Cat eating lasagna!

Why is the path unclear?
When we know home is near
Understand we’ll go hand in hand,
But we’ll walk alone in fear
Tell me…
Where do we go from here?

On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, the United States of America elected her first black president. This is an amazing, historic event, to be sure. But some other things happened that night that we here at The Bullets feel we need to comment on.

In the state of California, voters passed Prop 2, which prohibits the confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs.

The state of California also passed Prop 8, which adds a new amendment to the California Constitution, re-writing it, which says, “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Before it passed, same-sex marriage was a constitutionally-protected right in California; a majority of the justices of the California Supreme Court affirmed this understanding of the constitution in May 2008.

That’s right, kids… we care more about the rights farm animals than we do our fellow human beings.

Congratulations, California! We here at The Bullets were worried that, even though we elected Arnold fucking Schwarzenegger as our Governor, not everone in the world thought we were a bunch of weirded-out fuck-ups with our heads jammed up our asses, and our priorities totally out of whack.

Thank you, so very much, for making it crystal clear.

PS… even Arnold fucking Schwarzenegger opposed Prop 8.

Now that you’ve had a couple of days to absorb your second straight election defeat, I thought I would let you know how you drove this former Republican away.

In the eighties and nineties I was a member of the Republican Party. In the early nineties, I briefly held a position as a precinct committeeman for the Republican Party. Even then, however, I had problems with the party. I was willing to overlook them, but they only got worse. Eventually, the Republican Party chose to elect a clearly incompetent man, George Bush. This man could not string two sentences together coherently, but he said the word God a lot. Apparently, that was more important to Republicans. When he took office I left the party. I knew it was no longer the place for me. For the record, I didn’t join the Democrats. I never considered myself one of them either. I am truly a man without a party. If you are interested in getting me and the many people who are like me, back, I’ll let you know what I stand for and against. Perhaps it will help your thinking.

Here is what I agree (in principal) with the Republican Party on.

• I believe that the government cannot solve all of our problems. When in doubt, the government should just stay out of the way.
• I believe in gun rights. The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the constitution and it is there for good reasons.
• I believe in a balanced budget. A government that owes no money is infinitely more stable and powerful than a government that is deep in debt.
• I believe in a strong defense. Our military should be strong enough to strike fear in those who mean us harm.
• I believe in a flat tax. Anyone above the poverty line should pay a fixed percentage of their income with no loopholes.
• I believe in the rights of the states as outlined by the constitution. States should, within those limits, be able to set their own courses.

Here are the areas in which I do not agree with the Republican Party:

• I believe in the first amendment, absolutely and completely.
• I believe that abortion is unfortunate but sometimes necessary. I think everything should be done to create a society in which few people ever have a reason to choose abortion, but I will not persecute those who make the choice or those who assist them.
• I do not believe in “Family Values”. I could care less who marries who, or who has sex with who. I am pro human rights and opposed to laws governing consensual and private acts.
• I believe in the separation of church and state. This country was founded by people who wanted to be free to worship as they chose. We should be free to worship or not worship in any way we want, as long as we do not infringe on the rights of others to do the same or break laws that have nothing to do with religion.
• I believe that education should be the absolute number one priority of the government. Education lowers crime and poverty while making us more financially competitive throughout the world. A well educated population in a capitalist country cannot help but succeed. I do not believe that we should spend our time and energy bashing teachers. If the job was more appealing, better people might take the job. As it is, we have trouble finding enough people willing to take the low paying, mostly thankless job.
• I do not believe that people should be tortured or executed — even our enemies. Not only is it immoral, it is poor policy for a country that wants to bring freedom and democracy to the world.
• I do not believe that you can force democracy on people. Forcing any decision, even voting, on a population is not democratic.
• I believe that the threat of war is sometimes useful, but actual war should really, truly be only a last resort. War damages every country involved.
• I believe that freedom is not safe. Balancing our safety with our freedom is always difficult, but if there is any question of which way to go, I choose freedom.

I’m not expecting the Republican Party to come to my way of thinking, but I do think there are a lot of people out there who share most of my views. They aren’t happy with the Democrats and their government solutions to everyone’s problems, but they are just as fearful of a Republican party that thinks they speak for God, that America is always right, and that questioning our leaders is unpatriotic. Good luck reevaluating your party. I hope you make wise decisions.

John Hewitt

Former Republican

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. 7 AM.

Game on.

The Bullets have been relatively silent during the past months leading up to tonight.

It’s mainly that we haven’t been talking the talk so much because we’ve been busier than usual walking the walk. We have friends in the military, and friends in Iraq. We have seen friends layed off. We have gay friends that we would like to see be able to marry the ones that they love, should that be where their paths lead.

But beside these facts, and apart from our own personal opinions & beliefs regarding how we truly think that you should vote, we here at The Bullets are, above it all, in love with the process. We always have been. We live in a Democracy. And tomorrow, we get to exercise what is perhaps the most important benefit of that simple fact.

And this is why we have broken our silence so close to the finish line.

Tomorrow is election day. Vote. We’re not here to tell you that you’re wrong, and that you should vote just like we’re voting. You have your reasons. You have a lifetime of thoughts and experiences that have brought you to where you are tonight. They are uniquely your own, and we wouldn’t dare to second guess them for you. We respect all of them. And we respect all of you. We’re not here to shill, or to coerce, or to condescend.

