Anatomy of a Dress

You know, I had a political awakening circa 2001 that ended in a fatigued resolution to never get too close to politics, like a lover who swore he’d never had a fuck as good as me and then gave me an STD a few months later. Which happened around the same time, actually. Anyway! In all the hullaballoo surrounding this Very Important Presidential Race and the Apocalypse George W. Means to Unleash on the World at Large, I seem to have forgotten my for-your-own-good avowal and now I basically stew all day, reading the news feeds and watching Rachel Maddown and Keith Olbermann andLarry King and veering wildly between states of blind rage and abject terror. I see this sentiment reiterated over and over and basically I need to just swear off politics again for a looooong time and maybe move to some godforsaken outpost of civilization ruled by village elders who consult wooden dolls in matters of state because I am not SLEEPING, people, this is not the WORLD I want to LIVE IN.

FIRST of all: a $700 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT is FUCKING EXTORTION.

Second, do this because it is awesome and it made me feel better: Instead of (in addition to?) us all complaining about how horrible she is (ed: BECAUSE SHE IS HORRIBLE AND MADE RAPE VICTIMS PAY FOR THEIR FORENSIC EXAMS AND HASN’T GOTTEN ANY OF HER KIDS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, SHUT UP ABOUT THE ROAD TO NOWHERE), let’s all make a donation to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name for reminding us of the importance of protecting our rights for birth control, women’s health and reproductive choice. This is a brilliant idea for $10, or even $5.

And here’s the good part: when you make a donation to PP in her name,
they’ll send her a card telling her that the donation has been made in
her honor.

You’ll need to fill in the address to let Planned Parenthood know
where to send the “in Sarah Palin’s honor” card. I suggest you use the
address for the McCain campaign headquarters, which is:

McCain for President
1235 S. Clark Street
1st Floor
Arlington , VA 22202

PS: make sure you use that link above or choose the pulldown of
Donate–Honorary or Memorial Donations, not the regular “Donate
Online”