Bon to be Mild

An open letter to the manufacturers, retailers and consumers of those singing and dancing animatronic knick-knacks...

You need to rethink your lives. Seriously.

If your house is full of this crap and this offends you, I don't really care. Most of them are complete crap. And the ones that are sort of cute are only cute the first two times they play. After that, it's annoying.

How many times can we watch a teddy bear sitting on a Harley rock back and forth singing "Born to be Wild" in a 4yr-old's voice? Or a blue and yellow turtle that sings and dances the Macarena? Honestly, who sees these things and says to themselves "Wow, that never gets old."

When I'm elected President, I will issue an executive order severely limiting the sale and use of such items. You can only buy them at Christmas and you can only use them 3 times in a calendar year. So choose your entertainment wisely.

If you have a problem with this, you can always go back to watching American Idol. Idol and these animitronic do-hickeys are alike in that they do the same shit over and over. That'll keep you morons happy.

The Revolution will be Bloggerized

I'm officially declaring my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States.

"It's a little late, Whip.", I hear you say...

Not for running in 2012.

Until someone explains to me how anyone who is currently running is any better than me, I consider myself a viable candidate.

No experience? No problem. Just ask the supporters of Obama. They don't seem to have an issue with it.

It's nice to have a President with both foreign and domestic policy experience. But I also feel that a President should be a strong leader who surrounds himself or herself with wise and strong people who assist in policy. The way the system is set up now, a President has to make sure party cronies are in place, whether those people are the right personnel or not. This is a flawed system.

But there will never be a third party, Whip.

Yes, there will. The problem thus far is that the third parties have got into the game way too late. By the time they have a 'candidate', the news cycle is all about Republicans and Democrats. Making noise now and growing momentum for years instead if months is the answer. Hence my declaration 57mos early.

Why me? I'm smart. I have the nearly unheard-of ability in politics to change my mind if someone proves to me my stance is wrong. I am beholden to no special interests, other than that of the citizens of the US.
I believe in the Constitution. In that document lies all that separates us from others that mean to do us harm. We cannot claim the moral high ground without occupying it.
I wasn't born with a silver spoon. I've been privileged in my life and I've also had next to nothing. I've attended church and played in a rock band. I've lived in large urban areas, rural areas and cities in between. I've been an entrepreneur. I've been dropped from my medical insurance. I easily identify with many walks of society.

Above all, I care about the consequences of my actions. This may sound a little high-handed, but perhaps the largest problem with our society is that we only worry about how an event or circumstance affects US and not how it affects someone who is in a different tax bracket or who has a different religion (or no religion at all).

There is a greater picture. And, no, I'm not talking about the New World Order. Everything we do today will impact ourselves and our children throughout history. There are no short-term gains. Any gain made in the short term takes something away from the long-term. It is the long-term we should concern ourselves with.

In order to avoid a novel disguised as a blog post, I will go into greater detail concerning my ideas and goals in future posts.

©2008 WhipSmart Election Headquarters and Sandwich Shoppe

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So here it is. This will be my third blog. I had one for nearly 6yrs before basically abandoning it because of the Russians. Yes, the Russians. Then came my political blog (you may have heard of it:
ilovearguingwithcrazypeoplewhoonlybelievebilloreilley.com)
but it was shut down due to legal reasons. The details of the settlement remain undisclosed.

Third time's the charm, so they say. So here it is.

If you're new to my style of bloggerizing, let me lay it all out for ya.

I pull no punches.
I use bad language on occasion
I enjoy political discussions. This means 'point-counterpoint', not 'point-SHUT OFF HIS MIC!"
I like baseball
I am the greatest drummer of my generation
I'm writing a book. I expect you to buy it when it's finished (should be sometime around 2026)
I r teh funny

There. If none of those things work for you, there's always some other blog or website you can peruse and waste time with.

More to follow.....