I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello [Oct 30, 2003]

Good day, dear readers. Today marks the end of our time together. Neal's tour has ended, and he'll be back to woo you and wow you on Monday. Before I, Matthew Tobey, say goodbye though, I know I speak for Neal when I say that the bloggers who came before me, Donnie Boman, Paul Fisher, Christopher Monks and Jesse Popp, all did superior work. You should thank them for their efforts by visiting their respective electronic homes, or if computers are too impersonal, you could always approach any or all of them and insist on giving a heartfelt and plutonic French kiss. Haven't they earned it?

Many of you are probably wondering what to expect when the road-weary Pollack returns. I've been informed that Neal will waste no time returning to form and will announce Monday plans for Donald Luskin Is A Stalker Day on Tuesday in response to the actions being taken against Atrios. That is all I know. Neal will have details.

It's been quite a week hasn't it? We've been through so much together, I kind of just want to forget about the world around us for a day and cuddle. Unfortunately for your head and my shoulder though, current events don't have cuddle-breaks.

While you let the cuddling images dissipate, I'm sure they're being replaced by insatiable urges to know what I have to say about the fact that companies responsible for half-a-million dollars in contributions to President Bush's 2000 campaign have been awarded upwards of eight billion dollars in contracts related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Personally, I'm not very shocked. Politics and business heaving and sweating in a cash-soaked sixty-nine position is nothing new.

For example, did you know that Lincoln freed the slaves only after receiving a hefty kickback from the robot industry? Any day now, the Emancipation Proclamation is going to make some 200 year-old robot moguls very rich.

Or, were you aware of the fact that an alliance of folk singers contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Lyndon Johnson's reelection campaign in exchange for Johnson sending more troops to die in the protest-song-inspiring Vietnam War?

And, I'll bet you're completely oblivious to the fact that the first President Bush's entire campaign was funded by the douche-bag industry. The exposure tripled sales.

So you can say nay all you want, fickle people of the Internet, but if George W. Bush is guilty of anything, it's merely of being the President of these United States. Glory, glory, hallelujah…

Don't forget, I sling the same kind of shit on a regular basis at The City of Floating Blogs and on Haypenny. See you next time.