already about her inauguration experience. It's nauseating to the point of fangirlism. I don't think Obama will notice her in that huge crowd, in fact, I'm sure he's got other things on his mind. Can one be TOO obsessed by politics?
I remarked earlier tonight that I was glad I liked and voted for the man, because I can hardly leave the house without seeing his face somewhere. I wondered if JFK's election and inauguration were as big an event. V. pointed out that the media weren't as pervasive and part of everyone's every waking moment then; they certainly are now.
I don't worry particularly about Obama's safety tomorrow. I do think that the District of Columbia may look tomorrow night like Chicago may look if the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.
I love you but whenever I've traveled abroad no one was ever mean to me because I was American. Even in France. In France the people were so nice and so gracious and so helpful. I don't know why everyone says they're rude and they hate us. Maybe they thought my bad french was cute or something.
I try to think of it as a pep rally for the big game. Something to energize us for the very long tough road ahead. Plus, it's an economic stimulus in a number of areas. There are jobs created, OT paid which will be spent, and how much is a sense of togetherness worth. If my memory serves me right, Kennedy lost the popular vote, but won the electoral, but he was an excellent speaker and inspired people and got shot.
I doubt I'd ever hate you. Unless you were mean to LN. And I know you have a weakness for cuteness... so you'd never be mean to LN. So... yeah. Moot.
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