A little something jacked from gangsta_ho_bag ...

For all those on my friends list saying, "Kerry?!" this morning. Lighten up! ;)

Iowa has had a caucus system since 1846 ... but it was in 1972 that the Iowa caucuses were moved to late January to be the first of the nation's primaries/caucuses. Since then, only one Iowa caucus winner (Jimmy Carter) has gone on to win the general election.

George Bush, Sr. came in third in Iowa in 1988, and went on to win the general election.

Bill Clinton came in third in Iowa in 1992, and went on to win the general election and two terms in the White House.

Iowa is, by no means, an accurate predictor of the outcome of the presidential election. Kick in a few more dollars to the campaign, and get back to work on those letters! :-)


See, now you pass it on.

By the way ...

Considering the BAFTA nominations came out, which means only one more week until the Oscar noms, I figured I'd toss in my two cents on the big names.

( The bigger categories )

EDIT: At this point, I can pretty much figure out exactly how next Tuesday is going to go.

See, you'll all be driving to work or eating breakfast or sleeping in, and then, all of a sudden, from the vicinity of Washington, D.C., you're going to hear the following --

"What?! No Sean Astin? Oh, fuck you, Academy. And ... and oh, now you're not nominating Emma for Love Actually? Well, sit on this and sp-- wait, where the hell is Uma? Damn you ... damn you and your black hearts! Hey! You forgot to nominate Johnny! Fucking cocksuck-- Where the hell is my School of Rock nomination? A pox on all your houses! And Cold Mountain? No Finding Nemo?! Argh! May your bathing suit areas shrivel up and fall off!

*swoon*

YAY! Oscar season's here! I love it so!"

Prozac salesmen love me, but once for a month a year.

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All right, that's it. I say we cancel February. God knows, it's short, cold, useless, and a brutal kick to much underused sex organs right around the 14th.

Oh, and today I figured out just how absolutely perfect a nickname Captain Asshat is. The man said something so mind-numbingly stupid I could only stare, and somewhere in the back of my head, John Bender said, "I want to be just like you. I figure all I need is a lobotomy and some tights."

See?! Genius, I tell you!

Also, I don't plan on watching, but wouldn't it be great if Bush was just brutally honest in his State of the Union address? Just got up there, took a nice deep breath, said, "Well, we're all fucked," then walked quietly off camera.

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Do you know why I didn't watch the State of the Union?

Because I'm about a half an hour away between the bus and the metro, I own many heavy and/or pointy objects, and I have really good aim.

EDIT: A tidbit from thebratqueen that makes me feel better ... According to NBC there was heightened security for the State of the Union which included extra measures for getting through the door and a gas mask under every seat in case of biological attack.

Keep that in mind when you wonder what the mental state was of everyone in that room.

See?! They're paranoid nuts. Now I get all the clapping. *nods solemnly*