Politics as seen from afar…

Hillary Clinton is annoying me and I don’t even live in the US. Theories that she is attempting to sabotage the Democrats’ election chances if she can’t win the nomination are starting to seem less far-fetched (the logic being that she can try again in four years after a disastrous McCain first term).

Just recently she decided to call Obama elitist since he refers to the bitterness and frustration of certain working class people. Speaking as someone who had to put up with a conservative government who took to labelling underpaid left-leaning secondary school teachers as elitist, this marks her as a total bitch in my books; it’s mere pandering to the anti-intellectual crowd, most of whom who wouldn’t vote Democrat anyway, and it also makes no sense for one mega rich presidential candidate to refer to another in this way– Pot… Kettle. etc.

PS I wish there could be some kind of representation for "the rest of the world" when you elect your presidents/administrations over there, because every fucked up Decision they make cause problems for us non-citizens as well, and a truly democratic leadership should be elected by ALL those whose lives they directly affect (including prisoners and convicted felons). How about 1 vote for every 100 foreigners? That would give the rest of the world the democratic power of about 40 million Americans– is that so much to ask?

Touching base

Boo me for not updating for so long… I’ve been very busy which is one poor excuse (it really doesn’t take so long to bang out a post), but also I’ve been spending time with a certain someone, a certain female someone, and there is not a whole lot more I’m really comfortable saying on the topic apart from that she is rather nice. And cute. And ummm… significantly younger than me, so I simultaneously feel older by comparison and younger by association… It’s all good :)

So now I’m wracking my brain for other things that have been on my mind which I can blurt out for your reading pleasure, and all I have are bits and pieces… which will follow shortly in separate entries since I’ve realized that posts covering multiple topics tend to discourage comments.