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As the Curtain Comes Down
Author: Raine    Date: 11/05/2012 17:00:33

We are now and finally exiting the theatre of the bizarre. I don't even know what to say in this final blog before the 2012 Election. I'm sitting here thinking about the last year and a half. There is so much to process... memories that can never be taken from us.

We've seen white boards, empty chairs, Big Bird and binders. We had 999 from Mr. Cain, "oops" from Mr. Perry, moon colonization, and a $10,000 bet. Newt suggested that children should be janitors. When questioned about his hiring practices, Mitt told Rick Perry "I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, we can't have illegals!" Donald Trump revived the Birther nonsense and Rick Santorum mentioned the "blah people". Mr. Santorum also declared Barack Obama a snob for wanting people to get a college education. To date, Mitt Romney has maintained that no one has asked to see his birth certificate.

Uzbeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan was the news and so were corn dogs. A few people were glitter bombed. That was pretty. We got a new nickname for Wolf Blitzer: Blitz.

Mitt Romney went onto win the GOP nomination and promptly treated us to his musical stylings by singing a very special version of "America the Beautiful". Not to be outdone, Meat Loaf took that musical treatment to a new level. Ted Nugent, a severely sought after endorsement got a special visit from the Secret Service. George Bush gave an endorsement too -- as an elevator door closed.

Rape and spontaneous abortion made news. Death panels were brought back. We learned that Paul Ryan has blood that runs with cheese and he has awesome Ayn Randish biceps. He also showed us the importance of cleanliness at a homeless shelter by washing pots and pans that had already been cleaned. Storm relief was put on display from canned peas to diapers. Our man Mitt bought $5000 dollars worth of goods so his supporters could hand them back to him! $5000 dollars was half the amount of his bet with Rick Perry....

Mitt Romney proudly proclaimed Paul Ryan as the next president of the United States. We also learned that as president, Mr. Romney will create 12 million new jobs and that government does not create jobs. Another revelation was that Romney isn't worried about the poor. He told us they are going to be ok, they have a safety net. It's a safety net that he and his running mate want to privatize, but let's not get too into details. I'll give you a voucher to get that information later. Did I mention that Mitt Romney is unemployed? He said so.

It was confirmed that trees were just the right height and cheesy grits we the best thing since cookies bought at a 7-11. He's really not sure about cookies.

Car elevators!

Ann Romney shared with us that she is concerned about her husbands mental health. Stop it, this is hard. They've given you people all you need to know. Ann Romney, as Mitt says, was used sparingly so people don't get tired of her. And as far as his bedwear, Mitt told us, "I think the best answer is as little as possible." It appears he took that same stance with explaining his economic platform.

Mitt Romney questioned aircraft engineering with his bold query of wondering why their windows don't open.

We learned how important the troops were during the Republican convention. When asked about the lack of mention, Romney said: "When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important." He also wishes that the President would hear the message of Wisconsin, stating "It's time for us to cut back on government and help the American people." According to Mitt Romney we don't need for firefighters, police officers and teachers. A certain entity named Sandy seemed to have something else to say about that.

We gave special tribute to Seamus. He is remembered by dog lovers everywhere. The Romneys still maintain that Seamus loved being strapped to the top of a car. He even jumped into the carrier! "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." Mitt actually said that in 2007.

The 47% and "you people" were brought into the spotlight. Corporations, we learned, are people after all. On the bright side, Etch-A-Skech™ has made a comeback along with General Motors -- both to the dismay of Mitt Romney. He'll still take credit for Detroit, thank-you very much. When he said you can kiss Detroit goodbye, he really meant it was he who saved it.

Don't worry though, Mitt likes to fire people and send jobs to China. While we're at it, Mitt Romney regretted that his dad was an American born in Mexico -- he believes that it would be better for him if he were born Latino. That joke was SO funny.

London’s preparedness was questioned on the eve of the opening Olympic ceremonies. Then came Palestine being insulted on a visit to Israel. Then there was Poland and the all important Lech Walesa vote. Good thing Mitt set the world straight on his knowledge of the Libya attacks. His plan for the Middle East is to kick the can down the road.

He retired retroactively from Bain, and his taxes (or lack thereof) are none of our business. I'm sure to have forgotten more than one spectacular moment that will forever be written in the annals– or it anals? – of history.

One more day. Get out and Vote. Or, as Mitt Romney says: "Tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow!'

Then again, he also said "I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was."

"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love."


Well, at least there was no Dean Scream moment. That could have ended his campaign.

Tomorrow, let's give Mitt Romney the Dean Scream treatment: VOTE.

and
Raine
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 11/05/2012 17:32:04
Nice round up!

