
2009. The year of doing without for some and just whining about not being able to update toys for others. 2009. The year a man of color became president for the first time in our history and some ignorant racists reacted by carrying signs of that colored president in White face like the minstrel shows of long ago. 2009. The year Joe Wilson's War on decorum won a decisive victory for insecure white males everywhere. The year the Democrats became the Bureaucrats , foregoing progressive vision for short-sighted blind devotion to lobbyists and republicannibalizing of health care and global warming issues. So here are the five favorite reminders of why many are glad this year and decade are over:
1. Texting/Tweeting/ Social Networking- The continued need for people to pollute the world with their lame videos, awkward attempts at humor, and "friending" anyone who gave them the time of day proved that the country had no idea how stupid it looked to anyone on the outside. That plummeting sound is the IQ of all of us, present company included. When will the day come when we don't have to actually talk to each other face to face? When will shorthand just evaporate into sh.....?
2.Heep big trouble in the land of plenty- The unemployment goes up, up, up,while the values of everything go down, down, down. Thank god we were anesthetized by on line books, hand held videos, and other technology designed to keep our eye on the nice birdie while the burglars ransacked the whole country. It must be hard for all of us if we can only afford the 40 inch plasma TV and 200 dollar tickets to U2. Life must really suck, America.
3.Reality TV stars versus people of substance- Discuss- Access Hollyweird, E! News So True, So False, So What, Jon and Kate plus Hate, The beginning of one of the couple names combined with the beginning of the other couple name to bring about such oddities as Kate and Alex Hudriguez or Brangelina or Satan and Dick Cheney resulting in the movie Legion. Yes, reality stars were big news all over this year and the decade. Screw Molecular Engineers and Cornell West, when it comes to the zietgeist of the red, white and blues, the more vapid climb more rapid, and The Hills is always more interesting than the Capitol Hills.
4. I'm with stupid- See Jeff Sessions entire career, also reference all live interviews on Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity involving white people holding placards depicting Dachau or other Holocaust horrors without indicating one iota of knowledge about the history of the world according to everyone who actually lived through it.
5. Whispery wimps singing about their sensitive lives- Rock and roll was meant to be played loud with no respect for the current ruling class. One more toothpick singing about his latest relationship on a grandfalloon or fiddle and AC will personally see that their ear drums blead from our rude late night parties featuring every song your parents told you was written by the devil. By the way , those songs were written by the devil. Jesus digs jazz. Just listen to Coltrane on Giant Steps or Alabama. Rock is the home for people who gave up caring a long time ago and have the bail card to prove it. Long live rock, indie posers. For AC, just hook us up to some DC in Washington or elsewhere and we are good to go for weeks at a time.





Joe Lieberman is going to celebrate Hannukah this year with eight continuous nights of whining and kvetching about Joe Lieberman. He plans to give a gift to American each night, starting with cheaply wrapped chocolates and ending with a resignation speech. Thanks, Joe. You really know how to put the "ah" in Hannukah.
