Sep 28 2008
Chili Poll
My Texan friends are coming for all you bean eaters.
You probably put SAUCE on your barbecue, too.
Philistines.
(For the record, I’m a midwestern girl who proudly serves up spicy beef-and-bean soup and calls it chili and does not consider any kind of meat barbecue until it is swimming in barbecue sauce. Also of note, I will only eat my own homemade barbecue sauce because I’ve never found anyone else who can couple throat-searing and candy-sweet to my satisfaction.)
Riveting, I know, but I am otherwise consumed with politics and the additional part-time job I have been forced to undertake as a direct result of said politics, making me a very grumpy bear.
Chapter 2 Wednesday, whether I like it or not.
I’m practicing the “let readers make their own value judgments” thing I was preaching a while ago.
And failing.
Obviously.
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September 30th, 2008 at 4:38 am
My favorite chili not only has beans in it but also is served over noodles. I’m like the philistine-iest of philistines.
Just grin and bear it. Grin and bear it. ;)
September 30th, 2008 at 10:12 am
*considers the idea of chili over noodles and shudders*
But then, I rarely find any chili worth eating. Has to really be something special.
Sorry you’ve had to take on a part time job. It’s amazing how much we can fit into our days when we get over the ridiculous idea that we need sleep, yes?
September 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am
If I recollect correctly, Ohio peeps eat their chili over rice. Never tried it myself, but that’ll happen WAAAAAAY before I put chili on a hot dog. (I never got a barfing smiley because I didn’t see a need arising. Silly me…)
And I’m making use of my angst about the economic situation. While I’m administering aid to the destitute, overworked, and uninsured in the clinic, I hand out voter registration forms (with boss permission). Don’t tell ‘em who to vote for, don’t even get into political discussions, just “your voice matters, you can make a difference, here’s your prescription, have a nice day.” I’ve had to explain to many a suspicious individual that I’m not pushing any political agenda other than “please vote.”
I also know a high school teacher (whose school gets virtually no money because of the genius that is No Child Left Behind—”hand out good grades like Tic-Tacs or we’ll cut your budget to punish you”) who is giving extra credit to her 18-year-old students who register.
We will mobilize the disenfranchised troops by the October 6th deadline, by gum. And since we have a governor now who isn’t the brother of one of the candidates, maybe all the votes will actually get counted! Yippee!
September 30th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
*considers the idea of ingesting hot dogs, chili-covered or otherwise, and nearly revisits her non-hot-dog lunch*
My hubby loves chili on his fries.
I barely eat fries, much less fries soaking in greasy, spicy, beany chili. I was raised in California by fruit and granola nuts. I can’t help myself.
And YAY for voting. No matter who people vote for (that’s the beauty of being American), everyone needs to exercise their voice or shut up for the next four years.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:29 am
We parse it to the younguns thusly:
Don’t let a bunch of 80-year-olds whose interests are probably not your own and who might not even live long enough to experience the reign of whomsoever they elect make this decision for you. At 18-19-20, you’re the one who’s going to have to live with the fallout for the next SIXTY YEARS or so. It therefore behooves you to exert every bit of influence you have. NOW. Voting is a good place to start.
Not that I don’t love the elderly, but there are a disproportionate number of them in Florida and they tend to have a very early 20th century mindset (to hell with women and minorities) and push initiatives like “people in retirement subdivisions (half the population of Florida) shouldn’t have to pay property tax, which goes toward education, because we don’t have school-age children” (never mind that those school-age children become part of the community that does everything for them), and their influence at the polls has been very frustrating at times.
I’m going to be elderly one of these days, too, so I appreciate their concerns, but that understanding seldom works both ways. Big picture, people. I freely admit my own needs are my first priority, too, but once they’re taken care of, I’m all over championing everybody else’s wellbeing. We’re all stuck here together. We should be working TOGETHER to make it bearable for as many people as possible, because fewer angry/miserable/disillusioned/bitter people is a win for everybody.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:41 am
I got my ballot yesterday. Will be sending it out tomorrow as fast as Japan Post can take it. :) I’M SO EXCITED! This is my first presidential election–I was only 17 in the last one.
By the way, I also enjoy chili on hot dogs. And on rice. WIN!