In response to my previous post regarding voting for hope...
I just finished voting. When I arrived at the courthouse to vote, they told me where my precinct headquarters was located.
"Go to "New Hope Church of God"
Really...a church? To Vote?
And when I arrived, my eyes focused on one word...
Hope.
It will be intersting to see what happens when the polls close.
I voted for hope.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
BULLWORTH, OBAMA, and AMERICAN HOPE
If you haven't seen Bullworth, you should.
It is the story of a white, middle aged congressman played by Warren Betty, who rips the lid off the political correctness bullshit of interviews we have become so accustomed to in our medias efforts to show us who our "real candidates" are, mind you this is possibly due to a brain tumor, but the effect is insanity with a purpose. Hallie Berry plays a hitman turned love interest, who ultimately witnesses the living dream assasinated in front of her. There are many moments in this film that feel over the top, and yet, the film is brilliant. It exposes our underbellies as a society, ALL our underbellies; white (caucasion), black (African American), Asian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Latino, Colombian, Salvadorian, Hispanic, and the many MANY mixes of our ethnicities in between. I find it interesting that in a few mintues I will go stand in line again, hopefully able to vote.
And who will I vote for...
That is the hard one, the thing that has rendered me less excited, less sure, and completely confused as to what I should sacrifice and for which greater good. I have realized that men like Ryan are something I cannot support or even relate to. I have realized men like Ryan have no business in politics anymore, as they have nothing to do with the American people as a whole, but rather a fading (hopefully) era of frightening beliefs and lack of connection with the diverse public.
And yet, Romney is part of an economist mentality that regardless of his intelligence, we need a bit more of to figure out our middle class extinction. Or maybe that is a misguided hope, because there is no real proof he is going to be able to fix anything at all, and the cost of him slashing and buring women's rights by giving the government extreme power over personal decisions is a risk I cannot take. Not for me so much as for my fellow females, who may one day find themselves in a room, needing the right to make their own choice.
I don't understand why religion is in government. Didn't the Anabaptists fight for seperation for a reason.
And Obama...I have to point out here that I do not believe this man is a terrorist. Mainly, for no other reason than I would think if he was trying to be a "Homeland" type plant by some identified enemy...wouldn't his name be something like Jack? Or John, Or Bob? But not...Obama..and not admitting anything about muslim connection.
So past that concern..how has he done?
He was handed a war torn country, a recession, and a monumental moment full of expectation and weight.
He was given a congress better suited for time out on a playground than for running a country.
He was handed a voting public whose interest in anything beyond a 10 second slam fest of misleading messages was nill.
He was handed millions of people losing jobs, facing evictions, and being defrauded in some of the largest investor schemes of our time.
He was handed a country looking for hope, but unprepapred for the real overhaul it will take.
He was handed a country looking for a team captain...
I am sure he has not lived up to the epxectations and hope I had, but I am sure that between the two...he is still the one who gives me hope.
So in this election, I vote "hope".
It is the story of a white, middle aged congressman played by Warren Betty, who rips the lid off the political correctness bullshit of interviews we have become so accustomed to in our medias efforts to show us who our "real candidates" are, mind you this is possibly due to a brain tumor, but the effect is insanity with a purpose. Hallie Berry plays a hitman turned love interest, who ultimately witnesses the living dream assasinated in front of her. There are many moments in this film that feel over the top, and yet, the film is brilliant. It exposes our underbellies as a society, ALL our underbellies; white (caucasion), black (African American), Asian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Latino, Colombian, Salvadorian, Hispanic, and the many MANY mixes of our ethnicities in between. I find it interesting that in a few mintues I will go stand in line again, hopefully able to vote.
And who will I vote for...
That is the hard one, the thing that has rendered me less excited, less sure, and completely confused as to what I should sacrifice and for which greater good. I have realized that men like Ryan are something I cannot support or even relate to. I have realized men like Ryan have no business in politics anymore, as they have nothing to do with the American people as a whole, but rather a fading (hopefully) era of frightening beliefs and lack of connection with the diverse public.
