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Spring and Bullshit are in the Air

eastbluffbarbie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:43:38 +0000

I’m tired of all the campaign bullshit of this season. Build the Block can bite my ass as far as I’m concerned. Maybe if they spent the money they use to mail me a flyer every other day and advertise to build the museum, the son of a bitch would be built already. They want the taxpayers to foot the bill for a plan that isn’t even concrete. If I went the bank and asked for a twenty year open line of credit, they would want a specific business plan not generalities and bullshit. They don’t have commitments from IMAX or even commitments for the rest of the funding. They don’t know how much admission will be but it will pay for itself. If I went to the bank with this load of sputum they would laugh in my face yet we are supposed to open our wallets and let them have at it? I think not.

I live in the East Bluff which is also part of the hot and heavy third district city council race. Tim Riggenbach has also showered me with flyers. One of my favorites said the Tim knows neighborhoods, he lives in one. Well, holy shit! I must be an auto mechanic because I own a car. I also must be an exotic dancer because I have a g-string. Don’t insult my intelligence. Just because I’m in the lowly part of the third district, south of War Memorial, doesn’t mean that I don’t have a brain in my head. I haven’t exactly seen him in my neck of the woods campaigning and his latest literature has quotes for friends and neighbors, the majority of which are North of War Memorial. I’m glad he expects the North half of the district to carry him but when the lowly peons in the Southern half need his help and we will, I expect him to treat us just as he would treat them.

Now I seen on the Peoria Chronicle that Build the Block and Tim Riggenbach both got there campaign mailers produced and sent from out of state. To be fair you have to include Patrick Nichting in that same bunch. His flyers were produced by Victory also. I’m all for calling bullshit but call bullshit on everyone not just a select few.

Enjoy your weekend and remember after April 7th all the it will all be over with. Hopefully the best candidate will win and not the one with the most money and flash. Please vote!

It’s almost over!

eastbluffbarbie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:00:14 +0000

I went and voted today. Thank God this is almost over. I am so tired of this political season that it isn’t even funny. I’m tired of Joe the plumber, Sheldon the shit shoveller or whoever the “everyman” is that is being propped up at the moment. I’m tired of an answering machine full of political calls and getting ten dead trees worth of political mail a week. I’m tired of letters of endorsement from people because some of us are smart enough to make a decision without being told who to vote for by various public officials. Shit, I’ve gotten endorsement letters from people that I had no idea who the fuck they were. I’m tired of certain campaigns putting a yard sign in our yard without permission. Guess what? I made it into a yard sale sign when we had neighborhood garage sales. Take that!
Sad to say that no matter who wins we are fucked and we will be that way for a while. The problems of the current administration won’t be fixed over night. It is easy to tie a knot in a shoelace but it sure is a bitch getting it out.
So go vote with the knowledge that this seemly never ending cluster fuck of a political season is almost over. Only about 2 more years before the same bullshit starts all over again!

The Post Election Future is Scary

eastbluffbarbie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:16:13 +0000

With the upcoming election I have realized how scary the future is. There are all these stories about voter registration fraud. Signing up the starting line up of the Dallas Cowboys – mildly entertaining. Then it crossed the line. I heard someone signed up Duran Duran, not the members of the band mind you, but First Name: Duran; Last Name: Duran. WTF? How stupid are these people? You don’t have to be an evil genius to open a phone book or any book for that matter and find more realistic names. At least use band names like Molly Hatchet or Jethro Tull. Shit, and what happened to the classics? Have they exhausted Mike Hunt, Peter Dragon, John P. Ness, Dick Hertz, I.P. Freely and Seymour Butts?
Here is the really scary part. After the election these brain surgeons will be unemployeed. They are going to be bagging our groceries, making our Big Macs, wiping our asses when we head off to the home and generally spreading douchebaggery where ever they go. Oh, I shudder to think of it.