Many thanks to the handsome young man, Eli (photo above), for the wonderful meal he bought Shusli and I, and also getting us into one of the local election events, this one at the Downtown Greek Deli here in the great city of Portland, Oregon. The even was sponsored by Tom Dwyer.
We have your back, Obama...
"And a nice back it is," Shusli says.
The mass celebration in Pioneer Courthouse Square last night.
The Lions of Batucada cheered the folks on.Eli got Shusli and I into the election event sponsored by Tom Dwyer at the Downtown Greek Deli where he works security.
The hopes were high but it was intense up until 8pm. With Barack Obama as president, we have a chance. We've been offered a narrow ledge for a hand and foot hold. We shall see what happens.
Having a rather different understanding of the U.S. government, I never offer blind faith in ANYTHING that comes from it. The U.S. government is corporate owned, and corporations profit heavily from the sufferings they force upon the masses. Although Barack is president, and the dems have taken congress, they are still corporate owned and must serve their corporate owners above all others.
Listening to Barack's speech, with the exception of the founding father's ideals, it sounded a whole lot like what many of us folks have been saying. This job isn't going to be easy. The work doesn't stop with the election. We have to help each other. [The founding fathers, of course, were of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy (as this nation still is, being corporate owned and all). The founding fathers also hated and excluded women, Red Nig...Indians, Nig...SLAVES, White Tr...poor white folks, and so many other forms of "beasts" as founding father James Madison referred to anyone who wasn't a white male member of the elite.]
After the event, Shusli and I went for a walk as we waited for Eli to get off of work. We heard drumming which Shusli immediately recognized as the Lions of Batacuda. We ran to Pioneer Courthouse Square where there was a celebration going on. We danced and laughed because we are all feeling that the world has a chance. The gathering bled into the streets of GLORIOUS DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, OREGON, and we eventually left in order to find Eli. As we were walking away, small crowds of folks were still running to join in on the celebration.
So...What are the lame ducks gonna do? King Dick and co-King George have brought home a lot of troops and have tossed out the Posse Comitatus Act. What interesting terrors can they force down the throats of U.S. citizens in the short duration of the 8 years of terror they forced on the U.S. and the WORLD already?
In other news, our little daughter, Felicia (seen above with Shusli), has been proving to be quite the handful since we have returned to the Great City of Portland, Oregon. Since I am often offered the opportunity to be the bad guy so her mother can be the savior and hero, I am again taking this role absolutely seriously as the "kid face" has done some SERIOUSLY EGREGIOUS SHIT, as of late.I certainly would love the chance to spoil the kid, as the non-primary parents of children they Love are often purported to do, but there is no way I can outdo her mother in any way shape or form, so I am taking my role as ASSHOLE DAD very serious. Last night, after receiving a phone call for help from her mom, and then another a little later saying all was OK, Shusli and I still paid them a little surprise visit at about 11:30pm. I informed Felicia at that point that I will do exactly what I told her I would do and that she would indeed hate me, but I don't care. She will grow up to make good decisions for herself and be a good human being. No, I may never get the chance to spoil her like a non-primary parent often has the opportunity of doing, since I am often called upon to be ASSHOLE DAD, but I will make sure she grows up well, safe, and happy...whether or not I am hated for the rest of her and her mothers lives.
Felicia called me last night as Shusli and I were about to fall asleep to tell me she Loved me. She called me from the cell phone her mother informed us earlier in the day that she had taken away from her as part of her discipline for the piss poor decisions she had made the evening before. I told her I Loved her back and asked her what she was doing up so late on a school night.
Just call me...ASSHOLE DAD!
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