Thoughts…

• As proud as I am of our nation right now I’m pretty disappointed in California (specifically Southern California) for passing Prop 8.  Sorry, gay people.  Next election maybe we can pass a proposition that says “No Fat Chicks.”

• Every time the news stations cut to a GOP election “party” I like to count the the young, dark-skinned people I see; it doesn’t take me very long.

• I wish I were black and could proclaim through tears how I feel like anything is possible for me and children now.  Luckily, Obama is also part white so I feel like I can at least halfway keep on believing that whitey still runs world.

• Barack Obama sounds so smooth when he talks. I’m thinking about putting on a mix CD of his speeches the next time I’m in the mood… for love.

• Part of me is slightly disappointed we won’t have Sarah Palin to kick around anymore.  Can we get her a reality TV show immediately?

• I am happy to see that almost 5 million Facebook users voted or at least said they did.  I guessing most of them were people under 30 and the rest of them just didn’t want to feel left out.  I can live with voting as a status symbol.  (My votes be spinnin’!  They spinnin’!!)

• Sasha and Malia get a puppy??? I want to be jealous of this and force my own father to become president so I too can get a puppy but those kids are adorable!  I would totally buy them 8 million puppies.

An open letter to the new president…

Dear Barack,

I feel ok calling you by your first name because that’s how you sign the outrageous number of emails you send me every day.  Needless to say I feel like we are pals which is perfect because I’ve always wanted a black friend.  So as one of your closest buds let me be the first to say, “Welcome to the jungle.”  America and the world are a mess.  Let me be clear here, this statement has nothing to do with my love for either, as I love them both very much despite my urgings to burn this planet in favor of colonizing space.  But much like the alcoholic uncle who spends one too many thanksgivings shouting at the dinning room wall, my love does not keep me from seeing that perhaps a few weeks at the BFC might do us all some good.    Want another analogy? You’ve just been handed the keys to a car that with a check engine light on and smoke raising from the hood,  and that some of us would just assume trade in for a sleek, new European model.  Now you’ve not only got to drive it in the right direction but you’re going to have to do some serious repair work while you steer and, most importantly, you’re going to have to keep us all on board for the trip.  And although some of us were not even sure you were “experienced” enough to even have a license, it looks like you’re the man now, dog.  You’ve got a majority in both the House and the Senate for the next two years at least.  And, more importantly, you have a majority of us - Americans and the world - buying into what you’re selling.  We are here, hoping, waiting, and ready for a revolution, please don’t let us down…

Sincerely,

America

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