Post-election Twitter party!

[trashcanman]

Okay, so the American presidential election has finally come to it's predictable conclusion and everybody can shut the fuck up and stop pretending they know shit about shit...almost. First comes a day or two of public breast beating, teeth gnashing, and overly enthusiastic worship and nuthugging. And since everybody is on Twitter these days, we are privy to the unfiltered thoughts of just about everyone. Let's take a look at some of the ridiculousness we have to suffer while famous morons pretend their votes were counted and that anything whatsoever is going to change from yesterday one way or the other. First, the excessive praise of the childlike minds of our nations pop singers:

Ugh. So he got re-elected because of himself? 'Kaaayyy. Thanks for playing.

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Freedom prevails? What was the alternative?

Greatest "nite" of her life? [facepalm.jpg]


And now the really good stuff:


gawker.com/5958376/i-cant-stop-crying-america-died-donald-trump-and-victoria-jackson-melt-down-on-twitter

Where to fucking start. Jackson's tweets are just fucking hilarious. I love that she had to tweet three separate times to first tell everyone she can't stop crying, the America dies, and then both at once. Is she aware that Obama has already been president for 4 years? So is her idea that the 5th year is the one where America self destructs because God is angry at black people? What a mess of a woman. And if you've been paying attention to Trump since half a black man was elected, he has lost more of his mind every year. Holy shit. A revolution? Really? He can't hold his horses 4 years swimming in his billions? We have to overthrow the government NOW? Because the same guy whose been doing nothing of value for 4 years is going to continue? I'm pretty sure revolutions in general never really go in favor of the universally-despised wealthy capitalist asshole. Those tend to be the ones who end up short a head or dangling from ropes. Trump's toupee would look pretty sweet on top of his head on top of a spike, though. Viva la revolucion!

So yeah, 4 more years of no hope and no change from the hope and change guy. Yay, I guess.

[Ben]

People are idiots. Obama's no savior, nor is he a devil. Hell, this country survived Jimmy Carter- Obama will be hard pressed to do worse, even with 2 terms. However, my children's children are already in debt, and I don't even have any children yet. THAT is fucked up.

[trashcanman]

Off topic, but what the hell happened to the links? All of the Twitter addresses are no longer links, but suddenly the words "continue" and "debt" are? Weird. Anyways, it would be a lot simpler to make up this debt than people think. Million/billionaires percentagewise pay a fraction of what we do in taxes in spite of the fact that they have a lot more to give. A LLLLOOOOOTTTTT more. And some corporation who know how to move money around and work their tax rebates can actually make PROFIT off of tax dollars. Taking more from people with less creates poverty, but brings in very little revenue. In addition, historically America's biggest source of revenue was not internal taxes (there used to be no income tax at all, in fact), but tariffs. When Clinton fulfilled Reagan's wet dream and granted free trade to China, he essentially shipped all of our jobs over there and traded in our largest source of tax revenue for corporate profits. There is no way out of this hole now that won't decimate the profits and trust funds of the wealthy so it's us or them. Not surprisingly, the politicians are going with them, regardless of political party. So do I really care who people vote for when regardless of the outcome the real world result will be the same? No. I do not. I don't recall them asking for our votes when joining the WTO, or invading Iraq or putting, the Patriot Act and NDAA into law, or anything else that actually matters. Democracy, my as.... I meen 0MG OBAMA 4-evah!!!!!L0L!!!YOLO! Thisis tha bestest day of mah LIFE!!!!!!LOL!!!! Justiss h@s ben donLOL!!!
NOOOO!!!!! so aangry i cant st0p crying. QQ QQ QQ I hate my lyfe soooooo much! killmekillmekillmekillmekillme!!!!! I hat Bafag Hussein 0sama more then any1. He kiled Murica! KILLED IT!!!! It no l0nger xistses anymore. M going 2 drink bleach and end it all. Gudbi creul wrld....

[The Curmudgeon]

You know, it's been way too long since ultra cynical, world weary Trashcanman reared his vicious head. I have missed him.

I won't lie, I was pleased that Obama was re-elected. Yeah, he's done nothing of any note since he was elected, and America's quest for Hope(tm) remains a baffling, vague buzz-word, but fuck.. he's better than Romney, surely.

Anyway, my own country's politics tend to go over my head, so I won't pretend to know much about America's. But someone needs to tell Cher that someone who was around when the English language was originally created really shouldn't be abusing it like that. Leave it to dimwits like Perry and Gaga to skim the political surface and regurgitate the "freedom, hope" cliches, though. Stick to dancing in your pants, ladies.

[trashcanman]

I really don't recommend delving too deeply into any country's politics, because that shit gets darker and more depressing the deeper you go. People were already acting like Romney had won at the start of this whole thing, but considering Romney is a Mormon in a country that dislikes non-protestants/catholics and, more importantly, HE WAS THE GUY WHO LOST TO THE GUY OBAMA BEAT HANDILY LAST TIME. The creme de la creme of Republican candidates was really the guy who proved he couldn't make the grade 4 years ago? Really? Also, there were debate moments like this response to Romney's whining that our military wasn't big enough (!?!?) because we needed more battleships:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3ORgw-h_4

Last time we actually needed battleships in our navy? World War II, I believe. Planes and subs area much more efficient way of sinking stuff in these modern times. So yeah, that "horses and bayonets" remark led to a torrent of online mockery along with Romney's assertion that the government-funded Public Broadcasting Service (home of classic shows like Sesame Street) needs to go, essentially making him the candidate whose platform was "kill Big Bird". Guy shot himself in the foot over and over.