I'm sure nobody will care about this, but I'm gonna put it out there anyway. And you will undoubtedly think that what I'm about to say is pretty ignorant, but once again, I don't care; I just ate a pound of bacon and I feel sassy.

This is my favorite quote: "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." H.L. Mencken

That quote is not about piracy, as many assume. I was thinking about it today and started thinking about martial law. Though it would totally suck, wouldn't it be kinda awesome if there is such public unrest after the election that we just take to the streets and fuck stuff up? More so if it was ultimately the catalyst for civil war? I would love to put on my party pants, grab the AK, and go set fire to the local Starbucks (just because their coffee sucks and they are way too pretentious). I don't like McCain too much, but if it were Obama who won the presidency, when my unit called it would be something akin to this:

Staff Sergeant: "Tom (they don't call me that), shit is going down and we need your expert street fighting abilities to get this uprising quelled! Come ASAP!"

Me: "No. I'm trying to break into Mens Warehouse."

Staff Sergeant: "Seriously, Tom, without you, the unit is nothing. We need you!"

Me: "Will you finally allow me to name my tank 'Fist-Fuck' and paint it on the barrel?"

Staff Sergeant: "I'll think about it."

Me: "That's a 'no', so I'm going to stay here. Anyways, I'm already in Mens Warehouse and am gonna make a tent out of 6XL jackets. Later, gator."

Staff Sergeant (to himself): "Curses! If we don't have Tom, what will become of us?"

Okay,  I took that a bit further than anyone cared, but it felt downright cathartic to write.

About 90% of my comrades would do the same. I guess if McCain won, I would probably oblige to being a government stooge. Admittedly, blowing up Starbucks would be substantially more satisfying than lighting it on fire. However, this wasn't intended to be about politics.

I have always had a love/hate thing with America: I love what it stands (stood) for and the corner stones it was built on (except slavery, that shit was whack), but it is becoming a nation of willfully ignorant fools who have never really known the harder side of life and take everything they have for granted. I am sick of people talking about being effected by the war; only the service members there and their families and friends are effected. We have a saying that about sums it up: "the military is at war; America is at the mall". 

Further, it is my opinion that politics are a farce given what was intended to be. Everything is so polarized that it inhibits our representatives' ability to actually work on the behalf of their constituents. Since when did actors and actresses become respected political commentators? Just because you got a shiney for playing a retard in some acclaimed movie DOES NOT mean you know shit about how to handle the war in Iraq, or how to solve the oil crisis. People actually listen to them and base their views on this shit! Because I wish to remain in good spirits, I will not even delve into my feelings on the  extreme political correctness we are subjected to. Sometimes, I just think we need to break it all down and try again. Just like Legos. Civil wars have been started for far less.

I really do want civil war sometimes "'cause I am the world's forgotten boy, the one who searches and destroys."