Ballsy Boston Broad

Well hello there….Yeah, I know it’s been awhile since I last blogged.  Frankly, there is no excuse for my prolonged absence. Moving forward, I am going to make a real concerted effort to blog regularly and update my Twitter account @ BallsyBroad everyday.

Anyway, so I am sure the first question that a lot of you might have is “Are you going to blog about any bad dates you had during your absence from the blogosphere?”  Well to be honest, I wish I could offer you up some juicy material. But after years of dating utterly clueless men and well frankly a handful of assholes (read about my infamous coffee or baseball game date as examples), I finally found a gem that makes me very happy.  That’s all I will say on the matter.  But I do hope my dating experiences offer other frustrated single gals out there a glimmer of hope that nice guys do exist. It’s like finding a needle in a haystack. It takes a lot of effort to find, but its well worth it in the end.

Well Christ, enough mushy stuff for this ballsy broad. I plan to get back to business blogging about current events, politics, celebrities and of course things that annoy the shit of me…and let me assure you that my shit list is growing longer than the Senate Healthcare bill!!

First Things First, President Obama

First things first, I am not going to bore you all with my political rantings as I am sure you have had enough of those on my Facebook page.  But I need to set the record straight on my feelings toward President Barack Obama.
I am an independent thinking, socially liberal Republican and I voted for President Barack Obama.  I threw my staunch support behind Obama as soon as old man McCain announced that he chose that dimwit Sarah Palin as his running mate.  I don’t even need to elaborate as to why I immediately jumped ship. Just watch her interview with Katie Couric to understand where I was coming from.  Click here to watch that train wreck of an interview.

Now my gripe with Obama is that he has about as much of a backbone as a fish.  He is not the leader that he promised and vowed relentlessly to be on the campaign trail.  I would think anyone, but especially liberals, who voted for Obama must be frustrated or feel hoodwinked by his failure to enact real reform. Let me say upfront, I think his decision to close Guantanamo Bay is foolish; I think his healthcare plan is a $900 billion dollar piece of shit; I think his spending habits are reckless; I think he should withdraw troops from Iraq; and I think the only jobs his stimulus package will create will be for Republican lawmakers in state legislatures across the country.  I could go on and on with my policy gripes with Obama. As you can see, there is very little I actually agree with him on…

But that’s not why President Obama pisses me off. It’s not the substance of the policies he preaches that has me up in arms.  Rather, it’s the fact that he does not have the balls to move forward with his policies.  Even though I don’t agree with the bulk of his agenda, I would have more respect for him if he demonstrated conviction and steadfastly exhausted all means to accomplish it. Who cares if John Boehner is crying foul, or if Jim Bunning is giving you the finger or even if Dick Cheney is giving you the Dr. Evil stare…F-the Republicans and the Teabaggers.

Democrats won the presidency and the Congress. Obama should use whatever means necessary albeit the reconciliation process, vote buying, the nuclear option, an executive order…I don’t give a shit what he uses, just institute CHANGE god damn it. That’s what he promised and now it’s time for him to deliver. Hell the political climate is not getting any better for the Democrats. There is no more proof than the election of Sen. Scott Brown to fill the late Teddy Kennedy’s seat in my home state, otherwise known as the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.  Enough is enough, President Obama. Stand up to the opposition and pass your policy agenda. The Republicans will never agree with you or make any concessions. We all know that. They view obstructionism as a political strategy as a means to enable them to win back the Congress in November. For Christ sake, put on your Nike hat President Obama and “Just Do It”!!!!

What Else Got My Goat Lately?

Ellen DeGeneris

Oh that Ellen DeGeneris. I will be forthright in that I think she is as about as funny as watching Schindler’s List over and over. Frankly I find her wit and humor quite painful. And don’t even get me started on her dancing. But that’s besides the point. I know she is a big hit with the stay at home Mom crowd and middle-aged hermits who have had as much sex as Gary Coleman. Nevertheless, she has no friggin business being a judge on American Idol. She offers no meaningful commentary. If I were a contestant, I would tell her to take her man-suit and shove it. Poor Simon Cowell. That poor bastard. I mean what an insult to make him have to be on a panel with her. He is like a CEO forced share an office with an intern.  Good for him for giving Fox the finger and starting up his own show next year.

Facebook

Speaking of fingers, when the hell is Facebook going to finally get a dislike button and get rid of Farmville. I am sorry, every time someone sends me a Farmville request I lose just a little more respect for that person. Unless you’re my ten year old cousin, it’s unacceptable. Any person that spends time organizing a fake farm with imaginary animals on Facebook is quite pathetic and sad in my book. 

You know what else annoys me about Facebook, the phony birthday messages everyone posts on each other’s walls. Now don’t get me wrong, I am guilty as charged and frequently post Happy Birthday on “friends” walls. But, it annoys me how everyone feels the need to send birthday greetings to all of their 878 friends throughout the year.  Now it’s one thing if the birthday boy or gal is actually a close friend, family member or co-worker that you actually socialize with. It’s another to write “Happy Birthday Jenny! I hope you have a great day!” if Jenny is a girl you went to middle school with and have not seen or talked to in 20 years. I mean get real. Do you really care if Jenny has a good day? I sure as hell bet you don’t. I wish we all could write what we are really thinking about Jenny…”Happy Birthday Jenny! Cripes, you’re a mess. What the hell happened? …Have a good day!”

And my other Facebook annoyance these days is when people post a deep or profound quote as their status. You know what I mean…like a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson such as “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”  I mean okay that’s cool if you want to give yourself some motivation or something. Fine I understand. But c’mon if you’re going to post it, then try to actually live by it. Don’t follow that posting up the next day with “Oh, I am so hungover today. I need to stop doing Tequila shots”…Just be consistent is all I am saying.

The Express Line at the Grocery Store

Before I get ready to watch American Idol and roll my eyes at Ellen, there is one more rant I need to get off my chest. I was at the grocery store with my boyfriend recently and we were waiting in line to purchase a grocery cart full of food items. I let mean let me tell you—the damn cart was packed to the max.  So we are waiting and waiting and then a man with a gallon of milk and can of Campbell’s tomato soup walks up behind us in line. At first I thought he was confused and mistook our line for the Express line (you know 12 items or less). But no he just got in line and proceeded to stare at me like I was supposed to let him go ahead because he had 2 items and I had 53.  Now this has happened before to me. What the hell? Is this like some scheme or ploy people use to expedite their way to the front of the line? C’mon shoppers, but if you have less than 12 items please go to the Express line or self-checkout line (although as you already know I hate those too!)

Okay, well that’s it for now. Thanks so much for reading!

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