make dat money

so, the other day JAB’s day was ruined by obama…

…okay, so a LOT of people’s day get “ruined by obama” every day. this, in fact, is not true. while a lot of people would say that ’cause he didn’t do 80% of what he said he’d do if elected anybody who knows anything about the political process knows that most of what he promised was outside of the scope of the power of the presidency and therefore never was gonna happen.

and anybody who argues “it’s because congress is against him” or that “it’s still early in his term” that’s bullshit on both – with his charisma he should be able to win over congress easily, and he’s almost two years past the election with unemployment on the rise (again), the economy on the down slip (again), and the war in the middle east raging onward (still).

that’s three strikes right there, folks.

but, back to JAB – see, obama came to town. i had no idea he was gonna be here. and i could care less. what ticked me off is the same day a friend who can’t find a job for the last two years finds out he’s now ass-out of unemployment obama comes to austin…but not to offer words of reassurance about the worst economy since the depression or a plan to change the jobless rate in america.

no, he was here to make money for the democrats and glad-hand college students (the biggest demographic he tends to dupe into his “hope”ful shit, which is more full of shit than hope) since this year is, after all, gubernatorial election year…and what he WON’T tell you is that the governor position is actually more of a figurehead publicity post than his.

and that’s essentually all his is. he’s a salesman, folks. that’s why when the world was shocked that the jet he used during the campaign had the american flag removed and replaced with his own personal logo on the tail:

it shocked the country – but not me. ’cause that’s what corporations do – and whether you like it or not, that wasn’t a campaign by a candidate, but rather a giant infomercial for a product. that product was obama – and he sold it well. and we bought it. now if we could just find the god dang receipt and try and return it.

but i digressed off the JAB thing again…so, he came to town, and the ensuing motorcade jacked up traffic for JAB something bad. i thought i was gonna get it worse as i not only had to drive by the airport, but also go down to the campus area where he would be speaking to students…but i somehow avoided him the whole time and hence, avoided the traffic.

but it’s good to know while the economy is in the shitter and nobody can find jobs the “haves” (as compared to the “have-nots”) have money to support his buddies getting elected. and he has the free time to help them. must be nice.

here’s the odd part to me – and before i go any further i should state, for the record, that despite the contents of this entry OR who i voted for in the last election that i don’t wish the man, his family, or any of his personal or work shit harm – but when i rolled by the airport you had a clear shot at air force one. sure, according to JAB’s facebook posts he was long gone from the plane…but it still seems they’d secure his ride home a little better.

austin’s airport is located on a small four lane highway, and where i saw some cars pulled over you could see a twenty-five foot stretch of single chain link fence, no security or razor wire, no dogs, no nothing – and RIGHT across the tarmac was air force one. if you had a small rocket launcher (which in texas you know at least a few people have at home…strictly for hunting, of course) you could have taken that plane OUT and been gone before anybody knew what happened.

that seems fucked up to me. just sayin’.

again, not saying i’d have done it, or even wanted to do it. just seemed like it would have been unusually easy. wouldn’t have harmed a hair on barrack’s head…but would have made one hell of a statement if somebody wanted to make it.