And yet, Romney is part of an economist mentality that regardless of his intelligence, we need a bit more of to figure out our middle class extinction. Or maybe that is a misguided hope, because there is no real proof he is going to be able to fix anything at all, and the cost of him slashing and buring women's rights by giving the government extreme power over personal decisions is a risk I cannot take. Not for me so much as for my fellow females, who may one day find themselves in a room, needing the right to make their own choice.
I don't understand why religion is in government. Didn't the Anabaptists fight for seperation for a reason.
And Obama...I have to point out here that I do not believe this man is a terrorist. Mainly, for no other reason than I would think if he was trying to be a "Homeland" type plant by some identified enemy...wouldn't his name be something like Jack? Or John, Or Bob? But not...Obama..and not admitting anything about muslim connection.
So past that concern..how has he done?
He was handed a war torn country, a recession, and a monumental moment full of expectation and weight.
He was given a congress better suited for time out on a playground than for running a country.
He was handed a voting public whose interest in anything beyond a 10 second slam fest of misleading messages was nill.
He was handed millions of people losing jobs, facing evictions, and being defrauded in some of the largest investor schemes of our time.
He was handed a country looking for hope, but unprepapred for the real overhaul it will take.
He was handed a country looking for a team captain...
I am sure he has not lived up to the epxectations and hope I had, but I am sure that between the two...he is still the one who gives me hope.
So in this election, I vote "hope".
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The Undecided Voter
Today I read about the undecided voter. The image of this voter changed based on whose summation I read. "Walmart mom", "uneducated", even "no apparent brain activity". All descriptions of this voting set previously known as the undecided citizen. Each trying to decide why there is very little passion in this Presidential race.
Well, let me introduce you to one more category of the undecided voter.
She is educated, has one bachelors, two masters. Works roughly ten hours a day, sometimes less, as a clinical therapist. One evening, she teaches, college level. She has been a yoga instructor, a massage therapist, worked in corporate america, even painted fences on a farm. She donates her time and money to causes, and will put her money where her mouth is on making sure art can be reached by the poorest and least educated. She is pro choice, because she has realized that in the end, life and death are personal. She also believes Oregan or Denmark are a viable plan should choosing death be a necesary option if her own health is terminal. She does not care about white, black or yellow, but tends to think that America is an evolving race of diversity, and that this diversity surpasses color, or even stereotype. She is middle class, in a good year. And in a bad year, she works harder. She is lucky because she has a family to back her up. She knows not everyone does. She had a scholarship to go to college. She had parents to fund the rest. She knows there are many smart and talented people who never get the chance. She also knows that there are wasted dollars used on others who quite frankly are a waste of time. She has witnessed people on welfare do the "I got my check dance". Those people annoy her. She has seen more often though the mother trying to balance raising children and stretching very few dollars and even fewer food stamps, all the while trying to help their kids with homework. She understands that teachers aren't the ONLY problem with our education system, but rather a growing segement of children who have processing disorders, chemical imbalances, and emotional disturbance that may need to lead the way in redefining educational approaches. Because if a kid hasn't eaten, mom got the crap beat out of her, and she has only two pairs of clothing...reading, writing, and arithmatic really don't matter. She knows that abuse crosses socioeconomics....but in a recession, violence goes up, period. She wonders why parents have become the "don't you say nothing to my child" enforcement of child delinquency. She wonders why that PE teacher who kept from giving the little boy a reality check that kicked him, isnt' the poster face for making parents deal with the nightmares they are raising. She knows not all parents are at fault. But she knows some are. She appreciates the oil industry that helps her state keep people employed. She doesn't understand why movie stars have an opinion on fracking, especially an uneducated one. She understands that cement and asphalt raise temperatures in cities and less green space means hotter temperatures. She wonders why anyone is focusing on the farts of animals as an environmental issue. She questions why those who receive disability but are able to work aren't put to work picking up trash in parks and public ways, or using a skill they have in a modified work environment. She remembers a friend who was a great carpenter but due to a head injury would get overwhelmed in the workplace. He wanted to work, just needed an adjustment. She doesn't understand why the other issue of our youth, those who are entitled, or whose parents have little control, can't be put into a service reform program to help them regain some basic self respect...She wonders when the media will realize, it is not that she does not care, or is uneducated, its that neither of them give her faith or hope. She does not care if a gay person wants to marry, because she understands that "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" should not dictate personal choice but rather allow for the widest interpretation as long as no one gets hurt. She doesn't get why the Feds care who smokes a joint. She thinks La Guardia was right forty years ago. Personal choice is simply that, personal. She is still annoyed President Bush had a faith council office in the White House. She believes religion and government should stay seperate, but if you are going to have a religious council, maybe all religions should have a seat, including the non religious minded. She wants to have pride in America. America made. America driven. She worries about our military, so many lives lost...both on the battlefield and when they come home. She wonders when we will realize that maybe we need to rethink our goal to save the world, and maybe work on saving ourselves again first. She remembers what she teaches her clients, if you do not heal your self first, you are of no good to anyone else.
