David Kelsen

Month: June 2009

  • Iran Kicks US Ass

    Iran Kicks US Ass in voter turnout

    80% voter turnout in Iran.  When was the last time the US hit 80%?  Before you go off googling, I’ll tell you.  It was 1876 between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden.  The results were highly disputed, familiar right, and you better know who the winner was.

    In what was touted as the largest voter turnout in 40 years (and it was) the 2008 US presidential election came in at 56.8%.

    Call it an interpretation, call it speculation, call it opinion, but based on the results, I’m comfortable stating that the people of Iran are more interested in the direction of their country than citizens of the United States.

    Apathy.  56.8% is apathy.  We all jump on the “support our troops” bandwagon, but if you don’t vote you disrespect those who give their lives for your right to do so.

    Is it more complicated than that?

    Of course.

    AND?

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    Their viciousness and utter lack of sincerity struck me first.  Words sputtered from their rubbery lips,  then immediately splintered into meaninglessness and diluted disarray.  Each brittle syllable fractured.  Letters cracked and chipped as they continued through space until inevitable disintegration.  Vanquished, irrelevant and useless.

    The futility of their cause and effort was lost on them because they had ceased to be.  Breathing, yes – Alert, falsely – Driven, sure – Ridiculous, absolutely.

    What benefit could there possibly be in such morbid submission?

    45 minutes of artificial ecstasy for a lifetime of regret.

    Really?

    I finally looked up. The spots on the walls had stopped moving, but the pitch of the carnage around the kitchen table was increasing.

    Bugged trembling eyes jolted unnaturally side to side, riveted smiles, yellow teeth and duplicitous enthusiasm.

    The frenzy recklessly fed on itself growing in intensity and immensity.

    all we needed was a gun.