Look, a gas pump! Let's chain ourselves to it!

Yesterday was President Bush's inaguration. Congrats to him winning the election. I wonder what would happen if everytime someone was elected to an office the people under his power went crazy like this. The whole world would explode.


"The Portland Trailblazers just named Hubie Brown coach. Immediately follwing his press conference, Darius Miles, Zach Randolph, and Qyntel Woods held a press conference of their own saying that they would be wearing the road black uniforms for every game this season in protest, and may boycott shooting the basketball. Zach said the shooting boycott may only be temporary though."

"In protest of the hiring of a new department of transportation chief, traffic signal operators vowed to change all the lights in Portland to green at the same time in protest. Asked when this would happen, the operators replied "it's a surprise."

Protesters in Portland last night took over a Chevron station and chained themselves to gas pumps in protest. As if sniffing noxious fumes causing a nuisance is going to get anything done. Eventually people will realize that there's a right way and a wrong way to go about these things. I'm not politically savvy, but I'm pretty sure there are pathways within the system in place to remove a president from power. Nowhere in the constitution or any other legal document does it say giving yourself a bath in techron supreme will get the job done.

A policeman interviewed on the news last night said "This was not a well thought-out protest. Chaining yourself to something that can blow you up is not the best course of action." Amen, brother.

Call me old fashioned, but whatever happened to accepting the hand you've been dealt? When you lose, you shake hands and prep for the next meeting. You don't throw a fit and refuse to play anymore. I may not agree with George Bush on everything, but he's been elected leader and as a result, I'm gonna support him. I'm not bashing all democrats or putting all republicans on a pedestal by any means. Plenty of people who voted for Kerry spent yesterday like any other day, going about their business as usual...but it's no wonder that the country isn't exactly "clicking on all cylinders" right now - there's a large group of people that feel that their time would be better spent complaining and disrupting other people's daily life.