fuck the internet. and the republicans.

The internet has now eaten this post twice. so no more funny.
long list of things from Feministing.com that make me angry.
I am so scared of the possibility of mccain winning and a fascist theocratic v-for-vendetta-esaque america.
and then I tried to find a coupel of quotes from the West Wing's Isaac and Ishmael so you could all appreciate the funny from the best TV episode ever. Written and shot in 2 weeks as a response to 9/11. So fucking good. I love the West Wing.

Toby says "...there's nothing wrong with a religion whose laws say a man's got to wear a beard or cover his head or wear a collar. It's when violation of these laws become a crime against the state and not your parents that we're talking about lack of choice." He goes on to say that "The Taliban isn't the recognized government of Afghanistan. The Taliban took over the recognized government of Afghanistan. . . . When you think of Afghanistan, think of Poland. When you think of the Taliban, think of the Nazis. When you think of the people of Afghanistan, think of Jews in concentration camps."
Toby then goes on to tell a story told to him by a friend of his father's who had been in a Nazi concentration camp. "He said he once saw a guy at the camp kneeling and praying.
He said 'what are you doing?'
The guy said he was thanking God.
'What could you possibly be thanking God for?'
' I'm thanking God for not making me like them.'"
Then Toby says, "Bad people can't be recognized on sight. There's no point in trying."

Later a student asks Sam:
"...what do you call a society that has to just live every day with the idea that the pizza place you are eating in could just blow up without any warning?"
"Israel," Sam answers.
Josh's parting advice to the students on how to relate to the terrorists is:
"...remember pluralism. You want to get these people? I mean, you really want to reach in and kill them where they live? Keep accepting more than one idea. It makes them absolutely crazy."
The terrorists and the Republicans. I bet a list of things that make Bin Ladin mad would cite many of the same things that make Palin mad. Things like my life.
I am angry and depressed, but tomorrow I'll paint and watch the West Wing and make it all better.