protesting from home

it is fucking hot. i went out to brunch and proceeded to sweat like mcgreevey on august 12th. so i came home and am spending quality one-on-one time with my air conditioning unit. it is a wonderful love affair.

my friend jodi is at the big protest. i will get the scoop from her soon.

i feel i should say something anyway.

dear republicans (again),

why did you decide to come to america's most-impossible-to-make-secure city for your little pow wow? did you also forget that this town is around 75% to 80% democratic? the only public statement that you are making is that "hi! we are a bunch of jackasses." the city had to put up around $25 million just for you piece of shits to make said statement. really, you could have just gone to a cornfield to make the same statement. since no one likes you here and there would be no real financial gain from you people directly, the mayor decided to encourage protesters to come and spend money here to inject money back into the economy. well, they were coming anyway (and unless you are truly stupid, you reasonably foresaw this happening), but still! (and yes, i have heard rumors that you may have intended to come here, knowing there would be protesters, and you will spin this somehow to your advantage. please do tell me how this even makes sense logically.) you could have gone to houston or atlanta. somewhere where you are welcome. and possibly even cheered. wouldn't that make a more positive statement? coming here is like shitting on someone's lawn. it is like bringing an entire litter of cats to the cramped apartment of someone who is allergic to cats. according to a friend of mine, the streets midtown have become a complete clusterfuck. it is a complete pain in the ass for him to go home. we start school tomorrow, and if i have any problems getting to school, or if some domestic terrorist decides to fuck with the subway system, i'm going to (at least partially) blame you.

oh, now i know i'm going to hear from the people who say "well, the real enemy is the domestic terrorists!"

my answer is "i don't give a fuck." your ass might not live here, but mine sure does. if the RNC coming here would trigger a bunch of miscreants who don't care about human life to do things that would harm the citizens of new york city, then hell... the RNC should stay the fuck out. you know better. besides, my own safety and my own piece of mind is more important than "who really dunnit?!" you knew the downstream effects of your coming here would bring EXTREME!(tm) pissiness and hardships on a cramped city whose biggest center of commerce is in the general vincinity of your convention. and you also knew for a fact that it would bring hundreds of thousands of protesters. and you knew that it might increase the chance of a terrorist attack.

that, dear republicans, is reckless behavior at the very least.

this is how i feel right now. go home, and take all the protesters and the "four more years!" counterprotesters with you. get all yo' bad selves on outta here!

i is grouchy today. MAH!

- emily2