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I feel dirty

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

I voted today. Some of my friends and relatives will be pleased to learn this fact. I myself feel somewhat small as I allowed myself to be badgered into voting. I am only happy I didn’t have to wait in line.

I feel somewhat dirty because I take the Mencken position when it comes to voting:

The state—or, to make the matter more concrete, the government—consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

I feel this is especially the case with this years presidential election. We have to old men running for the office. The incumbent is a NYC real estate developer. We know he’s a crook just by that fact. But since the press has never said anything about this over the years, due to I believe, he’s the one that bribed all the NY politicians. Neither side is willing to talk about the crimes they committed. The other is a lifelong congress/senate creature that is one of the most corrupt people in all of Washington, DC. He used to be known as the senator from MBNA.

According to Quote Investigator: In 1956 the press of Johns Hopkins University released an important compilation of essays by H. L. Mencken under the title “A Carnival of Buncombe” edited by Malcolm Moos. An essay called “Sham Battle” was published in the “Baltimore Evening Sun” on October 26, 1936, and it has been reprinted in this collection. Mencken presented an uncompromisingly harsh evaluation of the electoral process. Boldface has been added to excerpts.

I see that I have a tag “Biden will be replaced.” One more thing I was wrong about.

Roller Coaster Ride

Saturday, June 13th, 2020

Baseball

Friday, May 15th, 2020

I would like to see Baseball start up soon.

Fairytale of New York

Tuesday, December 24th, 2019

Love this:

These Two are Married

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

Two people fighting over bus window in a seemingly endless loop from r/PublicFreakout

Change my mind.

This is fun

Saturday, October 19th, 2019

I can deal like this. Really.

 

The Weight

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

I have loved The Band and this song for over 40 years. Yes, I know the song is over 50 years old. I was late to the party. I’ve gone through periods where I was on the side of Levon Helm and periods where I’ve just enjoyed the music and realized that people and their relationships with each other are complex.

This video is cool. Most of the videos in this style are enjoyable, but I gotta tell you that I think the version from The Band’s The Last Waltz with The Staples is probably my favorite:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCw3-YTffo

Age of Consent

Monday, December 17th, 2018

Just ’cause the article on Woody Allen’s real life Mariel Hemingway: Woody Allen’s Real Life Mariel Hemingway

Another One

Friday, September 28th, 2018

Bad Lip Reading

Friday, September 28th, 2018


I find these very funny.