Parties, Puffy Tacos, and Politics, Oh My!

It’s Fiesta time in San Antonio – woot! It’s time to go to Night in Old San Antonio and pay too much money for food and beer, while having a damn good time. Seriously, I haven’t been to NIOSA in over 15 years, so I’m looking forward to it. I hope J doesn’t decide to be a fuddy-duddy, but I intend on having fun regardless. I love her so much, but she REALLY needs to lighten up at times. We’re going to drive to a “Park and Ride” and take a bus downtown. That is the only sensible way to get to Fiesta. Otherwise, parking spaces are scarcer than an enlightened George W Bush advisor and more expensive than a Defense Department toilet seat. 
 
While I’m on the subject of San Antonio, I must extol the virtue of puffy tacos, which were created here in SA. Basically, a corn tortilla is fried in oil until it puffs. It is then formed into a taco shape and filled with beef or chicken, lettuce, tomato, and shredded cheese. YUMMY! It has a texture different than any other type of taco. Saturday morning, J and I stumbled on a dive that makes the best puffy and breakfast tacos I’ve had since moving to SA. Plus, it is dirt cheap, which is the hallmark of good taquerias everywhere. 
 
I cannot believe it is 2007, and it seems like the country is already deep in the middle of election season. WHY? The election is in November 2008! I don’t care who has raised the most money at this point. I don’t care who the front-runners are. All I know is George II is doing his utmost to ensure the next president will be a Democrat. I will not vote for Romney, because he flip-flops on issues and his hair is too perfect, while mine is perfectly absent. I will not vote for McCain, because he flip-flops. I won’t be able to vote for Giuliani, because the right-wing Evangelicals won’t allow him to get the Republican nomination. I won’t vote for Hillary because of Bill. Assuming Gore enters the race, I won’t vote for him, because he rants and raves about America’s role in “global warming,” while ignoring the pollution of China and India. Obama is interesting, but I don’t know enough about him to make an informed decision. Edwards is full of shit, so he’s out. Fred Thompson is gathering momentum, but I wonder, who is supporting Fred Thompson, and who is supporting his character on “Law and Order?” Actually, I may have to write in a candidate. Maybe I’ll vote for Martin Sheen. Jed Bartlett in ’08!