Celebration Ale, The Daily Show & The Colbert Report

Sa ndy left behind some Celebration Ale and I think today is an appropriate day to kick back, watch the Daily Show/ Colbert Report Hour and drink Celebration, for there is much to celebrate.

THIS IS THE LAST NIGHT OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!!!

Can you believe it's finally over? It feels like just yesterday I was glued to my radio in the basement apartment on Summer St in Orono hoping upon all hope that the Supreme Court would allow all the votes to be counted in Florida. Instead they opted to decide the election for the people and the rest is a very dark period of history in America.

And tonight, finally, thankfully, I can say:

THE END

Let's hope we're able to all live happily ever after with our magical unicorn Jesus-like rockstar president, Prince Obama and his fair Maiden Michelle.

Oh, how I love them so dearly. I want a picture of them in my livingroom -- oh wait, I DO have a photo of them with Bidens in the string of Christmas cards. I'll be sure to keep it and frame it and put it on the mantle.

Glory Glory Hallelujah!!!

Repost: 1984 Reverberations

The following is a repost from the old blog from when I was reading 1984 for the first time.

August 25, 2006 @ 12:20 pm ·

So, I’m at the end of the second section of 1984, and I continue to be flabbergasted by its uncanny mirroring of now. This quote struck me today. Click on the links to view full texts or for definitions, etc.

“For the secret to rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with the power to learn from past mistakes.”

-From Chapter 1 of THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM by Emmanuel Goldstein of 1984 by George Orwell

From 100 Mistakes for the President to Choose From

May 3, 2004

During a prime time press conference on April 13, President Bush was asked to name a mistake that he has made since taking office and what he has learned from it. Bush, who was unable to answer the question, admitted “maybe I’m not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with [a mistake].” But weeks later, Bush still hasn’t answered the question.

New Feature

Scroll to the bottom to find the Countdown. I wanted to add it the other day but I couldn't find the html for it. Anyway I thought it would be fitting considering Karl Rove has resigned. I am skeptical about this. But this is still good news, somewhat.