She is listening to the debate and is realizing...neither one have any idea how to fix our country quickly. She knows, in the end, patience is necessary to fix what we have created.
So to both candidates here is what I am looking at:
Prisons are overcrowded and when people are locked up, rehabiliation is not happening. We need real change here. But violent offendors and true dangers of society are the only people who need to be locked up. otherwise, put the folks into a work program where for so many years they work to pay back for their crime. And they still pay taxes and their bills. Education needs an overhaul, but more testing isn't helping. CHANGE WHAT KIDS NEED TO LEARN. Not everyone is going to college nor competing with China. Get creative in creating a new definition of educated. Healthcare--too expensive, period. But folks, to lower costs we gotta figure something out. Illegals, well you know what America, there are some illegals I would keep here any day over some of our own natural born. But we have to get a plan. If you aren't paying taxes, then honestly, no services. So create a voucher to allow them to work legally while waiting for citizenship. Some mental illnesses make working impossible, but we need to evaluate our system all the way through. Youth violent behavior, gangs, etc...PUT THEM IN A SOCIETY SERVICE PROGRAM AND THEN INTO THE MILITARY. If you want to kill, then lets give you a code, some honor, and remove the mayhem your current style causes. Teenage pregnancy...folks some kids will be virgins, some won't. Make options available...then leave it to the kid and the family to decide for themselves. But know that some families aren't healthy, and they can drive really nice cars and be in the PTA. That doesn't make them good for their kids, they just cover it better. Maybe since people are losing their houses, we should rethink foreclosure, because empty houses and homeless people make no sense. Give insurance cuts to people who work to be preventative in their health self care. Oh, and please realize TV and video games do effect our children...maybe we should have more care in what they see and are exposed too. We should protect our kids innocence when and where we can. I don't mind paying taxes, but when the IRS sends me three letters saying I didn't pay my taxes and I did...are you wasting my dollars with inept staff? And stop identifying yourself solely as the political group you are a part of--WE ARE ALL IN THIS SHIP TOGETHER. The reality is, I will never be pro life. You may never be pro choice. So maybe neither of us should decide that issue for the other. I will never think each person has an equal opportunity to succeed, because I have gotten to know the insurmountable difficulties some people face...they will never have an equal chance. And if they do, its because of a miracle. And as for test studies...maybe let people decide if they want to risk trial studies, not the government. If all I have to gain is a chance to live, why should you decide that for me? And yes, know that I realize my statement makes my pro choice stance seem hypocritical, but I define life as ability to live independently from host body. We have starving folks, why not let resturauts have a donation process for food left over. We have grocery stores who have food that won't sell, why not create laws that allow for them to donate viable food. Another day I will address corporate america and taxes, but today Maslow's Heirarchy indicates basic needs should be addressed.
Govenor Romeny, you scare me. You seem to think everyone has a hidden piggy bank they refuse to use. But you made some good points so I am going to research what you have done in your state.
President Obama, you have frustrated me. But you have also tried to look out for those who really are not able to help themselves without a hand.
Why am I undecided? Because our problems are so layered. And picking a direction is kind of like seeing alot of paths in the woods...you can't see where they end up.
Maybe, if I keep typing, keep talking, keep educating myself...maybe by November one of you will stand apart as the right leader for my country.
And if not...guess a coin toss will work too. By the way---one thing I do know--the tricky, shady, negative ads....they are juvenile and show me your 7th grade mentality. Stop it. It's wrong. And it shows no leadership, just really poor taste.
