HILARITY WILL ENSUE...

David Cross is one of the funniest men alive, and the new red-band trailer for "Demoted" proves it. Oh, it also stars hobbit/caveman owner/goonie, Daniel E. Reuttiger (figure it out). Double prove. What!

WOW...

So we have a new president - Barack Obama. What a feeling. My vote seemed to count for something. This was the first time in a long time that I have been proud to label myself as an American citizen. I am sure that many people are saying that today, and I have no doubt that most of us feel a pseudo-relief, at least for the time being, that change will eventually come.

One thing that I noticed about yesterday's election, and though it might be a minor detail, sums up exactly why Obama won and McCain didn't. Hundreds of thousands of eager people gathered in Chicago's Grant Park, irregardless of whether or not Obama was victorious. If he had lost, I suppose that most of them would have stuck around to see his concession speech nonetheless. The "hundreds of thousands" is key to this statement, as an open-door policy was in effect for the victory rally. EVERYONE was invited.

In Phoenix, hundreds of people showed up at the McCain rally, however, the festivities at the Biltmore Hotel were BY INVITATION ONLY. Friends, big money supporters, and party representatives were the only ones invited, and we might as well have called it "Club McCain at the Biltmore". His exclusion of the common man and inability to connect with the people became the downfall of his campaign. It was not the current economic crisis, nor was it his vice-presidential candidate, however they did contribute. Again I say, John McCain did not know how to reach the people, and the people did not reach out for his hand in rescue. The common man does not run in the same political circles that McCain runs in, and we sure as hell don't limit our societal victories to a chosen few. We share them with everyone - blue or red, white or black.

My countrymen/women have risen up and have signed a new lease on American life, hopeful and proud, but not forgetting that the road ahead will be full of tumult and reparation. This road, which has quickly eroded into rubble and ruin, needs to be built back up using the hands of Americans, a people who have built countless roads and have blazed paths through the wilderness of continuing freedom. We need to return to the ideas and values that brought us so far, but not forget to be progressive in mind and soul. We need to dig deep into the soil, grab ahold of some of the freshest earth, and mold a new road for our future to rely on.

I truly believe that Obama will lead us to constructing this road, but we have to build it ourselves. The United States of America was once ruled by the people, and it will again be soon enough.