Dear Democratic Politicians:

You have a tough choice ahead of you, several of them actually.

You can either do the things you need to do to get re-elected, or you can do the things you need to do to get money to be re-elected.

You have a majority in the Senate and the House. You have the White House. Not stop acting like you're the av club at a frat party and you're gonna get beat up.

We, the people, you remember us right? We sent you there to do a couple of things.

1. Healthcare, single payer or strong public option. No fucking triggers. We all know that any conditions you set up now will only be watered down by insurance vampires later.

2. And BTW- your base is mostly women, our health care matters too. Sell out our reproductive systems and just see how hard it is for you to get fundraisers set up come election time.

2. Stop fucking around with bi-partisan ship. It's a freaking pipe dream and is NOT how our system is set up. Most of you are lawyers. You know about our adversarial justice system. Our political system is the same thing, adversarial, for a reason. If our system was set up for bi-partisanship then we would have more than 2 main parties and have all sorts of laws about how coalition governments are formed. But we don't have that. We have a 51 percent, majority rules system because both sides are supposed to fight with each other. You and your fuzzy across the aisle talk are breaking the system.

3. The economy, the economy, the economy. Everyone not made rich under Bush is hurting bad. That means just about everyone. Do something, preferably something that puts more money in the hands of people and not bonuses in the paychecks of banksters.

4. Don't wanna be seen as the mommy party? Then start acting like you're just as mad as the rest of us over stagnant wages and crooked bosses and corporate thievery and a financial system that can hold the whole world hostage. Just because we don't sink to the lying, tantrum throwing asshatery of the right doesn't mean we don't have a right, shit, an obligation to be mad at what has been done to our country and ourselves. How can we ever think you'll stand up for us when you spend all your time sniveling?

5. The LBGT community and women got you elected. Dance with the ones that brought you mother fuckers. Overturn doma and dadt, protect bodily autonomy, and don't fucking apologize for ensuring human rights for everyone. That is not something that should ever be compromised.

We are mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore. You can join us pissed off masses and do your jobs, or you lose your jobs.

I wasn't totally off my rocker last night

I was, in fact, in the middle of a silent police action.

So much for this being a "good" neighborhood.

What if we all took the day off

No work, paid or not. No phones answered, emails sent, meeting scheduled, copies made, letters typed, reports filed.

No toilets scrubbed, sheets changed, towels folded, dishes washed, meals cooked, dinners served.

No groceries bagged, no items scanned, no inventory counted. No bottoms wiped, dressings changed, homework graded.

No puts scrubbed, weeds pulled, recycling sorted. No lessons taught, no stories read.

No more work, until our work is paid for.


ETA+ I fucked up the link originally- it should now be going to the right place

that last paragraph

This story about a gypsy childhood just hits me in the chest.

I changed schools 17 times. If I could, I'd live out of a suitcase bouncing around the world from one place to another. But the Kid, the Kid still complains because we changed houses once in the last 6 years- not schools but houses.

Oh to be on the road I would give anything.

And in the very very near future- I will be. (Details are still top secret- I shall fill you all in when I can).

It's about motherfucking time

h/t to Od (yes, we spend way too much time together chatting online- what of it?) for sending me this most impressive piece of awesome.

get your own motherfucking blog asshole

How bloggers waste time- surreal edition

You should know, before reading this, that my gmail status is set to "Hold on there Margaret Atwood, you'll get shaken baby syndrom" and that is why I am Margaret. OD is Sparkles because she is mildly peeved that I stole that for my staus before she did. Sucker.

me: Yes- sparkles- I know you are off doing important things, but i thought I should tell someone that i appear to be in the center of a silent police action- lots of flashing lights but no sirens, and a helicopter circling around with big spotlights

Ouyang: not sure why you are still online there margaret...

me: because sleep is for the weak

Ouyang: many moons, no sleep

me: sure

Ouyang: that's how I roll

me: a rolling stone gathers no sleep

Ouyang: it's hard to sleep w/ all that moss choking you anyway

me: true dat

I like calling you sparkels

sparkles

I think I shall keep it up

Ouyang: it's a fun name

and makes me want to kill unicorns

me: Actually- I think it should be Sparkles Glitterbits

Ouyang: hmm...cani have tassels?

it would also be my stripper stage name

me: tassel pasties yes

my stripper name is.....

Margaret Atwood

Ouyang: or mmy superhero name...and my power would be shitting rainbows

me: pissing rainbows more like

you'd shit magical honey turds

Ouyang: i would shit glitter and honey and piss rainbows, then?

all before bedtime

me: yep

stripper name or my little pony name- it could go either way

Ouyang: I can't find any kale, so I tink I will be serving meatballs w/ a nice salad

me: spam meatballs salad and spam

or just meatballs salad and spam

Ouyang: spam spam, spam meatballs, spam soup, salad and spam

me: ah- that's my favorite

unless it's spam, spam cake and spam

that's a good one too

Ouyang: spam cake spam spam frosting spam spam icecream and spam

me: this entire convo may have to be poster- it's too surreal for anyone to believe

Ouyang: BURMA!

me: spam,chicken and spam, spam lemonade and BURMA!

Do not go gently into that good spam

fight fight for the dying of the spam

Ouyang: you are so funny when you are sleep deprived

me: I've heard that before

and off topic 9was there a topic) I have decided that Ann was the kickass of the Bronte sisters. Screw Charlotte.

Ouyang: i am horribly underread

and no, there was no 9 topic

me: are you making fun of my typos disease

that's typist

and wrong

Ouyang: i would never...

margaret

Edited to add
Ouyang: you forgot to mention my obsession w/ spam

me: if they can't remember that I posted an entire video about spam dedicated to you then they are too dumb to be reading

Ouyang: bwahahaha

Somehow

I have to learn how to make a gluten free version of this plus add the lights and sound effects in time for the Kid's birthday next March.


I am fairly sure that peace in the middle east is an easier prospect than a wheat free, special effects ladden tardis cake.