So why am I undecided?
Well, let me introduce you to one more category of the undecided voter.
She is educated, has one bachelors, two masters. Works roughly ten hours a day, sometimes less, as a clinical therapist. One evening, she teaches, college level. She has been a yoga instructor, a massage therapist, worked in corporate america, even painted fences on a farm. She donates her time and money to causes, and will put her money where her mouth is on making sure art can be reached by the poorest and least educated. She is pro choice, because she has realized that in the end, life and death are personal. She also believes Oregan or Denmark are a viable plan should choosing death be a necesary option if her own health is terminal. She does not care about white, black or yellow, but tends to think that America is an evolving race of diversity, and that this diversity surpasses color, or even stereotype. She is middle class, in a good year. And in a bad year, she works harder. She is lucky because she has a family to back her up. She knows not everyone does. She had a scholarship to go to college. She had parents to fund the rest. She knows there are many smart and talented people who never get the chance. She also knows that there are wasted dollars used on others who quite frankly are a waste of time. She has witnessed people on welfare do the "I got my check dance". Those people annoy her. She has seen more often though the mother trying to balance raising children and stretching very few dollars and even fewer food stamps, all the while trying to help their kids with homework. She understands that teachers aren't the ONLY problem with our education system, but rather a growing segement of children who have processing disorders, chemical imbalances, and emotional disturbance that may need to lead the way in redefining educational approaches. Because if a kid hasn't eaten, mom got the crap beat out of her, and she has only two pairs of clothing...reading, writing, and arithmatic really don't matter. She knows that abuse crosses socioeconomics....but in a recession, violence goes up, period. She wonders why parents have become the "don't you say nothing to my child" enforcement of child delinquency. She wonders why that PE teacher who kept from giving the little boy a reality check that kicked him, isnt' the poster face for making parents deal with the nightmares they are raising. She knows not all parents are at fault. But she knows some are. She appreciates the oil industry that helps her state keep people employed. She doesn't understand why movie stars have an opinion on fracking, especially an uneducated one. She understands that cement and asphalt raise temperatures in cities and less green space means hotter temperatures. She wonders why anyone is focusing on the farts of animals as an environmental issue. She questions why those who receive disability but are able to work aren't put to work picking up trash in parks and public ways, or using a skill they have in a modified work environment. She remembers a friend who was a great carpenter but due to a head injury would get overwhelmed in the workplace. He wanted to work, just needed an adjustment. She doesn't understand why the other issue of our youth, those who are entitled, or whose parents have little control, can't be put into a service reform program to help them regain some basic self respect...She wonders when the media will realize, it is not that she does not care, or is uneducated, its that neither of them give her faith or hope. She does not care if a gay person wants to marry, because she understands that "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" should not dictate personal choice but rather allow for the widest interpretation as long as no one gets hurt. She doesn't get why the Feds care who smokes a joint. She thinks La Guardia was right forty years ago. Personal choice is simply that, personal. She is still annoyed President Bush had a faith council office in the White House. She believes religion and government should stay seperate, but if you are going to have a religious council, maybe all religions should have a seat, including the non religious minded. She wants to have pride in America. America made. America driven. She worries about our military, so many lives lost...both on the battlefield and when they come home. She wonders when we will realize that maybe we need to rethink our goal to save the world, and maybe work on saving ourselves again first. She remembers what she teaches her clients, if you do not heal your self first, you are of no good to anyone else.
She is listening to the debate and is realizing...neither one have any idea how to fix our country quickly. She knows, in the end, patience is necessary to fix what we have created.
