Voting

Well. I voted yesterday. Not that my ballot really makes that much difference in the state of Maryland, but I'll cover that later. Before I even saw the school, I saw the cars parked on the sides of the road. I'd never seen so many people at a polling place and at 10 in the morning too! I turned into the parking lot and asked the man pretending to direct traffic if there were places for handicapped parking. His reply: "Drop them off at the door." I regularly interact with stupid people so his answer wasn't completely jaw-dropping. I followed up with "What if the handicapped person is driving?" He mumbled something about parking up front but making sure I stay in the car. And since I felt like staying in the car would kinda defeat the purpose of going to a polling place to vote, I ignored what he said, exited the parking lot, and found a nice spot on a residential street a block away. I've found that sometimes it's pointless to talk to some people.

I've never been so thankful for my 'B' last name. I got to pass about a million people and stand in the A-E line which had 5 people in it. So as a result, the whole thing took me about 20 minutes.

Maryland is a Blue state. A bright neon blue. Has always been that way. So it's completely demoralizing for those who are not Democrats to vote. Every single person or question I voted for lost, including county issues. I guess I might as well have stayed in the car.

But as much as I despise politics in Maryland, I thank God frequently that I'm not a stupid D.C. resident. (I was going to say 'ignorant,' but I realized that these people are fully aware of what they're doing.) 96% of the people in Ward 8 voted former mayor and crackhead Marion Barry to D.C. Council. I am amazed. Because many of you have no idea how stupid this man is, please let me enlighten you with some Marion Barry quotes:

"The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather."

"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate."

"Bitch set me up."

"I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."

"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."

"I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?"

"People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are."

"The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice."

"I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican."

"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"

"People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!"

The fifth one down is by far my favorite because that stinkin' law of gravity... It hates handicapped people as well.