We won, we lost

BARAK OBAMA WINS!

We Baraked the vote. Yay!

Just when I think the United States is beyond saving, we elect a black man as President. I find this remarkable. It gives me hope.

And yes, I used the no-longer-politically-correct term “black” to describe him. Is he a dual African and American citizen? No, not anymore. He was born in Hawaii and had dual citizenship with Kenya until he reached 21, but has been a 100% -- no sharing -- American citizen since them.

Barak Obama is American. Period.

If you insist on describing President-Elect Obama as African-American, then please refer to all people by their politically-correct ancestry from now on. I am Canadian-American, for future reference.

But how are we to know someone’s ancestral heritage if they do not wear a sign? It seems a bit silly to assume the ancestors of every black person in America hailed from Africa. What if they were Australian Aborigines? And how are we to distinguish between, say, the German-Americans and the Austrian-Americans? You know all white people look alike.

Since skin color is no real indicator, perhaps we should all carry identification papers or brand our heritage on our skins somewhere like, say, our forearm.

PROPOSITION 8 LOSES

But just as I begin to feel good about my Country, I am faced with serious doubts about my State: California passed the Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage 52% to 48%.

So let me get this straight, gay is the new oppressed minority? We just passed A LAW to CHANGE THE STATE CONSTITUTION because…why, exactly?

This is the part I don’t get. Did people actually believe those scare tactic commercials that said our schools would suddenly start teaching second graders about gay marriage?

Do our schools currently teach about straight marriage? I do not remember taking that class. Perhaps it was an elective. It must have been Sophomore year when I took Anthropology and got a bunch of grief from my boyfriend who, unbeknownst to me, was a Creationist (back before anyone knew about those weirdos.) When he found out I was taking Anthropology, he said, “I didn’t know you were one of ‘those’.”

Yeah, we were not together long. But I digress.

I am currently shopping for a new state since mine has let me down so devastatingly, or at least a new county. My farming community passed the blasphemous proposition 37,000 to 15,000.

So what is your state or county like? Would I like it?

 

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