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Matt to Democrats: We’re Done Here.

I’m not sure how the conservative base became so good at being so evil. Part of it may have to do with having a very exclusive party with a few key goals: fuck the poor, fuck other countries, fuck the gays (on policy and in private). Whatever it is, you’ll rarely see Republicans voting against the will of their base. Liberals, on the other hand, are an inclusive party so you have every group shouting for their voice to be heard. But it seems like no matter what subsection of the party you belong to, you want out of Iraq. Shit, even moderate Republicans want out of Iraq. The only ones who want to stay in Iraq are the ones who would never in a million years go and fight in Iraq.

But what you want to do and what you will do are two different worlds for congressional Democrats as they will likely fork over $70 billion for Uncle George’s Iraq Meat Grinder. Apparently there is no victory too small, no public outcry too deafening, no body count too tragic, no goal too vague, no opposition so minor, that the Democrats won’t ignore it completely.

So now I am a man without a party. Sure, there are some Dems I’ll support but they actually care about the liberal base and listen to their constituents rather than consistently lose at beltway politics. Cynics will argue that this proves their point about there really only being one party, but I still think there are two. One is evil and the other is incompetent. But to paraphrase the great Walter Sobchak, “Say what you will about the tenants of unremitting evil, Dude. At least it’s an ethos,”

And if after having your heart ripped out by this news wasn’t bad enough, the Democratic Party would also like to replace your organ with feces, as we get this wonderous quote:

“What is for sure is he will not get all $200 billion,” said one senior Democratic lawmaker. “Whatever number it is, it is much less than what the president asked for. For the first time in this war, he has received less than his request.”

Well yippity-fucking-yay. This is a congress that couldn’t get $10 million to help poor sick kids but making sure our warlord gets $70 billion instead of $200 billion is a “victory”. Why not just give him $199,999,999.99? It’s less than he asked for; victory! Do these sad sacks of shit not realize that it isn’t the dollar amount that matters (unless that amount is zero), but rather that it functions as implicit support for this endless war? Or do they just not care because they’re afraid of tired old saws like “Cut and run,” “Not supporting the troops,” “Weak on terror,” or any other label that gets applied to them because they lack the brain and spine to define themselves?

In case you were wondering, the numbers at the top are the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq and wounded in Iraq. It’s impossible to know the amount of killed and wounded Iraqi civilians. And the people who should have said “Enough is enough,” apparently don’t think we’ve quite had our fill. But I know I’m fed up and I’m done with these cowards.

The Music Man

I’m trying to find my confidence with music. For the longest time, I had no faith in my ability to discern good music from bad music. My response to what music I liked was simply, “Whatever sounds good,” And while I still can’t effectively argue about why I like certain songs or artists as well as I can argue about movies, I feel like I can now at least begin to talk and share my opinions. I’m not going to get self-righteous, but just as others have tried opening my ears to new music, so too do I hope that what I like will be songs that you like too. Group hug. So today I’d like to showcase Neko Case, who not only allows me to have fun with her awesome name, but is a woman with a spectacular voice and a unique sound. She makes me think of Bob Dylan if he was a hot chick. She’s got a great blend of rock, country, and folk to her music and while her albums were very hit-and-miss with me, it’s rare that I’ll find an album we’re I’ll love all her tracks.

Here’s my favorite of her songs, from her album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. Enjoy!

Olbermann Special Comment – “You sir, have no business being President.”