What Can Be Done?

Current Tunes: Immortal – At the Heart of Winter

Man, it’s like, pretty much five days until “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” How crazy is that? I’m ready, I’m completely ready.

Finally something in politics that’s piqued my interest enough to make it into a blog post: Iran’s elections. The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had this fantastic quote, referring to the election as a “political earthquake.” That might be accurate, but I think that’s a bit over exaggerating. I’ve got this gut feeling that this whole situation is being blown out of proportion. I know, mighty “Bushy” of me to go with my gut, but sometimes you can’t help it. I’m only so annoyed by this situation because when it’s all done and over with, Ahmadinejad will still be president, and people will calm down eventually and business will carry on as usual. Yeah I know people are getting shot and hurt right now, but this is all just posturing on both sides, eventually everyone there will chill out and they’ll fall back into the usual regiment.

Now if the election was rigged, then yes that’s a tragedy. It’s certainly a plausibility, after all this Ayatollah is pretty much bosom buddies with Ahmadinejad. But what can the U.S. do about it? Invade? Yeah, right. What can anyone else do about it? Absolutely squat. I’m not trying to be apathetic about it, I was genuinely hopeful that this reformer guy would perhaps take home all the marbles, but alas. Evil triumphs again. Such is the way of the world.

On another political (and extremely selfish note), I’m totally ready for government-run health care. Let me tell you why: because I have no health care right now. None. I’d like some. I don’t care if it’s health care at a diminished quality, or if it costs someone else a bit more taxes. I want to be healthy and right now I have no way to pay for it, so I’m more than willing to let someone else foot the bill for a while.

@LANta starts in a few hours, I’m very excited. I desperately need a weekend locked in a house with good friends, playing video games nonstop and drinking myself into oblivion. Cheers.