it’s forward from here

In a way,
I think it’s bet­ter that we had our first black pres­i­dent first. 

Es­pe­cial­ly one with a name like Barack Hus­sein Oba­ma. You do that, and the ceil­ing is gone. 

If Hillary had won in 2008, we might still be stuck back in “is Amer­i­ca ready for a black president?”

I am in no way say­ing that women’s strug­gle is some­where low­er on the totem pole, just that in the wake of Oba­ma we can go any­where. A woman. A Lati­no per­son. A gay per­son. We elect­ed some­one named Barack Hus­sein Oba­ma. Twice. 

And he was the shit! We can go any­where from there.

And
as of last night, top 5 trend­ing ques­tions on all of Google in the U.S. – via The Guardian:
1.   What is Cit­i­zens United?
2.   Who built the White House?
3.   Did slaves build the White House?
4.   How old is Bernie Sanders?
5.   What is TPP?
 

“Michi­gan! Home of the Kel­logg Com­pa­ny, in­ven­tor of the de­li­cious Pop Tart, that king of the toast­er pas­try whose tangy fruit fill­ing and sweet ic­ing and sprin­kles gar­nish a scrump­tious dou­ble-lay­er of crusty pas­try and whose mighty reign at the top of the break­fast moun­tain has been chal­lenged from all! sides! by: Toast­er Strudel! Toast­er Tarts! Yum­my Tarts! Toast Ems! ShurFine Frost­ed Toast­er Pas­tries! and count­less oth­er pre­tenders to the throne! We cast our 130 votes for I’m sor­ry I for­got what we were talk­ing about.”
 

Back to
non­po­lit­i­cal mat­ters, watch­ing Trainspot­ting and fond­ly re­mem­ber­ing that brief glim­mer­ing mo­ment when Pulp and Elas­ti­ca showed us a new way. 

Be­fore the dark times.
Be­fore the Dursts.
 
 

—ja­son malmberg

Flom­mist Ja­son Malm­berg is a sim­ple man who be­lieves in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art some­times. Copy­right © 2016 Ja­son Malm­berg. Pic­tured: America’s first black pres­i­dent, cir­ca 2001.

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