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 17:33:15
I like this blog! No, I this blog.

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 17:34:57
Quote by Mondobubba:
I like this blog! No, I this blog.


Thank you!


Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 17:36:01
Quote by wickedpam:
Nice round up!
It was a pretty amazing mind journey as I sat here trying to come up with a decent blog.

This has been a strange journey.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 17:38:05
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Nice round up!
It was a pretty amazing mind journey as I sat here trying to come up with a decent blog.

This has been a strange journey.



If I may quote, "a long strange trip?"

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 17:42:16
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Nice round up!
It was a pretty amazing mind journey as I sat here trying to come up with a decent blog.

This has been a strange journey.


If I may quote, "a long strange trip?"
That song was running thru my head all morning.



Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 17:43:01
"I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed."


I forgot to add that to the blog.


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 17:43:18
Comment by clintster on 11/05/2012 17:49:24


Did somebody order up some Truckin'?

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 17:52:55
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Did somebody order up some Truckin'?





Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 17:52:59
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 17:55:21
Quote by Mondobubba:
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.

Anal or annal?

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 18:04:23
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.

Anal or annal?



Anal, wise-ass, anal.

Comment by TriSec on 11/05/2012 18:21:35
Quote by Mondobubba:
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.


Simply state "May the blessings of Allah be upon you" and wait for the mufled sound of a moist head explosion.



Comment by BobR on 11/05/2012 18:45:13
Quote by TriSec:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.


Simply state "May the blessings of Allah be upon you" and wait for the mufled sound of a moist head explosion.




Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 19:01:09
Quote by TriSec:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.


Simply state "May the blessings of Allah be upon you" and wait for the mufled sound of a moist head explosion.



Yeah well, I can't do that. As much fun as that would be.

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 19:03:48
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Comment by clintster on 11/05/2012 19:05:52
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Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/05/2012 19:19:02
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I'm sure some of the more scientifically challenged are clucking HURR DERP DERP DERP!!!

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 19:29:51
Comment by Will in Chicago on 11/05/2012 20:02:39
Quote by TriSec:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Please kill me now! The same anal - retentive Christian wackadoodle who wasted an hour of my life earlier today.


Simply state "May the blessings of Allah be upon you" and wait for the mufled sound of a moist head explosion.




Personally, I just talk to them in Hebrew, bring up the person who was promised to be in the ancestry of the Messiah and was not included in any version of the line of descent for one Jesus of Nazareth and argue that a deity who will condemn people who never heard the name of his son is not really worth following. (Judaism came up with the doctrine that the righteous of all nations will have a share in the World to Come in the Rabbinic period.)

Raine, thanks for a great blog. It has been a somewhat surreal election season.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 11/05/2012 20:05:14
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Water is recycled. So, if a dog in the Chicago area pees, the moisture is absorbed into the atmosphere and may eventually come down as rain (not Raine) on Mitt Romney's head.

Faith and science can co-exist, but literalism for a text designed to deal with spiritual matters is an approach that has been rejected for thousands of years. (I think it may have been Ezra at the start of the Second Temple era who said that the literal reading was one of only several intepretations and often the last useful.)

Comment by livingonli on 11/05/2012 20:05:57
To make things fun, we were without power for another 4 hours today but it was to do tree and pole removal for ones that were damaged in the storm. Things are back to normal for the moment.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/05/2012 20:14:03
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Water is recycled. So, if a dog in the Chicago area pees, the moisture is absorbed into the atmosphere and may eventually come down as rain (not Raine) on Mitt Romney's head.

Faith and science can co-exist, but literalism for a text designed to deal with spiritual matters is an approach that has been rejected for thousands of years. (I think it may have been Ezra at the start of the Second Temple era who said that the literal reading was one of only several intepretations and often the last useful.)

And of course 6 billion people all of a sudden appeared out of nothing.

Comment by BobR on 11/05/2012 20:17:24
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Water is recycled. So, if a dog in the Chicago area pees, the moisture is absorbed into the atmosphere and may eventually come down as rain (not Raine) on Mitt Romney's head.

Faith and science can co-exist, but literalism for a text designed to deal with spiritual matters is an approach that has been rejected for thousands of years. (I think it may have been Ezra at the start of the Second Temple era who said that the literal reading was one of only several intepretations and often the last useful.)

And of course 6 billion people all of a sudden appeared out of nothing.

right - for 3 billion years. Their science makes as much sense as their religion

Comment by Will in Chicago on 11/05/2012 20:20:45
Well, if we work the world population back based on all scientific evidence to some 10,000 years ago, we get a lot more than a couple of people.