We’re just here to tell you to vote.

Vote your conscience. Vote for what is right for you.

Vote with your heart and your head… because we truly believe that the two aren’t mutually exclusive.

This is the moment.

This is what all the fuss has been about.

It’s your chance to be heard. It’s your chance to to be counted. It’s your chance to not only be a part of history, but to actually make history.

Do not think that your vote doesn’t count. Do not think that the outcome won’t affect you. Do not dismiss this right that you have been endowed with.

There is nothing better to be doing.

There is nothing more important.

Now is the time.

VOTE.

The Bullets wish you a good election experience…
And we now condemn you to humming this
all day.

So shut up and eat your vegetables!

Thirty years has passed

In a mere fifteen

From when this used to be funny

A Message From WGA & DGA member Joss Whedon.

• BTW… “Fair is fair!” is from the 1985 Delphi III Productions release The Legend Of Billie Jean. Which was written by WGA members Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, directed by DGA member Matthew Robbins, and starred SAG member, and one of our favorites, the ever-enchanting Helen Slater.

That being said, tomorrow is Super Tuesday, and we get to vote in the California primary. And we’re voting for Hillary.

Barack has made it a cornerstone of his campaign to say that we need to “look forward, not look back.” This is a way of saying that we need to vote for someone who hasn’t been in the system for as long as Hillary has… that we need a change. But we happen to believe that words mean something. Especially those words. Hillary & Obama are so close on so many issues… in order to differentiate himself from her, Barack has repeatedly said that we shouldn’t vote for Hillary because she voted to authorize force against Iraq way back when, when our current FuckFace president was lying his ass off to all of us, and many of us believed him about it. Hillary voted for the resolution. She has said that it was a mistake. She has said that if she knew then what she knows now, she wouldn’t have. And now, here in the present, she has a plan to end the war. Barack continues to hammer her about her vote, saying that he is better served to lead us because he didn’t vote to authorize force in the first place. Our point here is… if we need to look to forward, rather than back, then why do we need to keep looking BACK to find a reason to not vote for Hillary? She’s on the right page now. She, as we all do, knows the war was a mistake. Let’s look ahead, not back, just like Obama has been saying, and look at who has an actual, viable plan to stop the war. We’ve listened to them both. In our opinion… it’s our girl.

Next up… lets talk health care. Both Barack & Hillary have great plans. Obama himself has stated that 95% of their health care plans are the same. What’s different about the remaining 5%? The ability to know what will work, and what won’t. Hillary picked up the health care livewire back when she was First Lady. Remember? She was crushed. She’s been here before, and she knows what will work, and what won’t. As nice as Obama sounds when he discusses health care, and almost all the other issues, btw, when he talks about them, he says things like “What I would try to do…” and “What I would like to do…” When Hillary talks about her plans, she says “What I will do…” and “What I can do…”

Which brings us to our next point. Experience. She has it, he doesn’t. It’s just that simple. And we’re sorry… but it’s important.

Next up… Let’s look at who the Republicans want to win. Swallow your gum, suck it up, turn on your radio, and listen to the Republican talk radio shows, like Savage, and Hannity, and Limbaugh. They want Obama to win. They do not want Hillary to win. The reason for this is simple. They can beat Obama in a general election. They can’t beat Hillary. When a total Right-wing lunatic ass-faced CUNT like Ann Coulter says she’d vote for Hillary over John McCain… you’d better start wondering why, friends. These fuckers don’t say anything without a reason.

And yes, Obama says he will bring “the young vote” to his candidacy. But ya know what? We’ve heard that before, people. Remember???? Kerry said he had “the young people” behind him. All we heard from the young people the year leading up to the last election was how inspired by him they were, and how excited they were to vote for him. Ya know what happened? When it was time to put their money where their mouths were… the young people didn’t show up on election day, and we got fucked up the ass with 4 more years of Fuckface. The Bullets likes young people. we still kinda are young people… well, we certainly feel like we are, anyway… but when the rubber hits the road… young people tend not to vote. Even when they spend a year talking about voting. Hillary’s base, while being as large as Obama’s is, is older, and more established, and more invested in the proccess than Obama’s. And they’re more likely to show up on election day and actually punch the fucking card.

On a more personal note… we have to say that one of the reasons we’re voting for Hillary is because we’ve always been with The Boss. Ah, Bill. we’ve always loved him, and we always will. He’s the only president we’ve ever voted for who’s ever won. And, if you remember correctly, when he was in charge, things were pretty fucking good. Especially when, as Obama himself noted, you look at it through the prism of the last 8 years of Bush-Fuck. So yeah… we were always with The Boss. And now, we’re with The Boss’ Old Lady.

So there it is. As we have said, we love Obama. We will vote for him in the general election… we will even campaign for him in the general election, and post many posts here on his behalf, should he be the nominee.

But tomorrow… here in California, on Super Tuesday…

The Bullets are voting for Hillary.

That is all.

Since strike information is at a premium right now, The Bullets will turn the rest of tonight’s update to a special guest, who will give his opinon on the DGA deal, as well as update us on his current projects. Please welcome tonight’s Bullets guest contributor, the Cloverfield Monster:

Wait, I don’t see… ah, here he comes.

Oh crap.

Maybe this wasn’t such a goo…