Category: Politics

update: consider this one debunked by snopes.com

Take it with a big grain of salt *, because I can’t check the facts on the figures offered in these charts. But look at the correlations to be found here:

State Vote listed by Avg. IQ

State Vote listed by Avg. Personal Income

I’m glad to see my home state of Virginia near the top of the listed Red states. Perhaps there’s hopes for our aspirations to become blue after all!

Still, there’s little comfort to be taken from any conclusion that this election amounted to the triumph of the stupid and intolerant.

* DISCLAIMER: everything on the Internet is of suspect origin and questionable reliability. Be a skeptic. My favorite site for checking the facts on Internet facts, rumors and urban legends is snopes.com. I don’t find anything there specifically addressing these charts, but in time they might.

Thanks to Laura for the forward

CNN is reporting that Sen. Kerry has just called President Bush to concede defeat in this Election.

As much as I would like to be gracious in defeat, I can’t help but look around and think to myself, “What the fuck is wrong with you people?”

I guess I should instead be asking, “What is wrong with me?”. I don’t know. But I won’t be looking to join the majority in their ignorance.

America has bent over for Bush/Cheney, and we now have to smile and take it for four more years. Enjoy.

Do we dare to hope? It would be major if it happens. Make it happen.

Prominent Poll Shows Kerry Tied in Virginia
cnsnews.com

with Thanks to Matt Gross for the news and Katie for the graphic!

Oh I’m working to get out the vote… but not for you sir, not for you. Enjoy your retirement.

Remember this one? In the weeks following the 2000 “Election”, it was one of the many jokes getting passed around the Internet. And why is it funny? Because it captured the nervous anticipation felt by the majority of Americans who didn’t vote for Bush in 2000 shortly after the Supreme Court placed him in office. Also, it’s always funny to say ‘Fuck’.

Little did we realize how fucked we really were.

By any measure, a very strong argument can be made that George Bush has been one of the worst Presidents in the history of the United States. From the moment our Constitution was shredded in the judicial coup that put him in office, he has done frequent and severe harm to our country, our families, our economy, our standing in the world, our national discourse. In just four years in office, George Bush has diminished America in profound ways that will take generations to repair, if they can be at all.

And if he were to win or steal another four years, then this picture won’t be as funny as it was in 2000. Because this time we’ll understand that it’s no joke.