seven hopes for the next four years
- that obama doesn’t alienate israel… and that, as a result, israel doesn’t end up nuking iran.
- that obama doesn’t destroy health care and disincentivize good people from becoming doctors (see: britain, canada, etc…)
- that obama’s taxes don’t force all the good businesses overseas
- that education is actually reformed and not turned into marxist breeding grounds (see: annenberg challenge)
- that we make some great strides towards alternative energy
- that there isn’t, as predicted by joe biden… and historical precedent, a global catastrophe of epic proportions in obama’s first year in office (see: vienna, JFK, bay of pigs)
- that this country ends up better off than it was when obama was elected
i’m terrified for a lot of reasons right now… obviously, national security is what i’m most concerned about. but, selfishly, i’m also worried that my colleagues will have no reason to consider another point of view. obama (and the democratically controlled house and senate) could do a lot of serious damage to this country and to the world, and all i can do is pray that his advisors keep his corrupt socialist tendencies in check.
god bless america… really. we need it.
seven things that i disliked about my voting experience this morning
- wobbly table… definitely distracting
- queue forming up the stairs – as in, you had to climb the stairs to get to the back of the line. and in doing so, pass an already cramped bunch of people. awwwwkward!
- assaulted by no on 8 campaigners on my way in and out. aggressive!
- dude in charge had no idea what was going on. made me think it’d be retardedly easy to commit voter fraud.
- poor quality pen provided… (pet peeve, what can i say)
- really weaksauce cardboard privacy shell. had this been a test, i could totally have cheated off my neighbor. not that i’d have wanted to, given the very awkward encounter i had with her just a few minutes prior.
- people making up their minds as they descended the stairs. seriously??? why would you have gotten to the polls at 7am if you didn’t know how you were going to vote? you have until 8pm! ay caramba.
yeah… it was sort of surreal. for a lot of reasons – first, because i was dressed up in my bike gear since i was on my way to work. second, because some guy who worked for apple (you can tell by the name badge) tried to hit on me on the way too tight staircase. third, because this crazy old lady behind me started ranting… oh wow, that was so awkward!! behind me for this were three ladies: one middle-aged, overweight woman wearing what i can only describe as unsuccessful 80’s makeup and a magenta jumpsuit… one overweight african american woman dressed very nicely… and one crazy old lady stirring up all kinds of trouble! she starts yelling about how excited she is that this day has finally come, how she can’t wait to go watch the polls all day long, how “we all know who we’re voting for… hahaha” and then proceeds to SLAP THE LEG of the african american woman, yelling “YOU BETTER!”
uh…. WHOA!!!! dude, sooooooo inappropriate. granted, probably every single person there was, in fact, voting for obama, so this example isn’t all that great, but how DARE she make that assumption that just because she was black, she needed to vote for obama? these people are so off the mark it’s ASTOUNDING!
ugh. one more day. then this all effectively goes away, and it’s out of my hands. but does that make me feel better? depends on what happens. after today, i’ll either be completely terrified or… just relieved.
