Bonus Post: Since I was too lazy yesterday

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Via MomPop

I found this on MomPop yesterday, and really wanted to share it with all of you….but then I took a three-hour nap and dyed my hair brown. Sorry, people, I have my priorities. This was posted on January 20th on the hip-hop video blog Ill Doctrine, which is new to me, but I am obviously extremely nerdy and lame so you all have probably heard of it.

You should watch it. Now. I’ll wait. Go ahead.

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Done? While you were watching it, I was practicing making emoticon hearts. Why? Because I love you all.

And since I love you “all,” here’s a pretty amazing article I found, Real Men: George W. Bush. An exerpt:

He is a man of integrity, a trait sorely missing in Washington. I may not have agreed with every decision that he made, but I believe that he was honestly trying to do what was best for the country. There was a sign in my kindergarten classroom that said, “What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.” George W Bush consistently ignored what was popular and instead chose what he believed to be right.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I disagree with most of her points, and when she utters the words “Ann Coultier wrote a great article” I honestly laughed out loud, but it’s a very well-written article and a different take then you usually get here on Crazy-Liberal-Bananas. So I figured I’d throw it in for good measure.

Just please don’t click on the Ann Coultier article link, or a thousand puppies will die.

P.S. In case you were wondering, I found all of these articles via Kirtsy. Check it out, the awesomeness will amaze you.

Yes. Absolutely.

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Rednecks For Obama KC

Taken at the Kansas City Obama rally, October 2008
Photo by Brooklyn, via Flickr

I’m sure everyone is expecting some big-time, asshat liberal post about what is to happen later today.

In part, you are right.

Mostly, I just wanted to answer a well-loved critic, who has said to me, on several occasions, “What do you really think is going to change? How will he change anything? Change is a slogan, not a reality.”

To that person, I say this:

– Today, I become the sort of person who has the President’s photo as my desktop wallpaper

– Today, I finally have a President who knows how to pronounce the word “nuclear”

– Today, I know that much of the world is rooting for my president

– Today, I could go on a European roadtrip and not have to fight with French tourists who assume I’m for the Iraq War because I’m American

– Today, I don’t have to joke-ingly threaten a move to Canada

– Today, no one can say I’m against the troops because I don’t agree with my president

– Today, my daughter can retire the “I’m Already Smarter Than The President” t-shirt

– Today, I can tell everyone that my husband and I served our country yesterday

– Today, I am throwing a first-ever Inaguration Drinkfest

– Today, I am looking forward to a presidential speech

– Today, I won’t feel like such an outsider because I don’t agree with the majority

– Today, my views are actually being acted upon in the highest government office, instead of completely ignored

Change?

Yes.

For me, this is a very big change. I turned 18 years old in the Fall of 2000. I have never known an inaguration that didn’t make me want to cry sad tears.

The happy ones I will shed today? Big change.

Progress

Photo by Breslow, via Flickr

Quickly, quickly

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No time to talk today, kids. I’m in for a full morning of meetings (yipee!), then off to the Yes We Can Event for Harvesters Kansas City to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and our National Day of Service. I planned well for my day of working in a canned food warehouse by painting my entire basement and bathroom this weekend, therefore rendering my arms almost completely lifeless in their absolute soreness. I wonder if the volunteer leader will be pissed that I can’t lift one can, let alone a box of them….

In all seriousness, I’m really proud of Trent and I for taking the time out of our insane schedules to do this service work today. We have trouble scheduling date night (one day I’ll tell you all about last night’s date night debacle), let alone time to serve others. But somehow we both managed to clear out a couple of hours from work, the kid and other obligations to do our part today. If we can do it, anyone can!

Happy MLK Day, CB readers. May your day be as fulfilling as mine!

Edited to Add: I was planning on saving this for tomorrow, but since NBC will probably force me to take it down, here is a clip of Fleet Foxes playing on SNL this past weekend. I know most of you ignore my strange musical tastes, but I dare you to watch this video and not get goosebumps. Lucy loves it, because she thinks the lead singer is her dad. Actually, though putting this video in this post is completely off topic, this music does tend to make me want to get out and save the world. But that could be just me.

Bleeding Heart Post #34,876

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Hi, did you miss my gratuitous political posts ala last fall?

No, huh?

Tough. My blog. My rules.

I hope no one sees this as a truly political post, although I suppose that’s inevitable. Mostly, this is a post about what we should do, as people, as Americans, to teach our generation(s) and the next what they owe to their country and fellow citizens.

I’m talking about the USA Call to Service. You can learn more about the details here, but basically it’s a call to service from President Elect Obama to do something, anything, for your community. The focus is especially on doing something on January 19th, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Now, I know there are some people who are automatically going to scoff at this.

“Help people for one day, now you’re a saint?”
“Another politcal gimmick!”
“This is another ploy to get us to forget about the economy.”
“What about world affairs? Shouldn’t we be focusing on Gaza right now?”
“Pretentious liberal assholes…”

Some of this may be true, but regardless, I fail to see how encouraging and participating in a Day of Service is a negative thing. Sure, we should make it a daily focus of our lives. Sure, we do all have much to worry about these days. Yes, some people will use the system to their advantage.

But I feel that doing something, anything, is better than nothing.

On election day, Trent said to me (quite poigniantly, I might add), “OK, Mr. President, tell me what to do. If you want me to do 20 hours of community service, I will ask when and where.”

Now we have our chance. To find out more about how to participate in your area, please click here.

On a side note, I received an overwhelming response to my Kiva post last December, and even had one wonderful couple add Kiva to their wedding registry (Go Heath and Mikayla!). I’ve had a couple of emails asking to describe what Kiva actually does, as it’s pretty hard to put in to words. An amazing Kiva volunteer put together the following video, tracking one $25 Kiva loan through the entire process. It’s really a great thing to watch, I hope you do.


A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo.

Tomorrow, I’ll talk about farts and Space Camp again. I promise.

Goodbye 2008

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Thanks to all of you for reading my verbal outpouring this past year. May your 2009 include more fun, laughter and less crushing financial crises than 2008. The future is looking good, we all just have to keep on keepin’ on.

If you need me, I’ll be out at a swanky party drinking champagne.

Or, I may just be at home drinking wine out of a box, watching Arrested Development, football and then capping the night off with a rousing game of Rock Band with the husband. That is, after I watch Tinkerbell for the gazillionth time with Lu.

You know, just depends on what I feel like doing.

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