So they had an election yesterday...?

Ah, jeezee... look at the news this morning. It's all about who won the election... I guess they must have held an election yesterday. I was busy yesterday making my last pot of stew before gastric bypass, ergo I didn't notice. Not that I would have anyhow, mind you. I TiVo everything I possibly can so I can fast-forward through all the commercials. This is especially true with political commercials. I will also hit the mute button on my remote to ensure I don't get a blast of any of that rubbish.

It would seem that the Democrats took one hell of an ass-whipping last night. Everywhere except California that is. I scoff at those who are celebrating and mourning this morning.

I want to make one thing perfectly clear: The Fact that the Republicans won last night only means that Walmart took the lead in the market this Christmas season. The fact that the Democrats lost only means that Target is running behind Walmart this season. You should greet that news with little or no emotional attachments. I don't care. Neither should you. Either way, you will get similar products at similar prices. Target and Walmart pretend to be different. It is to laugh. Next season it will flip again: Target will lead Walmart. At that time, you'll get similar products at similar prices also.

For those of you naive fools who believe that the U.S. has a conservative and a progressive party, I have tough news for you: You're absolutely and completely wrong. I mean you are 100% wrong with a 100% chance of being 100% wrong and a ZERO PERCENT (0%) chance of being even 1% right. The USA has no conservative party. The USA has no progressive party.

The Target and Walmart parties shook hands long ago, agreeing to a duopoly. They agreed to play roles on stage. You pretend to be conservative. I will pretend to be progressive. We all know none of this is real. We are just actors on stage pretending to be engaged in a dramatic battle. This is just a stage play. The heroes and villains are actually best buddies backstage. They drink and fuck together all the time.

What we have in these United States of America is two wholly-owned subsidiaries of International Conglomerate America. Their sole purpose is to pump unlimited amounts of corporate welfare into the very largest of big-businesses found in this country. Regardless of whether Target or Walmart hold the majority, this is the one and only true agenda: pump unlimited amounts of corporate welfare into the very largest of big businesses.

Understand the meaning of Dave's law: US Democracy is nothing more than an exercise in the organized looting of the public sector by the private sector. That is all it is. That is what it is. Only this and nothing more. A politician has but one true function in life: Charge up the American credit cards just as high as they will go and stuff that money into the very largest of big businesses. This is their function regardless of whether Target or Walmart won the election.

If you happen to be one of the drippy musical hippies I see crying in their Starbucks cups this morning, I want you all to know you are the most abjectly pitiful fellows in the entire universe this morning. You shed tears for absolutely no reason. You have been tricked into believing that you just lost something, when nothing of the kind has happened. Target no longer controls the House. So what? You should shed tears because you tricked into believing that somebody actually represents your interests in this political process. It is not so.

The same goes double for your (true) conservatives who are walking on sunshine this morning. Let me get this straight, you think you actually won something last night? Nope, you did not. Shake off the illusions, bubba! Everything is going to keep going the way it is going until the 3rd economic bubble bursts. When the United States Treasury Bill bubble bursts, the U.S. Dollar will collapse, a mighty blast of economic hell will be unleashed, and a military dictator will come into power. That autocratic dictator will reflate the currency by introducing a new eBuck, or some new currency of that kind.

Of course that means that biggest corps will be ruined. Tough shit. A dictator doesn't need your money or approval to do what he does. His political power will blossom from the barrel of a gun. If you don’t like it, you can line up against the wall and face the firing squad. Better think twice before you challenge this dude. US/Nato 5.56mm rounds really, really hurt when they hit you. As I have mentioned before, I am keeping a close watch on several current and former 4-star generals to see which one of them might make a move when the big crisis strikes.

I haven't participated in a single election process since 2000, and I do not intend to at any point in the foreseeable future. I do not intend to tacitly endorse the process or the outcomes by participating in it. This is a bad no-win game. The only way to win is not to play. Our ‘democracy’ is a programmatic non-fit for our needs in this new economic era.

Why is optimism considered a liberal thing?

Boy... I sure am reading some very strange things in regards to the new Star Trek movie.

A cursory survey of the articles shown on news.google.com indicate that every liberal is punching in an editorial on this movie.  They are saying some of the darnedest weird things.  If I understand them correctly, Obama is responsible for the best movie of the summer.  He seems to have created the optimism that forced Paramount to make this new Trek in precisely the way they made it.  This new Trek is the spirit of the Liberal Obama on film.  If you love the new Star Trek movie, you are a soul-brother of the Liberal Obama.

Wow...  He works fast, doesn't that Obama?  I think I smell a political cogitation.  What a co-inky-dinky?  Who woulda thunk they'd have done a strange thing like that?  This is very much like John Kerry putting on a Buckeye sweat shirt before appearing at Ohio State University and then a Wolverine cap in Ann Arbor the next day.

Let's face the facts folks.  The Democratic party is attempting make a long-term comeback. It was not long ago when the entire world considered the United States to be (by far) the most conservative advanced nation in the world.  Most of them still hold this impression of us today.  It was not long ago that  people were talking about the Democrats becoming a permanent minority party.  It was just a scant 9 months ago that Palin... er... McCain was 10 points ahead of Obama in the polls.  John only pulled ahead because he picked Sarah.  Otherwise his campaign was dead.