I think that in the case of the fundamentalists, we have people who are afraid of modernity and its challenges. While I can understand some of this, as we as a species have become more adept at killing each other and harming the environment, retreating into a vision of the past never has worked. It is only by facing challenges with courage that cultures, civilizations and faiths survive.

According to the UN, we reached a total of seven billion human beings on this planet back on March 12th of this year. We have many challenges as a planet and denying global warming and ignoring pollution as too many have done does not serve ourselves or our posterity.

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 20:21:25
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Water is recycled. So, if a dog in the Chicago area pees, the moisture is absorbed into the atmosphere and may eventually come down as rain (not Raine) on Mitt Romney's head.

Faith and science can co-exist, but literalism for a text designed to deal with spiritual matters is an approach that has been rejected for thousands of years. (I think it may have been Ezra at the start of the Second Temple era who said that the literal reading was one of only several intepretations and often the last useful.)

To both Clint and Will -- :toast:



Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 20:22:43
I am having entirely too much fun on the book of Faces today.

Comment by TriSec on 11/05/2012 21:21:36
So, DD has introduced a "red velvet" donut.

Southerners on this blog...what's the deal with this cake? I just don't get it, it's icky.

(Although I suppose some poor depraved infidel doesn't like Boston Cream, but I digress.)


Comment by Will in Chicago on 11/05/2012 21:22:19
I double checked my voter registration and polling place. I don't think that Indiana will go for Obama, but I plan to try to put another Democrat in the Senate (Tom Donnelly) and a Democrat (John Gregg) in the Governor's Office.

Comment by BobR on 11/05/2012 21:42:30
Quote by TriSec:
So, DD has introduced a "red velvet" donut.

Southerners on this blog...what's the deal with this cake? I just don't get it, it's icky.

(Although I suppose some poor depraved infidel doesn't like Boston Cream, but I digress.)

As the resident sweet tooth, I love boston cream pie, and I love red velvet cake. Red velvet cake donut? Prolly not.

Red velvet cake has some cocoa in the cake (and lots of red dye) and cream cheese frosting. How can you not like that?

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 21:46:13
Quote by TriSec:
So, DD has introduced a "red velvet" donut.

Southerners on this blog...what's the deal with this cake? I just don't get it, it's icky.

(Although I suppose some poor depraved infidel doesn't like Boston Cream, but I digress.)
As a Northerner that moved south: I can honestly say that Red velvet cake and collards are not something you should pretend to know how to cook until you have lived in the deep south.

I have had the real deal with both. They are delish when done correctly. DD should probably back off on the Red Velvet.

As an example, have we seen Boston Market serving collards?




Comment by wickedpam on 11/05/2012 21:48:50
Quote by BobR:
Quote by TriSec:
So, DD has introduced a "red velvet" donut.

Southerners on this blog...what's the deal with this cake? I just don't get it, it's icky.

(Although I suppose some poor depraved infidel doesn't like Boston Cream, but I digress.)

As the resident sweet tooth, I love boston cream pie, and I love red velvet cake. Red velvet cake donut? Prolly not.

Red velvet cake has some cocoa in the cake (and lots of red dye) and cream cheese frosting. How can you not like that?


by not liking cream cheese

I love cake but red velvet it way to rich for me


Comment by Mondobubba on 11/05/2012 22:07:27
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec:
So, DD has introduced a "red velvet" donut.

Southerners on this blog...what's the deal with this cake? I just don't get it, it's icky.

(Although I suppose some poor depraved infidel doesn't like Boston Cream, but I digress.)
As a Northerner that moved south: I can honestly say that Red velvet cake and collards are not something you should pretend to know how to cook until you have lived in the deep south.

I have had the real deal with both. They are delish when done correctly. DD should probably back off on the Red Velvet.

As an example, have we seen Boston Market serving collards?





I agree with Alton Brown on this issue. Red velvet cake/cupcakes/ donuts are spooky.

I've never gotten the allure. I find the amount of food coloring makes the cake taste icky.

Comment by livingonli on 11/05/2012 22:09:53
Heading off to see Lizz's show in the city. Nothing like trying to juggle so much at the last moment that I am going to need another vacation to recover from it all.

Comment by Raine on 11/05/2012 22:51:27
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Comment by TriSec on 11/05/2012 23:39:06
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That is totally awesome, which of course begs the question, why can't we do this all the time?

Technology exists that would allow any polling place to check any voter registration in any other city. Think of how much easier this would be if you could vote anywhere in your state on election day.