"Undermining my electoral viability since 2001."

Mid 20s

I am now in my mid 20s, there's no use denying that, but some of us feel differently than others. Some of us are career-driven, others do their best to be latter-day Peter Pans. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up to the stars." Wilde. Great quotes. "I don't want to earn my living. I want to live."

Truth to tell, not much feels different out here; another day, another step forward with the work I've been doing. The routine remains, but I'm on the cusp of a departure. It seems like the digestive process for the past two years is just about complete. Frank and I are performing our retrospective tomorrow. Zacker and I might write a chapter for a book.

Myself, I don't feel particularly wise or knowledgable about many things. I like to pontificate, but I don't really believe that I know very much, so it always comes as a bit of a surprise when other human beings take my opinion as meaning something. In a lot of ways I like that, but I'm wary of it as well. Seems vaguely dangerous or corrupting. I require ball-busting on a semi-regular basis to function, doubly so if I start taking myself seriously.

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Pandagon: Stupid Jews

The sad thing is that Dennis Prager gets paid to write this kind of ignorant drivel, while a bunch of ankle-biting liberals who are barely old enough to drink (legally) tear him up gratis. Welcome to Dick Cheney's America. Prager prattles:

In fact, the only large body of Jews with a mission are the Jews with the least Jewish religiosity. Such Jews have been disproportionately involved in secular ideologies such as Marxism, socialism, feminism, environmentalism, gay rights, animal rights and every other ideology of the Left.
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Most Jews are still running away from their divine mission and causing storms in many places as a result.

Riiiiiight... The Pandagonians lay down the smack. Liked this comment in particular:

Meh, I think the reasons for this kind of trash column are pretty obvious. The conservative hack starts with two unargued postulates:

1. Liberals and liberalism are bad.
2. Some other thing X (in this case, religion, and specifically, Judaism) is good.

Then all that's left is to draw the obvious conclusion:
Liberals who are X can't really be X. In this case, liberals who are Jews are "betraying" Judaism.

Let's try it again:

1. Liberals are bad.
2. Cute little puppies are good.

Thus it's obvious: Liberal puppies (and puppies of liberal owners) aren't really puppies. Personally, I think they're actually secret, church-burning canine robots designed by liberal mad scientists.

What I want to know, however is whether or not Dennis will step up and address the real issue with the Hebrew people: Huckapoo.

Tikkun Olam. It’s the Jewish term for 'healing the world', or turning this once Christian land into a Jewish pig sty... And their favorite targets are our little girls, which they do their best to turn into racemixing dykes and sluts.

Note: the ugly and pointed anti-semitism above is meant to be taken in contrast to the ignorant and hazy anti-leftist/semitism from Prager at the top. The two dingbats may not agree with one another, but both are also wrong. The point is that there's not a great deal if distance from saying "Liberal Jews are ruining the world" to saying "LiberalJews are ruining the world." It's also the point that statements like "LiberalJews are ruining the world" are just as nuts.

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Happy Birthday To Me

I'm 26 today. Kind of an anti-climactic age to turn, really. I appreciate all the well wishes, and especially the email from a girl I kissed once or twice a long time ago that simply asked, "are you mature yet?" Gotta love a little birthday scorn.

Anyway, I'm not really doing much today to celebrate, but if you want to congradulate me on living another year or just say hey, Thursday and Friday there are events I'd love to see people at.

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Quantic - Trouble From The River

Give it a listen; I think this is good music. It's got some of the same qualities as St. Germain, which is an old favorite, but feels more soulful and deep. It's a sound for movement.

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