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Alright, I’m truly sorry about my last few weeks of relative silence. I have been getting emails from some of you which started out friendly and have gotten increasingly threatening. However, what really kicked me over the hump was finding out that my uncle Tim and his coworkers have been forced to read the same pathetic entry over and over because I’m too lazy to update. So sorry Tim, and all of Tim’s lovely right-wing nutjob coworkers!

Before I start, I should explain. I haven’t grown weary of ranting and raving. I haven’t gotten bored with blogging. I have, however, been going through a very busy time. Home improvements, major work projects, and then being the best man in my brother’s wedding… frankly, I’ve been swamped. I’m sure my mother won’t mind if I post a picture of me and my brother with her… I guess I’ll find out soon enough. (hi mom!)

Yes, she does look young enough to be my sister… I know. And yes, my brother is really tall. He didn’t drink as much Mountain Dew as I did growing up. I got sized for my tux about 6 months ago when I was still not 100% healthy, and since then I put on about 15 pounds, so every time I sat down all day my vest became a potentially lethal button projectile launcher. I tried to remember to suck it in and managed not to put anyone’s eye out. It’s astonishing how many inches 15 pounds translates to.

In the process of getting ready for the wedding, I forgot to call my friend Jennyanydots to wish her a happy birthday. Sorry!!! I suck!

The wedding itself went off without a hitch. Not surprisingly, my brother beat me to the alter by almost 7 years… and counting. I learned an important lesson for my own wedding… don’t lock your knees. I’d heard that many times before, and always thought it was dumb. I figured the reason so many groomsmen and grooms passed out was due to being hung over. I was wrong… it turns out weddings are incredibly stressful on all parties involved. I nearly blacked out during the first two minutes of the ceremony before I remember to keep my knees bent. I had to sway back and forth to get the blood back to my head, so I imagine the video of the ceremony will look like it took place on the Bering Sea.

It’s also possible I was just suffering from exhaustion from having already been at the church for nearly 5 hours before the ceremony started. I’m not entirely sure why it started so early, but thankfully the “boys room” had a Nintendo Wii and a buffet.

I was reminded of why I always had the bride and groom make a list of all of the different groups they wanted photographed together MONTHS before the actual ceremony. If the photographer isn’t sure what needs to happen, it’s going to be a mess. The bride and groom have *ahem* other things on their minds. All told, the photography took almost 5 hours, split into two sessions. Yeah. I know… not the bride and groom’s fault.

I danced at the reception. Ok, I use the term “danced” very loosely. I was on the dance floor with Jenna moving around in random and sporatic ways trying not to stomp on her feet.

Alright, alright. Enough about the wedding. Let’s talk about something REALLY interesting… like how John McCain’s campaign has spectacularly flamed out like a NASA project. I TOLD you people months ago that McCain was unelectable because of his pansy-assed stances on illegal immigration and on treatment of prisoners of war.

It was bad enough he was PRO the war in Iraq. Still, we were there, so we really ought to do our level best to at least win, right?! Well, in McCain’s little alternate reality, prisoners of war should have the same rights as American citizens. Hmmm. Well that makes a lot of sense! I always thought the Bill of Rights applied to Americans and the Geneva convention applied to prisoners of war. Did I miss something in junior high school?

Prisoners of war have a right to 3 meals a day and a cot. That’s it. They do not have the right to an attorney, they don’t have a right to privacy (in fact, Americans aren’t even guaranteed privacy except against illegal search and seizure), they don’t have the right to cable TV and internet. Illegal immigrants ALSO aren’t entitled to any of our American rights. If they want to have access to those, there are legal channels for immigration. Boo-frickity-hoo we don’t allow enough immigrants into the country each year. It’s our prerogative, you morons. YOUR stupid country would never allow even ONE SINGLE American to illegally immigrate to Mexico! The ONLY difference between our countries is that ours rocks and yours sucks. That’s not our problem.

McCain sounds like a sissy, bed-wetting liberal when you get him started on granting all rights to non-Americans. The conservative base is trying hard to move slightly towards the middle, but we’ll NEVER elect a candidate who wants to water down the rights of hard working American citizens for the sake of random terrorists and illegal immigrants.

And yes, I put terrorists and illegal immigrants together on purpose. Both groups have one purpose - to destroy the American way of life and turn our society to their ways. They are not interested in integrating into society, they seek only to change us.

We can’t let this happen.

Fred Thompson, 2008!

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