Raging Cynic

It’s nice when we can keep getting others to do our dirty work, isn’t it? BET founder Bob Johnson (also a strong Clinton supporter), has recently made comments that Obama wouldn’t be worth noticing if he were White. Apparently, the first female candidate for the Presidency is not worth remarking on (otherwise we’d be sexist) but Obama’s half-black background is fair game in the battlefield of politics-by-proxy.

After firing Geraldine Ferraro for making racist comments about the sucess of Barack Obama’s campaign, Hillary, once again, has pawns lined up to spread animosity and take flack on her behalf. Fantastic.

Why doesn’t she accept that the debate now (or, at least, the debate following McCain’s appearance on Hardball) is all seen in an McCain vs. Obama  paradigm? She’s already being phased out. It’s somewhere between sad and short-sighted that Hillary is unable to realize her own 3rd place standing here.

Her desperation can only be explained in one way: She’s got debts owed.  Politics, and political favors, don’t come cheap.

Okay, I know it’s been a WHILE since I’ve posted anything. But I’m getting on track again.

First think I’d like to point out is there’s a Bay Area Team Bike Challenge for the month of May. It’s set to coincide with Bike to Work Day (May 15th) which, true to its name, encourages people to bike to work. Gas is hitting record highs, oil companies are making record profits; stick it to ‘em. Google directions has a sweet program where you can see how to get places using mass transit. Better, they give you cost of the trip on mass transit vs driving. Absolutely brilliant.

Second,  anyone who wants a good, passionate, cynical view of the American political landscape from someone who can say “saw this coming three decades ago” should look into picking up a copy for Gore Vidal’s Imperial America. It’s a few years old but the points he makes are still extremely relevant to this election cycle just as they were to the last.

I’m off to find a bike to fix up for the Challenge ^__^