Larry King famously asked Bill Clinton the following question in October 2008: "We are in the midst of the biggest financial collapse since the great depression.  We have the biggest deficit we have had since World War II.  We have the biggest debt ever.  We have had 6 years of unpopular war.  Why is Obama barely ahead in the polls?  Why is this not a done deal?  Why is this election not completely over and done already?"  

Larry was reffing the very slim lead Obama held in the polls during the month of October.  You should have seen the look on Bills face.  Boy that was a combo of affects!  Terribly embarrassing question there!  Bill was humiliated over being forced to grapple this question.  

Bill spun a political yarn about how 45% of the people are die-hard Republicans and 45% of the people die-hard Democrats.  10% of the people are die-hard independents who just can't make up their minds.  They won't decide until 1 week before the election, if they follow their normal pattern.

With all due respect to the last Republican... er... Democrat to give us 3 straight balanced budgets in a row and 2 with a surplus (and I thank him profusely for this) I have to say that this theory is absolute and complete bullshit.  Bill was telling one his famous lies there.

Fact of the matter is about 30% of the population now describes itself as die-hard Democrat.  About 29% of the population describes itself as die-hard Republican.  That number has shrunk considerably in the past 2 years.  I am one of those who left the Republican house.  Don't you dare think that makes me a Democrat.  Fuck no!  

The conclusion is clear.  Something on the order 41% of the nation now calls itself independent or 3rd party.  They don't like the Republicans.  They don't like the Democrats.  Most of them are like me in dismissing ideological rhetoric from both parties and watching actual voting behavior.  If you do this, you will understand that Republicans vs. Democrats is anything but Liberal vs. Conservative.  It is more like Target vs. Walmart.  Similar vendors, similar products, similar prices.  They pretend a difference.  That fantasy is bullshit.  It is just the Blue team vs. the Red team.  It is like the Rams vs. 49ers: Two formerly great teams who both suck ass today.    It makes no sense to describe the Rams as the conservatives and the 49ers to be liberals.  That would be foolishness.  We simply have two teams competing in a Zero-Sum game.  That is all.

The behavior of the electorate in October was an indication that a large majority of the people do not trust the Democratic Party.  Although they probably didn't want to support the Republicans, the notion of supporting a Democrat was unpalatable at best.  The majority went ahead and did so anyhow.  Truth be told, it was a 2 point victory for Obama.  That is closer than anybody would care to admit.  By the way, I don't think this had anything to do with race.  I would like to have voted for Obama on a personal basis.  I just don't like his party or their political slant, as mild as that slant might be.  Ergo, I stayed home.

The fact that 41% of the voting population of the United States is non-aligned is a deep terror to both Republican and Democrat alike.  It has produced unprecedented levels of voter volatility.  We now have some unpredictability in the system.  It used to be that every congressional seat was safe if occupied.  That is not exactly true now.  Worse still (from the point of view of the typical asshole in Washington) we have the most fertile conditions in American history for the arrival of a new 3rd party with some serious voter torque in its crankshaft.  Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats want that to happen.  They have co-constructed an election system which supposed to prevent that from happening.  This handiwork may be the only thing preventing a major third part from emerging.

Make no mistake, the Democrats are absolutely thrilled with their new domination of Government.  Make no mistake, they feel this is the way things aught to be.  Nevertheless, they are terribly insecure about this victory they won in 2008.  Given the number and percentage of independents, they know there is great volatility in the system.  Their victory next year is uncertain at best.  Political capital deposits can evaporate very quickly.  You can hit a political liquidity crisis fast in this environment.  

For this reason, the Democrats are doing a lot of post-sale evangelism.  Under the heading of advanced pop-culture analysis the libs are attempting to sneak some rhetorical black-magic past us.  That is why pessimism is now a conservative agenda according to the liberal columnist.  That is why the Republicans are now the part of NO!  That is why optimism is now a liberal thing.  This is why the new Star Trek, destined to be the biggest hit of the summer, is now the very artistic embodiment of the liberal spirit of Obama.

I just wish they would not mis-characterize my Star Trek in the process.  One Utopian liberal editorialised the question "Can the peaceful utopia of Star Trek happen in reality?"  The presupposition is utterly false.  Believe me, there was plenty of combat in Star Trek.  The new Trek has Romulan commanders destroying entire worlds with minature black-holes.  The Trek universe was not in a constant state of war, but it always seemed on the brink of a war.  Many Trek plots have to do with diplomatic attempts to head off war.  There were neutral zones like Berlin Walls separating Klingons and Romulans from those of the Federation.  They blew each other up often enough.

Frankly, the statements of Star Trek's political optimism, liberality, peacefulness and Utopianism is vastly overstated.  It shows how people project their biases upon the objects of their affection.  It also shows that a shaky and nervous party will now try to co-opt the movie biggest hit of the summer in an attempt to build a long-term friendship & solidarity with the people.