Intelligent Thoughts and Other Insightful Comments

Dear Mr. DNC Chairman Howard Dean,

First of all I would like to start by saying how sorry I am for your disappointing loss in the 2004 primaries. It must have been frustrating to be defeated by a loser like John Kerry who couldn't even beat President Bush. This brings me to my next point Howard (can I call you that?) when you and the rest of the party head to Denver this summer remember this piece of advice. JUST SAY NO! The phrase was pioneered by the beloved Nancy Reagan who I might add was married to President Ronald Reagan who had his own revolution and look where that got the Republicans. Now Howard, you must be wondering what I mean with "Just Say No!" When it comes around to pick a candidate and neither Senator Clinton nor Senator Obama have enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee "Just Say No" to Hillary.

I know it won't be easy Hillary has more testosterone than the rest of the Democratic party, but for God's sake have some balls and stand up to her. I am tired of seeing the Democrat's shoot themselves in the foot and pick a candidate who doesn't have a chance in hell of getting elected. Try picking a likable, charismatic candidate somebody unlike John "Swift Boated" Kerry or Michael "How the fuck did you manage to lose after having a huge lead" Dukakis. Yes Hillary has the powerful Clinton machine and quite a few unpaid political favors, but this is politics not the church ladies knitting club go ahead and pick the undeserving winner. You and the rest of the Democratic party should seriously think about something Mit Romney pointed out which went along the lines of do we really want Bill Clinton in the White House with too much time on his hands. Now that would look bad the first man having an affair underneath the President's nose. So please Mr. Howard Dean, please do the right thing and "Just Say No!"

Sincerely,
Rick

Recently I learned that the US Congress has a approval rating that is lower than President Bush's rating. According to RealClearPolitics Congress sports only a 24.0% approval rating while 68.3% of American's actively disprove of Congress. If Congress is doing such a bad job we do we keep sending them back to Washington at clips of 88% for Senators and 96% for Congressmen and women? This is further muddied by the fact that the average approval rating for a US Senator is 57%. What do all these percentages really mean? Well, Intelligent Thoughts is here to clear it up for you.

Drum roll please... Americans don't know what they want. All they know is they don't like what is currently happening after that nobody knows. Now all my devoted readers begin sending me nasty emails or comments about insulting their intelligence because dammit they know exactly what they want to happen take a moment to reflect. Readers of Intelligent Thoughts are certain type of thoughtful and intelligent person who wants commentary to tell them how it is out there. Most Americans don't fit into this category they are obese, slobs with low capabilities for thought.

Now hopefully, none of those average people ever see this article because while it spews the truth it may be hard to stomach. And frankly I need to increase readership.

Like any good high school student, I participate in a wide variety of extracurricular activities such as track, honor society and the occasional school musical. And again like most teenagers in the northern half of the United States I do not enjoy standing outside when I wait to be picked up afterwards in February. Call me crazy, but I like being able to feel my limbs. Recently an announcement was made at my school that if you did not have any extracurricular you needed to leave immediately (the reason was a school showcase was going on that evening and staff needed time to prepare) and this is not that uncommon.

What made this time interesting was that after my play practice ended I was kicked out of the building where some of the Nordic ski team was standing waiting for their rides. However some students were inside chatting it up with our "outstanding" security officer, apparently they were immune from the rules because a couple of them were waiting for a basketball practice. While this may have made their situation different than mine it didn't look or feel very good since everyone who had been kicked out was White (oh, except for 1 Asian) and everyone inside was Black. It's not bad enough that our security guard buddies up with all the Black girls as though they are peers and uses the school phone for personal calls and asks students if she can borrow money (she hit me up one time), she now is going to play race games. Now that's what I call an extracurricular.