Monday, October 13, 2008

How can you tell a snake because not all snakes rattle?

When I was little an old man in one of the towns I grew up in told me "How can you tell a snake because not all snakes rattle?" I never quite understood the meaning until this weekend. My girlfriend of six years and future Mrs. Donny Sunshine, was flirted with by one of my best buddies while I have been away with college. Granted, it takes two to tango but she came to me whenever he came to her. This guy, I treated like a brother, I would have given him the shirt off of my back but then again my shirt was never enough. Now sitting back thinking about how it all went by, he always wanted whatever I had. When I got my first job and was the first one of us to get a PSP, he darn near broke his neck trying to win PSP at the in-school contest. When I got the DS he was right behind me, when I got an A+ he had to demoralize what I had. Our first prom his senior my junior prom, when I went to the bathroom I come back to see him dancing with her. When I come home for football games he had nothing to say to me but would gladly speak to her. But, for as long as I can remember he always eyed after her but could never get her and now I just have to trust her to keep away from him long enough until I can sit down face to face with the man and let him know that this is a happy home and he is not welcomed here. Out of all the people in my friendship "camp" I would have never suspected him. I guess as long as a snake does not rattle, you can never tell it is there.

If Governor Palin was black. . . .

After the debate they invited the family members of each candidate to the stage. My surprise look at Governor Palin's young daughter carrying Palin's youngest daughter. Oh wait I am sorry that is the daughter's daughter? But she is only seventeen and had a child out of wed-lock? Oh wow, how come nobody bother to pick up on this? If Palin was black the opposite party would have ate her alive. "Look at her daughter, how could Palin possibly be second in command to run the country when she cannot even run her household?", "Just like the stereotype, young single woman no father no family values." or any other various put downs towards young single black mothers under the age of eighteen. Conservatives, last time I checked(unless I did not get the memo in any one my five emails) support the fact of waiting until your married to start a family? So why is not anybody going after Governor Palin and her daughter. This is not patty-cake this is politics people, why is not one after her? Oh wait it is because she is not African-American.

Oh wow the internet in the apartments is back on!!!!

A few days ago at the "political round table," I was under fire for my remarks against Governor Palin and was not until the end that I was finally allowed to speak as to way I am against Palin. For starters Palin is the single thing that is keeping me from voting for McCain. I started loving McCain and started to like the idea of Palin until the governor started to speak. Governor Palin reminds me of the bouncy stereotypical female cheerleader who does nothing more than smile. After hearing the her speak with Katie Couric, my heart stopped. This governor has no ability to think on her feet, suffers from a case of extreme short-sightness, and appears to be nothing more than a scripted puppet. At the table my friend brought up that he was rather entertain and proud of the Governor Palin and the way that she has able to handle herself in a debate. Many other news panelist agreed with my friend that Palin handle herself well. *sigh* People it is like handing a banana to a hungry monkey and expecting it not to eat the banana. It is too easy, all she had to do was open mouth and she mad a small progress. During the speech she did not do anything except for smile, agree with McCain, make terrible jokes and tried not to stutter. Look at her when she was speaking during the debate, she keep looking down as she read off of something and kept back-tracking on whatever statement she was trying to make. Rather she said the wrong word, or skipped a line. I am serious people take a look. All night she took cheap shots at Senator Biden, and I feel bad for Biden because if he really went after her he would have been seen as a women hating "sob" for lack of a better word. The Republican party really dropped the ball with Governor Palin, instead of trying to cash in on Hilary Clinton's voters (whom the vast majority dislike everything that Palin stands for) and counteract Obama's youth they should have picked someone who was better able to stand up for themselves (remember vice president is just a heartbeat away from the seat of power.) Congress is filled with many other talented females who can run circles around this playboy pin-up bunny.