Recent Status Stuff
Yeah, I'm still alive. :)
No, not much in my life has changed (although I have got into 'Second Life'), aside from my featuring in a main part of the recent ''Allo 'Allo' stage production. Voluntary, of course.
Yes, although I live in the UK, I am supporting the Republican ticket for this year's US election. While vaguely apathetic about McCain, Palin, I think is fantastic. I disagree with her on a few issues, but I like that she's of the 'leave it to States to decide' mentality, when it comes to those.
The biggest factor in this, is the increasingly disturbing level of personality cult based around Obama and how much absolute shit Palin had to endure from journalists who should have been easily able to refute virtually all of the things previously levelled at her.
See that?
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/
It's somewhere anyone can look at and contribute to. All of the screwed up false allegations about 'rape kits' and so on; it's all dealt with, there.
Why can't editors just do their job in an objective way, these days, hmm?
And yes, that's why I made up this icon I'm posting with.
I'm not kidding about that personality cult thing really fucking scaring me, either. It's getting to quasi-religious extremes now.
That, combined with that weirdly Hitler Youth-esque movement the guy plans to have set up...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30579_The_Obama_Youth
http://exurbanleague.com/2008/07/07/dont-worry-mr-godwin-has-been-notified.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Protective_League
Plus, that really disturbing professional video of the little kids chanting about the guy (as parodied with the original footage here) and now?
Now there's this and it's just insane. Does he, himself, realise this is going on? If he doesn't, then he needs to fire whoever the fuck dreams this indoctrinating shit up, because this isn't exactly doing much for the public image.
Look at that and tell me it doesn't scare the shit out of you.
When people ask me why I find the undefined 'hope and change' mantra so disturbing for a political campaign to use as a focal point, to the philosophical exclusion of all else, this... Yes... This would be why.
Hillary would never have done anything like this. I'm just aghast that it's even in the public domain.
EDIT: As reported on the seventh, it turns out this doesn't appear to have any links to the official campaign. It was, however, being done with tax money and on school time. The teacher has been fired. This makes it no less scary or indicative of the 'personality cult' style of campaign which has clearly been encouraged at the various rallies, etcetera. That the campaign has not used this opportunity to decry it, however, I find almost as deplorable as if they had a hand in it, themselves.
No, not much in my life has changed (although I have got into 'Second Life'), aside from my featuring in a main part of the recent ''Allo 'Allo' stage production. Voluntary, of course.
Yes, although I live in the UK, I am supporting the Republican ticket for this year's US election. While vaguely apathetic about McCain, Palin, I think is fantastic. I disagree with her on a few issues, but I like that she's of the 'leave it to States to decide' mentality, when it comes to those.
The biggest factor in this, is the increasingly disturbing level of personality cult based around Obama and how much absolute shit Palin had to endure from journalists who should have been easily able to refute virtually all of the things previously levelled at her.
See that?
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/
It's somewhere anyone can look at and contribute to. All of the screwed up false allegations about 'rape kits' and so on; it's all dealt with, there.
Why can't editors just do their job in an objective way, these days, hmm?
And yes, that's why I made up this icon I'm posting with.
I'm not kidding about that personality cult thing really fucking scaring me, either. It's getting to quasi-religious extremes now.
That, combined with that weirdly Hitler Youth-esque movement the guy plans to have set up...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30579_The_Obama_Youth
http://exurbanleague.com/2008/07/07/dont-worry-mr-godwin-has-been-notified.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Protective_League
Plus, that really disturbing professional video of the little kids chanting about the guy (as parodied with the original footage here) and now?
Now there's this and it's just insane. Does he, himself, realise this is going on? If he doesn't, then he needs to fire whoever the fuck dreams this indoctrinating shit up, because this isn't exactly doing much for the public image.
Click to view
Look at that and tell me it doesn't scare the shit out of you.
When people ask me why I find the undefined 'hope and change' mantra so disturbing for a political campaign to use as a focal point, to the philosophical exclusion of all else, this... Yes... This would be why.
Hillary would never have done anything like this. I'm just aghast that it's even in the public domain.
EDIT: As reported on the seventh, it turns out this doesn't appear to have any links to the official campaign. It was, however, being done with tax money and on school time. The teacher has been fired. This makes it no less scary or indicative of the 'personality cult' style of campaign which has clearly been encouraged at the various rallies, etcetera. That the campaign has not used this opportunity to decry it, however, I find almost as deplorable as if they had a hand in it, themselves.