Fall Break!

Unfortunately, it's only two days, but at least I can catch up on my sleep (or maybe posting?).

And Believe Me I Am...Still Alive!

Yes, that's the second time I've made that joke. No, I don't care.

For your troubles...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-jfygVEE0

MEET THE PYRO (fan-made, unfortunately :( )

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations, Mr. President, but I hope you don't mind standing with the likes of Yasser Arafat. Rigoberta Menchú, Le Duc Tho, F.W. De Klerk...really, it's not all a pantheon of greats.

And would the others of you congratulating the president stop spouting that messianistic canard of "politics of hope instead of fear"? It's annoying, and probably unlikely.

Random Thoughts #9

Social Justice, nominally: a belief in various forms of benevolent progressivism, such as environmentalism, equality for all races and sexes, etc.

Social Justice, interpreted through the many acts of college: "Hey, let's get together with a bunch of people we don't know, be told what to chant by other 'higher' organizers, carry picket signs and posters with trite and populist slogans, and march up and down and raise holy hell for a cause we're fairly neutral about."

Random Thoughts #8

(Ties in pretty well to Random Thoughts #7)

Bisexuality means twice as many chances to get shot down in flames.
Blessed are the asexuals, for their skies come flak-free.

Random Thoughts #7

I am a cynic. I LIKE being a cynic.
I am a pessimist. I LIKE being a pessimist.
I am a loner. I LIKE being a loner.
They mean a lot more for my sense of identity than (lack of) masculinity, sexuality, or racial pride.

The Beginning...or the end?...of Some Artsy Thing

There are no mortal or divine messiahs.
And if the world should meet an early end
It will not be by whim of God or Gaia
But by the darkest vagaries of men.

Even More Does Not Help

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODk1Zjc3M2NhYTkwZDIyZWQ1MzQ1YWMwODY1MmNlOWQ=

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2VkYWI2MDFmMTAyMTBlODc4ZGMzMDMwMjE3ODZlYjU=

And check zombietime and Little Green Footballs for more.

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

After looking over all of my posts about everybody around the world having gone or going insane, the reason is obvious!

Cthulhu has insomnia, and he must be on the very verge of waking up if the madness has spread this far.

Everybody practice your elder languages!

Does Not Help!

Now that I have your attention with that mangled version of an internet meme:

Accusing the president of having some sort of vendetta against the caucasian race does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Glenn Beck and all those who stand with him.)

Explaining all criticism of the president with charges of racism does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Maureen Dowd, Jeremiah Wright, and all the rest of you who believe skin color correlates with immunity to criticism.)

Accusing the one side of wanting to create "death panels" does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Sarah Palin.)

Accusing the other side of wanting to "pull the plug on Grandma" because they disagree with your side does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Charles Grassley. YOU too, Jacob Weinberg. )

Having people in ranks on your march who advocate killing the president and who would distort your numbers does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Tea Party men who refuse to eliminate the radicals from your ranks.)

...no matter which side of the line you are on. (I'm looking at YOU, all you who marched for the death of Bush with claims he stole the 2000 election.)

Referring to said marchers by crude gaming and sexual practices does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Anderson Cooper.)

Clamoring that the president is somehow illegitimate does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, all you Birther types out there.)

Antichristic tendencies do not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Westboro-church-types who want the president to die in office.)

Messianic tendencies do not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Joe Klein, and all you college kids who thought Obama had a magic wand.)

Throw down your own "do not help!" in the comments!

UPDATE 10/1:

From Dark_Falcon:
Accusing the other side of having a health care plan that entails having sick people "die quickly" does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Alan Grayson.)

And from ArchangelMichael:
Pretending like it's your job to prop up the stock market and failing businesses instead of controlling inflation does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Ben Bernanke.)

Also from ArchangelMichael (and he makes a very good point very succinctly, one that every nominally rightist blog on the intarwebs should have burned into their monitors):
Doing and saying outrageous things just because the other side did it when their guy wasn't in office does not help. (I'm looking at YOU, Right Wing Blogosphere and Talk Radio Hosts)

From Sharmuta:
Claiming the President is brainwashing children doesn't help. (I'm looking at YOU, Michelle Malkin.)

Also from Sharmuta:
Saying we should slit our wrists and be blood brothers to save America doesn't help. (I'm looking at YOU, Michele Bachmann.)

Check http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/34806_Overnight_Ocean_Thread/comments/#ctop for any more.

Thanks lots!