today's rant: double standard, vote or die, originally 11/6/06

there is an injustice going on right now and i don't think anyone around me is aware of it.  of course, i'm referring to the fact that i don't have the day off for election day.  what the fuck?  how the hell to my professors expect me to fulfill my democratic duty of voting my ass off if i have to focus on crap like "nuclear half-life" and "media misrepresentations"?

in high school, not only did we get the day off on election day, but we got the day before off also.  it was teacher conference day.  now, i don't expect my mom to drive 45 miles to talk to my professors today, but goddamnit, it's my right to sleep until 3pm tomorrow, vote, then go back to sleep.  what's even better is that i already voted.  with absentee ballots, i don't even have to crawl out of bed.  i could just set up a cooler with some cereal, milk, and beer next to my bed and play sudoku all day.  this double standard between high schools getting election day off and not colleges must be rectified.

i'm sincerely happy that there isn't anymore "vote or die" bullshit going on.  that was about as effective as using a sock as a condom.  guess what, diddy-diddlez...we voted, we lost, we didn't die.  you obvious implied to vote bush out of office otherwise we'd die.  the fact that we voted just made us lose by less.  bush is still in office and i'm not dead.  keep out of politics and go make another crappy band, rip off another song, or maybe you can try something original and make an album all by yourself, no compilations.

i saw this campaign commercial for some new jersey guy named kean.  at the end of the commercial, he and his family say "i approve this message".  dude, if you have a five-year-old girl approving a political message for you, you're either psychotic or michael jackson.

anyhow, i'm looking forward to seeing a new signature on my pay checks since it seems hevesi is on his way out.  that's the only reason i voted against him:  i think he has a sucky signature.  i didn't even know he spent tax money on a driver for his wife.  now i feel further justified.  REMEMBER FOLKS, get a case of beer for the "election day drinking game".  look back a few months in my rants for the rules of mine or make up your own.