Thursday, May 23, 2019
For the record, for whatever it's worth...
Fourteen years ago, skippy invited me to be a guest blogger. At that time, I thought the big roo had the best left-leaning political blog around. I couldn't get enough of his content -- it was serious, it was funny, and it was, at least for me, encouraging. Especially after George W. Bush won a second term in 2004.
It's tricky for me, even now, to explain just how discouraging for me that blow was at that time. In 2000, I called myself a conservative, but Bush's heart-on-his-sleeve religiosity repelled me as much as Al Gore's more-of-the-same Clintonista crap did. I voted for Ralph Nader out of pique.
Here is where I could go off about lots of folks who blamed me for throwing that election to Bush by voting for Nader are the same jackholes who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and wish they had. Y'all know who you are -- and y'all can go fuck yourselves after you're done nailing your palms to your foreheads after figuring out Donald Trump wasn't the Man of the People he convinced you he was.
Seriously, are you folks really that damned stupid? I swear, if you were turkeys, you'd vote for Thanksgiving -- and actually be proud of it, right up until you noticed the cleaver was coming down.
I don't know how skippy managed to carry on as long as he did. Of course, he was always more thoughtful and more mature than me. And, well, he's still the best left-leaning blogger of all time.
You know that expression, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em? Skippy, for me, exposed that the way Toto exposed the Wizard. How can you join the Wizard once you've seen the man behind the curtain?
It's impossible.
Unless you're the type that brings the curtain back out so you can resume wondering what's behind it. You know, the kind of turkey that votes for Thanksgiving.
I've never understood why millions of people vote against themselves year after year after year.
And I never will.
It's tricky for me, even now, to explain just how discouraging for me that blow was at that time. In 2000, I called myself a conservative, but Bush's heart-on-his-sleeve religiosity repelled me as much as Al Gore's more-of-the-same Clintonista crap did. I voted for Ralph Nader out of pique.
Here is where I could go off about lots of folks who blamed me for throwing that election to Bush by voting for Nader are the same jackholes who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and wish they had. Y'all know who you are -- and y'all can go fuck yourselves after you're done nailing your palms to your foreheads after figuring out Donald Trump wasn't the Man of the People he convinced you he was.
Seriously, are you folks really that damned stupid? I swear, if you were turkeys, you'd vote for Thanksgiving -- and actually be proud of it, right up until you noticed the cleaver was coming down.
I don't know how skippy managed to carry on as long as he did. Of course, he was always more thoughtful and more mature than me. And, well, he's still the best left-leaning blogger of all time.
You know that expression, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em? Skippy, for me, exposed that the way Toto exposed the Wizard. How can you join the Wizard once you've seen the man behind the curtain?
It's impossible.
Unless you're the type that brings the curtain back out so you can resume wondering what's behind it. You know, the kind of turkey that votes for Thanksgiving.
I've never understood why millions of people vote against themselves year after year after year.
And I never will.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
the world's 2nd largest emperor penguin colony has been wiped out
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Sunday, April 21, 2019
as is our easter tradition here at skippy, enjoy 10 things i hate about commandments
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Sunday, April 07, 2019
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Friday, March 29, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Friday, March 15, 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Monday, March 11, 2019
Saturday, March 09, 2019
Saturday, March 02, 2019
lepage: eliminating electoral college would make whites "a forgotten people"
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Friday, February 08, 2019
new study: 100% renewables are the cheapest way to power north america
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Saturday, January 05, 2019
The souls of heaven are stars at night...
They will guide us on our way...
I have no idea what this new year will bring. Let's see...
I have no idea what this new year will bring. Let's see...
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
happy boxing day!!
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
merry xmas from the gang at skippy!
The Junky's Christmas...
Posting this is my own Christmas tradition.
I'm not a junkie, but I encounter a good number of junkies as both a cab driver and a resident of a large boarding house. I've also attended dozens of AA meetings in my life. So I've met quite a few good folks with bad problems along the way.
Takes one to know one, what can I say.
Hence this year's end tradition...
May your days, may your days, may your days be merry and bright...
And may all your Christmases be white...
Even if only in your dreams. You may not get what you want, but you know full well that it's not about you today. It's about someone, and by extension, anyone, who can give you what you need. We lose sight of that all year. We don't have to let that happen.
Merry Christmas to all. And to all, a good night.
Even if only in your dreams. You may not get what you want, but you know full well that it's not about you today. It's about someone, and by extension, anyone, who can give you what you need. We lose sight of that all year. We don't have to let that happen.
Merry Christmas to all. And to all, a good night.