The Angry Web Designer

On a recent edition of the Bill Maher show, he had a guest that was rather unusual; the eldest daughter of Sen. John McCain, Meghan McCain. A recent college graduate, who makes a point of mentioning that she’s ‘only 24′ at least 2 times per interview, who has hit the media in a rather tragic way. I’m not 100% certain as to why she is on a quest to hit every major political show; I’m guessing she was a Marketing or PR major in college, or perhaps she doesn’t know why (she is only 24 after all).

During the guest appearance, her nerves apparently got the best of her (or perhaps she wasn’t completely ‘herself’). Guessing by her defensive stance throughout the entire segment, she might have realized that the people she was speaking with wouldn’t put up with her ‘I’m only 24′ bullshit - and they didn’t.

So why the bashing on my part? It’s part shock and part shame. If you read the comments on YouTube related to the video below, the static-to-noise ratio is absurd. Perhaps I don’t read enough comments on YouTube to realize that this is normal? My question is; are Americans really this oblivious and, well, stupid?

Even more tragic, there was a post by a user which states;
Is amazing. The government runs a budget deficit bigger than french, spanish or italian GDP, they are going to rob people´s wealth and savings through inflation again, and the dollar could well collapse in a few years… But the most important issues are Miss California, gay marriage, “moderates” and “extremists” (i guess Reagan was VERY moderate xD) and how the Republicans are destroying themselves. Maybe the Democrats will destroy the nation first. I admire you americans!!

Not one person responded to these issues - not one.

It is disheartening to think about what is really on the minds of Americans today. Whether it be religious views about the way one should [or should not] live their lives or the issue of whether McCain is a really a Liberal trying to please her daddy.

We have 20% of American out of work. We have a deficit in the trillions; and just so you know, that’s over ten digits. If you make 100,000 a year, you would have to work TEN THOUSAND YEARS to equal 1,000,000,000,000! To add to that, the ‘most powerful nation in the world’ is placed 37th in the world for human care, with over 45 million people in the nation who do not have any means to cover health care costs. All the while, we’re #1 for health care spending. Is anyone asking where all that money is going? No, the American public is too busy buzzing about a young Republican who is on the ‘on the chubby side, but still doable’.

In Iran currently, people are rising into the streets to fight against an unjust government. While the country that is known for free speech is constantly imprisoning those those who do not meet the social norm - if your not Christian, if you’re not heterosexual, if you do not play the capitalism game - then you’re SOL. A recent death of abortion doctor is a prime example of how our country is overrun with people who choose to impose their own personal beliefs on others. A gay college student being stoned to death. Everyday-people being led to believe that they must ‘work hard to get ahead’, only to be left without any means to provide for their families after a company chooses to reduce operating expenses while offering their CEO a big fat bonus check for the idea to ship jobs oversees. Even the noble notion of giving citizenship to illegal immigrants is rooted in capitalistic profiteering; more cheap labor and the eliminated risk of being fined for hiring illegal immigrants - and who has to pay the fees that the companies would normally pay? Well, the economically disadvantaged immigrant of course!

It is a capitalistic magic show. As long as the public is paying attention to matters that have absolutely no real bearing as to how they live their lives, corporations and the governing bodies which enforce laws and regulations will continue to bend us over and offer to ‘help us’. Just how they helped the inner cities and veterans in the 70s, just how they helped senior citizens with medicare reforms and just like how they’re going to help us with medical insurance.

As long as Americans allow themselves to be used and manipulated to believe that basic and intrinsic HUMAN RIGHTS are somehow not supposed to be granted and readily available to everyone - as long as these things are going to be label as communism and socialism by the same people whom would stand to lose money if these things where enforced - as long as we smile and bend over so we can take it up the bonnet, well - we’re fucked. And, by the way Americans are so distracted with everything else that does not matter, we’ll be fucked for a long time to come.

How on earth did the citizens of the US become so ignorant? We question nothing. People who are quite obviously poor do not even know that they are poor.

Absolutely tragic.

So, to the young McCain; if you really want to make a difference in the GOP, learn economics. Fiscal conservancy used to be the pillar of the Republican party (that was the only reason I used to be a Republican). If you really want to make a difference for liberal rights, start asking questions and make people think! Yes, it’s dangerous to have an intelligent public, but that is part of “liberal rights”, allowing people to think for themselves. And, as a wise old woman told me at the age of 24; if you want to play with the big girls, it’s time to put your ‘big girl panties on’.

Seriously … hello :\

I just got laid off Monday - hoorary!?

My mailserver blows …. I hate mail anyways .

I just caught a horrible cold which includes, but is not limited to, the following symptoms;

• Wet cough
• Fever
• Moodiness (wait … I think I already had that)
• Body aches
• Laziness (have to blame it on something …)

So the world is wonderful… hello you stinking place :@