Hey, World!! Just Shut UP!!

Dear World,

There are a lot of very stupid people in American.  Those people say they will not vote for Barack Obama because some one told them that he is a Muslim.  

(I apologize to all Muslim, everywhere, but those same people have been terrified by our government into casting a religion as a terrorist organization, and there is just no talking to them, now.)  

They have also been told that Hamas is a terrorist organization.  They ignore that, however you feel about their policies, they were elected to govern Gaza.  We keep claiming that we want to spread democracy, but we really mean we want to spread Democracy, only if we like who you elect.  

So, anyway.  If you are a member of the Hamas Government, please shut up.  By expressing pleasantries at the possibility of an Obama victory, you are pretty much making sure that those stupid people will never be convinced to vote for him.

Now, Iran is blowing off about Hillary's "obliterate" comments.  We know that was a stupid thing to say.  It was "outrageous" and we decry it.

But you have to understand, those same Stupids that think Muslims are terrorists, have been subjected to an assualt on reason by the Cheney/Bush cabal into believing that Iran is the same thing as Al Queda.  As a result, if you start popping off at Hillary, you are going to make them think that voting for her is a super duper idea!

If you want to see a real change in America, if you want a reasoned, careful policy, enacted with an appreciation of differences among people, and a recognition of the need to work together for a shared future, please shut up.

Your comments, and criticisms, are stirring the Stupid Pot and may act to to insure the election of your worst nightmare.  And, ours.

•  This is only semi-snark...

  Be patient with me.  I'm having a bad poll numbers day.

  by Granny Doc on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:12:37 PM PDT

  •  

    by Bronxist on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:14:53 PM PDT

  •  No worries, granny

    I'm having one of those rough ones too.

    I'm running to DKos to talk about the primaries. Does that tell you anything about how bad things are sucking for me right now?

    by droogie6655321 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:14:55 PM PDT

    •  OT:

      Any movement on your employment bind? Feel free to hide this if you feel it's too nosy.

      by Indexer on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:18:49 PM PDT

      •  Nah

        It was a recommended diary and all, so how could I call that nosy?

        I have sent in a few applications, but there's been no calls back. I hate online apps. You never know if anyone's actually reading them. And I'm sure I myself could leave a better impression than any resume.

        by droogie6655321 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:21:16 PM PDT

        •  Looking for a job sucks

          It is so disheartening.  My sympathies.

          by martydd on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:42:05 PM PDT

    •   Read Andrews letter

      and feel better. I am moved by this guy

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

      by snowbird42 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:27:39 PM PDT

      •  I did read it.

        Cozy cockles and all that...

        by Granny Doc on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:28:37 PM PDT

  •  don't worry. I'm sure the polls were weighted

    to favor Stupid people.

    The media likes to make them feel good.

    by thepdxbikerboy on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:15:19 PM PDT

  •  They don't care who the President is

    this is all for their own domestic audience.  
    They have zero confidence that anyone is going to make a difference for them.  

    by Nailbanger on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:15:51 PM PDT

    •  But everytime they open

      their mouths, our Cable Twits rush to inform the Stupids that they have more reasons to vote for "The Maverick".

      by Granny Doc on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:17:21 PM PDT

      •  Iran/Hamas/Hezbollah

        Don't really care who is president because they will all have similar policies in the ME, with the exception of the war.

        by sunshineonthebay on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:19:12 PM PDT

  •  I used to read Mad Magazine - in my yout....

    and though Alfred E. Newman was a cartoon character.  Little did I realize at that time, he was really an composit of about 30% of the people in this country.

    by importer on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:24:52 PM PDT

    •  Not to mention

      that Alfred E & George W are twins separated at birth.

      by pattisigh on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:05:20 PM PDT

•  Granny for VP!

  Someone Call Obama!

  by librarianman on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:13:30 PM PDT

  •  Granny for first woman Prez!

    Someone tell Hillary!

    by Lepanto on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:14:52 PM PDT

•  LOL

  stirring the Stupid Pot

  by llamaRCA on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:14:08 PM PDT

  •  The stupid pot

    Is that the one that called the kettle black?

    by droogie6655321 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:15:38 PM PDT

    •  I know there

      is an hilarious comeback in this somewhere but I had gum surgery this morning and am flying high on Percoset and am lucky to just type something understandable.

      by llamaRCA on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:27:55 PM PDT

      •  Well, good work then

        Some people do whole radio shows in your condition.

        by droogie6655321 on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:30:06 PM PDT

        •  I don't know how they manage

          to not embarrass themselves while doing it...

          Oh, wait.

          by llamaRCA on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:32:07 PM PDT

          •  If you do it often enough, it gets easier

            and easier. Eventually, you can be just as much an asshat on percoset as you can off it.

            by Hobbitfoot on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:47:22 PM PDT

            •  Asshat is one of the perfect words. n/t

              by llamaRCA on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:06:55 PM PDT

•  Hamas is a

  terrorist organization that was elected to run Gaza.  Is that so hard to reconcile?

  by bugscuffle on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:15:59 PM PDT

•  I am tired of stupid. We have had 8 years of

  a stupid president, and look where he has taken us.

  I am also tired of the sabre-rattling towards Iran. We don;t need a president who will bomb, bomb, bomb Iran or one who has threatened to obliterate them.

