Support in my family is mixed, with my mother being an undecided, my stepfather being a McCain man, and I'm bleed for Obama. We've agreed to keep things to a "no politics" in the house rule, since we all know where we stand, and we'd just end up angering everyone. Things came to a point today when my stepfather made a "joke" that he "heard on Fox News" that O[s]ama was the missing 20th hijacker on 9/11. At this point I could no longer take it, and I'm a pretty tolerant person! Mind you I'm in the middle of a chemotherapy cycle so my energy cycle is pretty low, but I ended up breaking an ink pen and making it explode all over books, important papers, my MacBook and BlackBerry...and body. I also threw a glass of iced tea on the tile floor causing it to explode into a thousand shards, and collapsed onto the ground. I just can't take those kind of attacks on my candidate I've supported from the beginning and worked hours for and donated money to that I really didn't have to spend, bought books to read, buttons and shirts to wear, Facebook clubs to join, emails read, phone calls made, blogs written and doors knocked on. As a second time voter (I'm 25) I can't let the party of deceit, lies and waste to govern (or the lack thereof) for another four more years. I'm self-employed (barely) and my health insurance runs out next year - with my pre-existing conditions I flat out won't be covered by any company. And I have a choice between medical bills in the five to six digits or very early, painful death. A wrong vote by the American people decides that. That and the ink-covered MacBook (which I do my work on) all because I fought the smears, with a literal smear. At least I can laugh at the irony through the chemotherapy. This is all too long and boring, but, true. Yes we can, come November 4th!
After I evacuated New Orleans to Birmingham, Alabama, my temporary ATM card was lost/stolen and I'm waiting on the bank to overnight me a new one (should be here in the morning or I'm going to learn some real lessons about starvation)! In addition to some cash, I had just over $1 in another bank account and I figured I'd give it to Obama/Biden - they need it more than I need it just sitting in the bank's vault. But when I tried to donate it, OOPS! They can only accept donations between $5 and $2300. Oh well. I guess I can buy...absolutely nothing with it in today's economy after four year of Bush/McCain policies, and I'll be lucky if my bank doesn't foreclose on my house just for having a positive number balance (zing)! (Okay, not funny to the millions of Americans with economic problems, my parents included. It took several weeks of specially-prepared charts, PowerPoint presentations, YouTube, television and common sense to convince those hardcore Republicans that it's time for change in Washington and America.
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I won't be writing here, unless its important, but I keep other blogs and sites, so I'll just give you those addresses instead. Much easier for you!
http://defeatism.ca = my main Tumblr blog sitehttp://twitter.com/defeatist = my twitter, follow along!http://www.flickr.com/photos/cauchemars = my Flickr site, random photos, nothing greathttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=45709219 = my Facebook profile, let's be friendstershttp://www.vimeo.com/defeatism = my vimeo site, watch my movies!
I also help run my friend's project Defend New Orleans. Go check it out and help support us and our causes!
If I'm slacking off at work I'll usually be on some commenting board (Gawker Media, etc) under the defeatism name, so that's me. Or after work, having a few drinks with friends and helping Obama/Biden all the way to the White House.
-Brian
