to the nader haters

the two front runners for the democratic nomination are clinton and obama. however, the person that does the best in every poll in regards to a general election, is john edwards. edwards beats every republican challenger. edwards is a white male southerner (think carter and bill clinton, the last two democratic presidents) with a populist, blue collar image. in short, he is just the kind of guy who could cop a couple of "red" states and pull out a general election. this clear fact has not stopped most democrats from drowning in the shallow sea of identity politics. of course, it is their right to support hillary or obama, however unlikely it is that either can win a general election, just as i will support dennis kucinich. my question is; if you support a candidate who can not win a general election, are you throwing the election to the republican party? will us third party voters have the right to blame you when iran is invaded by the next republican president? will the hillary and obama voter of today be scorned and ridiculed as the nader voter of yesterday was?
hint to the clueless; people have the right to vote for the person they think is the best candidate. when the red sox play the yankees, i root for the sox, not because i think they will win, but because i want them too. likewise, i will vote for kucinich in the democratic primary, and a third party candidate in the general election (i have heard cynthia mckinney wants the green party nomination), not because i think these candidates will win, but rather, because they will hold views closer to mine. that is supposed to be what this is about. however, if elections are a defensive chess records game where we vote to keep "worse" candidates from taking tyrone power, then why are so many people (many of the same people, in fact, who castigated supporting nader) supporting someone (clinton) who 50 percent of the electorate is on record as saying they will not vote for, (this means she has no chance of winning for those of you who are not mathematically inclined) while others are supporting a black man with a muslim name? (of course, this is not a reason to not vote for obama, but do his supporters really think that racist, narrow minded, ignorant, america will really vote for him, whatever his policies are?)
so, you hillary and obama supporters, vote for who you want.
just let the rest of us do the same.

i must be crazy. i left the eddie house to walk through a driving rainn flip wilson storm just to blog. i, with hundreds of jazz cd's in my possession, currently sit in an overheated branch library thinking in vain for the right pun. what's goin on? this ain't livin, this ain't livin.

the new democracy; people get to vote for the winner of various competitions on television. yes, it is good to know that freedom and liberty still thrive. by the way, i'm still pissed over how dolittle was robbed. her "as long as he needs me" still lingers in my brain, like a glass of champaigne. but of course, they went with jordan, because the sparks did fly when she sang how deep is the billy ocean. joan cried a rivers over her interpretation. but, the point is, we, the people, made the call. it wasn't some communist elite who forced us to vote in a certain way. and for this, we can be proud.

saw a bumber sticker which read "american by birth. union by choice." sorry, iww.

i was recently informed that the maker of my stereo doesn't exist anymore. does that mean i'm supposed to run out and replace it? the ability to buy and replace consumer goods is another of our glorious freedoms. and there are other choices too. we can choose between time and newsweek, jet and ebony, the times or the globe, baseball or basketball, nbc or cbs, saturday night live or mad tv. ohh, the wonderous power of the modern american. and sadly, we seem contented with our pathetic power. in any case, my word to you is that i will use things until they don't work anymore, and even then, i will give them every chance to start working again. i will not burn (literally) my cd collection because some jerk off invented an ipod, i will not run out and buy a computer when i can walk to the library to use one, and i will not buy clothes because some celebrity puts their name on them. can you deal with that america?

peace peeps. i wish i was digging yusef at peps, smokin a philly.

i guess the blog will have to do until the real thing comes along.