  YUCK! I've had a bad pool day too.

  by blue jersey mom on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:16:39 PM PDT

•  I would include a certain religious

  leader in your headline for good measure.

  by istari5th on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:18:00 PM PDT

  •  I think he is included

    in the wider "world".

    by Granny Doc on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:18:42 PM PDT

•  here's some good news, granny:

  an actual, real-life 10,000 person anti-war protest has shut down all west coast freight ports.

  HOORAY for some real-world action!!!

  Hooray for the dockworkers!

  Reuters covered it here!

  not a whisper here, though! :-(

  by netguyct on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:18:26 PM PDT

  •  Wow, it's about time!

    by Lepanto on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:22:25 PM PDT

  •  HA! I spoke too soon... it was just covered:

    here

    by netguyct on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:35:02 PM PDT

  •  Labor movement

    is not dead.  They kick ass!

    by martydd on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:44:22 PM PDT

•  it should be said that hamas got elected in gaza

  because fatah has been so utterly corrupt people who depend on government salaries weren't getting them, and government salaries are about all their is over there; and because hamas has a rather large intimidation factor with the utterly trapped population. They have a reputation for killing people, yes, palestinians included, that disagree with them.

  So I'm not sure I'm ready to call that a "free and fair" election as gaza is one of the most artificial and bizarre living spaces on earth.

  As to why the guy endorsed obama, hamas guys like to feel important, and it might help mccain, who is likely to keep hamas in business for a long time by leaving the stalemate as it is.

  by decembersue on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:20:51 PM PDT

  •  Unless we really plan to

    control the world, we have to let these things play out.  I'm not suggesting the election was "fair and balanced".  It was however an election.  A close examination of Florida, 2000, would create similar dismay.

    by Granny Doc on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:24:23 PM PDT

•  The stupidest comment in wordls history, by HRC:

  Since we are talking stupidity here:

  "Rich people, God Bless us..."

  Said by the woman in her "interview" with O'Reilly, as I understand it.

  by RaulVB on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:29:54 PM PDT

  •  Should read "World's history" (n/t)

    by RaulVB on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:30:23 PM PDT

  •  She was trying

    to be "charming" and then went on to say, pretty much, that rich people like her and O'Reilly should pay their fair share.

    by Hedwig on Thu May 01, 2008 at 02:45:16 PM PDT

    •  Context is everything

      by martydd on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:40:47 PM PDT

•  and while the world crumbles around us

  the MSM is completely obsessed with the real important stories - the latest being The Suicide of The DC Madam.

  by Anna M on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:03:51 PM PDT

•  Hey Doc

  Maybe you've seen this...maybe not, but it might help lift you out of those poll blues.

  Claire McCaskill speaking today:

  While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate have yet to state their preferences in the race for the Democratic nomination, sources said Tuesday that most of them have already made up their minds and have told the campaigns where they stand.

  "The majority of superdelegates I've talked to are committed, but it is a matter of timing," said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). "They're just preferring to make their decision public after the primaries are over. ... They would like someone else to act for them before they talk about it in the cold light of day."

  Obama currently holds an 18-13 lead among committed superdelegates in the Senate, while Clinton holds a 77-74 lead in the House. Asked which way the committed-but-unannounced superdelegates are leaning, McCaskill -- who has endorsed Obama -- said: "James Brown would say, 'I Feel Good.'"

  by pattisigh on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:34:11 PM PDT

•  You need to explain this TO BARACK OBAMA

  We keep claiming that we want to spread democracy, but we really mean we want to spread Democracy, only if we like who you elect.  

  And after you explain that, you need to explain what happens if we don't
  like who you elect. Author William Blum calls it Killing Hope.
  Rev.Jeremiah Wright and I call it state-sponsored terrorism.
  While a debate about those terms may be legitimate, debate about
  this one isn't : hypocrisy is what you are practicing if you style yourself
  the arsenal and champion of democracy and then proceed to Squash it
  everywhere it rears its ugly little head (yes, Virginia, democracy is ugly),
  from Greece in 1947, to Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 (surely the original
  sin at the heart of what we are going through now), to Arbenz in Guatemala
  in 1954, to Ho Chi Minh in VietNam in 1956, to Juan Bosch in the Dominican
  Republic in 1954, to Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti in 1994, oops, I forgot
  ROBERTO D'AUBUISSON (bad guy) in El Salvador in 1982....

  My point is simply that when Barack Obama claims he is repudiating
  Rev.Wright's characterization of American military actions as terrorism,
  Sen. Obama IS LYING.  You cannot "repudiate" facts!
  You cannot repudiate William Blum's book either.

  by ge0rge on Thu May 01, 2008 at 03:34:52 PM PDT

  •  your points are fine by me, BUT LOL calm down

    your tone is way off.

    who are you angry with? With Obama--for cutting his connections after Rev. Wright mocked white America, in his nasal voice?

    the US has done bad things; no shit.  Obama has Indonesian family.  Don't you think he knows how hypocritical our "spreading of freedom and democracy" can be?

    by distraught on Thu May 01, 2008 at 04:23:07 PM PDT

    •  IF he knows we're hypocritical...

      then he's worse than a hypocrite for claiming
      to be "repudiating" someone who merely told the
      truth about how bad our actions were.
      And while Obama may know this you may rest well assured that the average American DOES NOT,
      SO, NO, I will not moderate my tone.
      THESE FACTS need to be SHOUTED FROM SOME ROOFTOPS
      BY A CHORUS OF MILLIONS until they become as
      well-known as the "fact" that "of course" Barack
      Obama is a Muslim himself.

      by ge0rge on Fri May 02, 2008 at 01:11:50 PM PDT