My Likes and Dislikes: A Look at Cicadas and the Presidency
Am I the only one on the entire east coast that thinks that cicadas are the coolest? They are a constant reminder of the carefree days of my youth when Dave and I would run around and tear their wings off. Also, anything called "Brood X" must be awesome. It just sounds like a 1970's B-movie updated for the new millennium with a little help from the 24th letter of the alphabet. I know that the X is intended as a roman numeral but every time I see it I can't help but think that it's for x-treme, much like the new Gatorade. Sure they're ugly and loud and creepy but only in a totally awesome way. And let's be honest, the whole concept of sitting underground sucking on tree roots for 17 years only to emerge for a month before they all die is pretty cool. Combine that with the fact that basically everything in nature wants to devour these things while they are above ground and yet they still survive because there's something like eleventy-bajillion of them. I find them fascinating and engaging on both a scientific level and on a five-year old level.
George Bush on the other hand, I am not cool with. Between Dave and Mike most of the big points have been made about what a tremendous job he's done at getting the entire world to hate us as well as stirring up dissent in our own country. One of the things that is just killing me is watching how well Sen. John McCain is handling the situation. You mean we could have had this guy as our president right now instead? Well crap.
Although intended as a comedy show, I cannot stress enough what a good job the Daily Show does at actual investigation of the issues and problems in the country. I watch other news shows too and they just seem to regurgitate whatever they get from press releases without looking further. I suppose that when you are a fake news show and don't have the pressure to be objective you can get away with a lot more but still, that show does a better job than any real news show I'm aware of. Just my two cents, oh, and if you are going to vote for Bush then you're an idiot.
Cicadas: 87/100
Bush: 35/100
McCain: 96/100
Friday, May 14 at 8:12 AM
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