So to both candidates here is what I am looking at:
Prisons are overcrowded and when people are locked up, rehabiliation is not happening. We need real change here. But violent offendors and true dangers of society are the only people who need to be locked up. otherwise, put the folks into a work program where for so many years they work to pay back for their crime. And they still pay taxes and their bills. Education needs an overhaul, but more testing isn't helping. CHANGE WHAT KIDS NEED TO LEARN. Not everyone is going to college nor competing with China. Get creative in creating a new definition of educated. Healthcare--too expensive, period. But folks, to lower costs we gotta figure something out. Illegals, well you know what America, there are some illegals I would keep here any day over some of our own natural born. But we have to get a plan. If you aren't paying taxes, then honestly, no services. So create a voucher to allow them to work legally while waiting for citizenship. Some mental illnesses make working impossible, but we need to evaluate our system all the way through. Youth violent behavior, gangs, etc...PUT THEM IN A SOCIETY SERVICE PROGRAM AND THEN INTO THE MILITARY. If you want to kill, then lets give you a code, some honor, and remove the mayhem your current style causes. Teenage pregnancy...folks some kids will be virgins, some won't. Make options available...then leave it to the kid and the family to decide for themselves. But know that some families aren't healthy, and they can drive really nice cars and be in the PTA. That doesn't make them good for their kids, they just cover it better. Maybe since people are losing their houses, we should rethink foreclosure, because empty houses and homeless people make no sense. Give insurance cuts to people who work to be preventative in their health self care. Oh, and please realize TV and video games do effect our children...maybe we should have more care in what they see and are exposed too. We should protect our kids innocence when and where we can. I don't mind paying taxes, but when the IRS sends me three letters saying I didn't pay my taxes and I did...are you wasting my dollars with inept staff? And stop identifying yourself solely as the political group you are a part of--WE ARE ALL IN THIS SHIP TOGETHER. The reality is, I will never be pro life. You may never be pro choice. So maybe neither of us should decide that issue for the other. I will never think each person has an equal opportunity to succeed, because I have gotten to know the insurmountable difficulties some people face...they will never have an equal chance. And if they do, its because of a miracle. And as for test studies...maybe let people decide if they want to risk trial studies, not the government. If all I have to gain is a chance to live, why should you decide that for me? And yes, know that I realize my statement makes my pro choice stance seem hypocritical, but I define life as ability to live independently from host body. We have starving folks, why not let resturauts have a donation process for food left over. We have grocery stores who have food that won't sell, why not create laws that allow for them to donate viable food. Another day I will address corporate america and taxes, but today Maslow's Heirarchy indicates basic needs should be addressed.
Govenor Romeny, you scare me. You seem to think everyone has a hidden piggy bank they refuse to use. But you made some good points so I am going to research what you have done in your state.
President Obama, you have frustrated me. But you have also tried to look out for those who really are not able to help themselves without a hand.
Why am I undecided? Because our problems are so layered. And picking a direction is kind of like seeing alot of paths in the woods...you can't see where they end up.
Maybe, if I keep typing, keep talking, keep educating myself...maybe by November one of you will stand apart as the right leader for my country.
And if not...guess a coin toss will work too. By the way---one thing I do know--the tricky, shady, negative ads....they are juvenile and show me your 7th grade mentality. Stop it. It's wrong. And it shows no leadership, just really poor taste.
So why am I undecided?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Vodka...and life
So, we work, we come home, we prune our plants, drive around the lake with friends, order pizza, which ultimately is made in a pizza place in the wrong town. We write checks to companies who feel its unreliable, asking for cash, or for debit cards, credit cards, maybe blood is the new commodity. We watch movies about genocide, Rowanda wars...fought on the side of some idea of vindication of the down trodden, , some idea of creating a better or holier world. Some simply for power, for money, for resources. The result a bloody bath of ignorant hate.
The news reports the Chinese are taking up the world's blood, smiling as they buy another project, invest, moving their people into the Africa, setting up towns of lightened skin amongst darkened poverty. Isolating money flowing from its grounds, sending their affluence home, empowering only themselves. History has a trend. Men laugh at their conquests, laughing as they kill. Women hide their faces from the facts. The color of the skin does not matter, Americans have done it for years. We have killed in our history, whether native or our own. but eventually, it all becomes our own. The Chinese, become Chinese American, the Iraqi, becomes Iriaqi American, I have become a combination of the Heinze 57 of my bloodline, some french, some cajun, some turkish, german, and even ethiopian, and I am blonde. I wonder of the countries that do not allow this type of evolvement, realizing their people are no longer purely anything, but rather a beautiful blend of diversity.
Some countries kill that.
