RANT (in list form!)

I try really hard to be a calm, peaceful person. You know: cool, collected, takes everything with a grain of salt, doesn’t rise to anger.
Obviously, I fail.
And today is one of those days in which I am failing more than usual. And so a list!
The top 5 things that are blinding me with rage on this rainy Friday:

5. The New Yorker article on Lenora Hemsley giving her dog 10 million dollars. What. The. Fuck. Did you know that America donates 2.5 times more money to Animal shelters than to organizations that help abused women? I love puppies and kittens but this woman had a sentence in the charter for her trust to help children and she TOOK IT OUT in favor of helping dogs. This is in addition to the obscene amount she left her little dog. Doesn't she know Animals are meant for eating? I mean, I don’t really like people either but her whole point seemed to be rubbing the fact that she cut her grandkids out of her will in their faces. I’d call her a bitch but I think that’s getting too pun like.
4. Sarah Palin. I am no longer amused. I no longer have western pride that she can field dress a moose. I am so angry. At the fact that she can’t answer questions. At the fact that she described meeting with foreign leaders as “fun.” She is bad for women. She is coming off as stupid and cowardly and the McCain camps sheltering of her is – pardon the s word – SEXIST. SHE IS NOT A LITTLE DOLL. SHE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. AAAAAAAAAAAGH!
3 . The Economy. Okay, so I have no idea what is going on and I recognize that since I am not planning on buying property in the next few years it doesn’t really affect me but jesus, someone figure it out. PLEASE. In issues that I don’t understand I tend to trust the economist and they said that the $700 billion plan that fell apart last night was probably the best possible plan. And now it fell apart. God damn it.
2. The SEC chairman. There are three people who are in control of the economy – the fed chairman, the cabinet secretary and the SEC chairman. And we’re only hearing about two of them. This American Life had a report about how the SEC chairman has missed all these important meetings to go to birthday parties and the like. It made me SO ANGRY. And usually This American Life just makes me cry cathartically. So I was double angry at being made angry by This American Life.
1. John McCain. Waaay back when it looked like Huckabee had a chance of taking the primary I said that I would be okay with a president McCain. “He’s a moderate,” I said, “And even if I disagree with him I will know where he is coming from.” I TAKE IT ALL BACK. Apparently McCain thinks the definition of “Maverick” is making decisions with out thinking about the consequences. From Sarah Palin to canceling the debate he just seems to do things. Baaaaad things. And now he went back to Washington to try to “help” with a situation that he has no expertise in and managed to FUCK. IT. ALL. UP. (okay, I recognize that there were a lot of factors at play but I am going to blame him right now because I feel like it.) Please god, if he wins don’t let him bomb Russia. Because at this point I think he would.