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So I voted for Ron Paul. Some will say it’s a wasted vote that means nothing and part of me agrees with them. Another part of me feels that everyone who votes for Paul are sending a message to the Republican party. That message is the new age conservatives care more about independence, liberty and true fiscal conservative policies than we do about which church someone belongs to or who you’re sleeping with. I hope they hear that message but if history is to hold true, they didn’t even notice it.

Okay, so now that I exposed who I voted for, here’s my rationalization for not voting for:

• Romney. He’s a flip-flopper. He’s anti-FairTax. He strongly feels the Constitution needs to be amended to define marriage as being between a man and a woman in order to protect the institution of marriage and provide a mother and father for every child. Now I’m not saying gay-marriage is major issue for me in this election. What I am saying is that anyone who believes the Constitution should be used as a dictionary and feels the government is responsible for guiding your moral compass is a fucking fruit cake who would scare the shit out of me if in office.
• Huckabee. He believes the Bible is a better governing document than the Constitution. The Constitution is not perfect but religion has no place in government. As much as I admire him for doing helping to bring the FairTax into the public eye, I’m so steadfast in my beliefs about religion and politics being separate, that it would be hypocritical for me to cast my vote for him.
• McCain. Not only is he anti-FairTax, he voted against the tax cuts. I don’t care who the tax cuts are for, they are good. Taxes are bad. We should all pay less. Furthermore, he’s a career politician (isn’t ‘change’ the buzzword this election? … isn’t it every election?). Finally, he’s been weak in regards to illegal immigration (although he claims to have changed his tune).

Time to watch the results roll in. Where’s my beer?

I’ve been waiting to post about the Georgia Primary until the Florida Primary was complete. It was in hope that someone would rise above the gambit of characters and help me make a clear decision. Someone definitely rose, but my decision is still anything but clear.

As much as I want to be considered an independent voter, I just can’t ever see myself voting Democrat. Their philosophy of letting Mama Gov’t take care of every person’s individual needs is just too much for me. Granted, Republicans aren’t much better with their laws to enforce morality but I agree with their fiscal policy (even though they don’t execute it very well) so I’m registered with their party.

With that said, my options are a plenty…

Well before Bush’s second term, I had decided Giuliani would be my man in the ‘08 general election and prior to announcing his candidacy he was polling well across the country. Today I hear he’s going to drop out and endorse McCain. That’s fine. Early on in this contest I decided to not vote for Rudy. I’ve never seen someone with so much going for him run a campaign so poorly (save for maybe Thompson who has already quit).

Huckabee was my front runner for a long time but that was only due to his strong advocacy for the FairTax. Now that we’re closer to actually voting, I’m having serious second thoughts. He’s too religious. I don’t want anyone to use the strong arm of the law to tell me the way in which I should live. As long as I’m not directly hurting someone else, leave me alone.

Ron Paul’s message sounds inspiring. He has no chance but a vote for him could help ’send a message’ that old school conservatives have lost touch with reality. He says he’ll sign the FairTax which is a +100 in his column but his ‘pull out now and leave the Iraqis to figure it out on their own’ is a little simpleminded in my opinion.

McCain has come out of nowhere to be a serious contender. I actually voted for him in the ‘00 primary. Now I’m not too sure. He thinks the FairTax won’t work, major loss of points. He’s weak on immigration. Other than that, he’s not a bad candidate. Unfortunately those two points are two of my biggest issues.

Romney is a pathetic.

I’m clueless.

Last text message on my phone: 11:34p “Waiting for you outside”

Last update to Facebook: 1:20a “David is not exactly sober.”

I woke up this morning with a memory of being at Atkins Park in the Highlands (yeah, I know, not my idea) and of walking Dog when I got home. The entire middle is blank. I have a vague memory of being at the Majestic but no memory of eating.

My knee is scuffed up and my jeans have blood on them.

I’m too old for this shit.

I started a cooking class last week. It’s the Aprons deal through Publix. Last week we learned how to hold a knife, cut, and yell, “KNIFE! BEHIND YOU! SHARP!” while walking through the kitchen. I’ve carried these new found skills to the office and can be heard saying, “HOLE PUNCHER! AT MY DESK! HOLEY!” I’m rad.

Last night was week two, the topic was emulsions a.k.a. salad dressing. I’m not a fan of salad dressing. I never put it on my salad therefore I have little use for it. Ranch is good on homemade potato chips though. We didn’t learn how to make ranch. We did sear/bake some salmon. I’ve never been much of a fish fan but I must say, it was pretty damn tasty. Maybe my taste buds are changing in my old age.

I’m going to the Marylin Manson show tonight with a couple of my new neighbors. One is a huge fan, the other agreed to go while drunk and has been regretting it ever since. Sucks to be her. Other than the radio hits MM has had, I’ve never listened to much of his music. I do dig the whole goth/emo look though. I’m hoping to score with a tattooed and/or pierced goth chick tonight. If girls didn’t hate their fathers, I don’t know how I would ever get laid*.

I’ll write about the show tomorrow, or I won’t. You’ll just have to wait and find out, or you won’t.

*For some reason that sentence actually makes sense in my head.

It’s January 19th and this is my first blog post of 2008. So much for that whole, “I’m really going to start blogging more in ‘08.” Yeah…

I saw Cloverfield during lunch yesterday. It was pretty rad. I highly recommend it. It’s like Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla (I can’t help but pronounce that Godzirra whenever I say it thought). Disappointed I missed the “easter egg” at the end. Guess I need to sneak in and try to catch that.

This post really serves no purpose. Consider it a place holder. More to come… maybe.

The NFL is blacking out the Falcons last game of the season this Sunday. Fucking lame. I’m sure there is some big money corporate reason for it but as a fan, it’s pretty much a big greasy slap in the face. I’ve watched every disappointing game this season (except the other blacked out game against SF) and now I’m told I can’t watch what should be an equally disappointing final game of the season.

Sure, I could buy a ticket and go to the game but I have a reason not do that, too. It’s just so damn frustrating. I want to be a fan. I want to watch my team through thick AND thin. Tell me why I should support my team when the league won’t even let me watch a game on TV? Give me something… stream it online. Put it on The NFL Network (which I don’t get but at least it’s an alternative). Give me something… if you won’t, I’ll find something else to entertain me next season. God knows the Falcons are still going to be shit anyways.

Is this REALLY how the league thinks they’ll get fan support for the Falcons again after everything that happened this year with Vick, Petrino, and a disastrous season?

I’ve previously mentioned my disdain for the new Project 9-6-1 but today they went too far. When I got in the car this morning, I was welcomed to ‘Last Christmas’ by WHAM!. For God’s sake. This used to be the ‘we eat kittens for snacks’ radio station and now they are playing WHAM!? What the fuck happened here? The Buzz would have never done this. Radio in Atlanta sucks.

Absolute. Fucking. Worthless. Piece of shit.

Saw this video clip on the news this morning and had to re-post it. This dude has quite possibly married the most awesome woman ever. This is the type of chick I’m holding out for. Check it out.

Since I’m on a roll with posts about how crappy ComCast is, I thought I would share with you this little gem I came across today. engadget is covering a report that ComCast has sent The NFL Network a ‘cease and desist’ letter in regards to the website iwantnflnetwork.com which encourages people to switch to a provider that offers the channel.

Dear ComCast,

Instead of threatening a TV network which has programming so good that people are willing to change providers, why not spend your efforts, money, and resources on providing the channel? It would be great if you would offer that channel in HD as well (DirecTV does).

Your regrettable customer,
David P Brown

PS. You really suck.