A few minutes ago a guy from Wisconsin won the position of Vice President of College Democrats of America.

Very cool.

I thought that I wanted to run for communications director, but honestly, I find it more rewarding working on other people’s campaigns than running myself. Sure, I would LOVE to hold elected office someday, but until that point I really want to work with other candidates.

Until I see the pay that staffers make. $1500/month. A lot of people live with supporters, but if you had to live in some appartment or keep a car that is just nuts. Totally impossible for me, especially with my student loans.

But you have to love it, I guess.

After spending a weekend with the Wisconsin College Dems I am tempted to stay in state. Meh, I figure I go to UWM this fall (I need to be at home for this fall, at least) Then I go back for a semester at Loyola and apply at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I will stick to Loyola until I am accepted at Madison, then I will decide.

Either way, I’m happy.

Saint Louis is a war zone

I’m here in the middle of it, at the College Democrats convention.

Street lights are out, trees are scattered, part of the airport flew onto the highway.

And it is really fucking hot.

On the way down we hit torrential rain. Made good time though. The policy in the car was “As long as I can see a white line, we are going to keep going.” The chair of the Wisconsin State College Democrats totaled her car by hydroplaning into a ditch. She is still here, however. Should be a much better ride home.

Here is a screencap from Think Progress

Aww. Cute. I want my politically charged poster-sized drawing to be viewed on the senate floor.

Senator Brownback is noting that a girl was created by a frozen embryo. This is a picture from said girl

Full Video (Quicktime)

From the Think Progress:

Brownback is misleading. The embryos funded by H.R. 810 were “created for the purposes of in vitro fertilization…which are spare or in excess of clinical need and in every single case are slated for medical waste.” Only about 10 percent of embryos are adopted — the rest are disposed of. If H.R. 810 passes, they will instead be used to develop potentially live-saving cures for millions of people.

So, George W. Bush did it again. He said Sh*t to Tony Blair. Twice! Wow!

From The Australian:
>Mr Bush was caught saying that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for “Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t”. “What they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this s**t, and it’s over,” Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a leaders’ lunch at the Group of Eight industrial countries gathering here.

Now he didn’t know the mic was on. OK then.

Crooks and Liars has the video

Alright, so this isn’t that big of a deal, right? The guy said what I would have said. Basically exactly as I would have said it.

But… our president, in personal communication, evidently can’t say shit.

Or anything else for that matter…

Lets go down what other crazy liberals are saying:

Tom, in Atlanta Georgia, writes: “Gravatar Jeez… What a complete asshole… I cannot believe this guy is our ‘Decider’… Man, can he, will he ever get a f**ckin clue? I wish they would have caught a candid - “GW is such a f**cking dich-head, Yo Blair? Complete dick!”"

Bonkers says: Candid? That’s a nice way of putting it. I think ShitForBrains-In-Chief is more appropriate. Very classy guy, this faux-texas turd. And do me a favor and stop telling the people of the world that you represent me. Ahhh, nevermind. Have another muffin, you Cedar Fighting Mango Man Decider Idiot.

And I love this one

Richard Clearly writes: Just great! A president who uses profanity when talking to other world leaders, chews with his mouth open, and talks to others with his mouth full. Now I am convinced that Barbara Bush threw away the baby and kept the afterbirth. What a ptiful excuse for a human being we have for president.

Here is one I agree with:

Space Cowboy writes: I’m actually glad this happened. Now all the puritan theocrat nimrods in this country can see from their own appointed leader how people normally speak in conversation. The exaggerated fear of words in this country is beyond pathetic.

Alright.

I have been on a bomb tangent lately. I really want a sparkler bomb. So I called up the Somewhat Local Fireworks Store and asked how much it would cost to have, the now on sale, quantity required to make said sparkler bomb. Turns out it is going to run me $100-150. Of course, they can’t talk to me about that specific use of sparklers… Now if I bought it BEFORE the 4th

So now I have a decision to make. Do I buy said amount of sparklers and use them next year, or buy them next year for $100 more… I don’t really have $150, but I really want my 5 seconds of sparker bomb goodness…

Anyways, some company wants to have people in Colorado, whose organic farms are getting savagely destroyed, blow up the underground bunker (err, home) of Prairie dogs. Using a mixture of oxygen and propane you essentially take out basically anything close to the surface with explosive goodness. Including Prairie Dogs.

Now there is a battle of people who like Prairie dogs, even thought they are basically rodents. The same people who probably eat organic foods.

You know, I don’t really care how this works out. But how much do you want to bet that the company who offers this has a patent on mixing propane with oxygen. I wish I had a patent on something totally obvious like the idea of using black powder and magnesium to make white exposions. Then I could make money from my theoretical sparkler bomb and make a profit every time any white firework goes off. And flashbangs. I could make money on flashbangs.

Cool.