I came home today, annoyed with a society that seems to sleep while others starve, throwing out food rather than risking a lawsuit of food poisining, of suing rather than being thankful, of being confused about how to talk out an issue without a judge and jury.
Frustrated that parents have children they cannot raise, that children have beds they share with whomever they are being bartered to for the night, their bodies the price of a mother's fix. Their father's an absent commodity at child support court, taking jobs paid under the table so they don't have to lose a dime.
As we build our McMansions, pretending like we are civicly and green minded...do we ever ask..what happens if we are wrong?
Vodka is kicking in...
The news reports the Chinese are taking up the world's blood, smiling as they buy another project, invest, moving their people into the Africa, setting up towns of lightened skin amongst darkened poverty. Isolating money flowing from its grounds, sending their affluence home, empowering only themselves. History has a trend. Men laugh at their conquests, laughing as they kill. Women hide their faces from the facts. The color of the skin does not matter, Americans have done it for years. We have killed in our history, whether native or our own. but eventually, it all becomes our own. The Chinese, become Chinese American, the Iraqi, becomes Iriaqi American, I have become a combination of the Heinze 57 of my bloodline, some french, some cajun, some turkish, german, and even ethiopian, and I am blonde. I wonder of the countries that do not allow this type of evolvement, realizing their people are no longer purely anything, but rather a beautiful blend of diversity.
Some countries kill that.
I came home today, annoyed with a society that seems to sleep while others starve, throwing out food rather than risking a lawsuit of food poisining, of suing rather than being thankful, of being confused about how to talk out an issue without a judge and jury.
Frustrated that parents have children they cannot raise, that children have beds they share with whomever they are being bartered to for the night, their bodies the price of a mother's fix. Their father's an absent commodity at child support court, taking jobs paid under the table so they don't have to lose a dime.
As we build our McMansions, pretending like we are civicly and green minded...do we ever ask..what happens if we are wrong?
Vodka is kicking in...
Friday, April 11, 2008
State of Affairs....
Last night I spent an evening with some dear friends, both are years older than I, and yet, our spirits are connected by a similar zest for self actualization and experiences. Our love for food and wine are rivaled by no one. We passiontely explore religion and the effects of its' oppressive nature when applied by human intent. Exploring doctorines' whose commands often involved the denial of self and the adherance to morals that are sometimes questionannable at best. I appreciate that these women exist, their journey in life and the questions they have give me hope that our minds don't have to become more closed and traditional as we age, but rather that a fresher, wiser, and more open outlook can be what I have to look forward to.
I wonder where intelligence is in our daily world.
The news ripples with parents defending their children's out of control behavior, all the whole looking for a side door to sneak out through. Schools are being tied down from encouraging thought and critical thinking, the new focus being trained puppets of rhetorical regurgitation. Creationism is now a science. Evolution is a myth. And while I actually understand a parent's desire to make sure their children adhere to a faith--whatever faith they are following, I don't understand their fear of allowing their children to learn and decipher information. But history has shown that all one has to say to explain their reasoning is "the devil is in knowledge, so limit the knowledge you seek to only that which complies with our belief". No wonder the apple was so dangerous...knowledge gives choice.
A friend asked what I thought of Jeff Warrens, that self proclaimed prophet of monetary bliss and sexual dominance. Oh, I mean prophet of faith. He asked about the state of polygamy being against US law. Well, after thinking about this, I came up with this...if the US is using the definition of marriage from a religious definition as defined by a particular faith, than that violates the seperation of church and state. So since it can't endorse a particualr relgion, the question becomes one of recognizing a religion's right to establish it's own beliefs and how marriage is defined would be one of them. Now, as to children being married to old men (or young, or females, or whatever) the state has a legal obligation to protect children from abuse, so the state needs to interecede, since child abuse is not a religiously protected right. What makes this more difficult though is that there is a tradition in some countries where young girls, age 12 are put into arranged marriages by their parents, it is part of their culture. The US, if the child is living here, cannot apparently overstep what is the norm in a culture for that child's peers, even if our law does not agree. So I am not sure why we have contradicting considerations. (SVU epsiode covered this scenario-I was suprised that this was the outcome and the reasoning it was based on)
I find it interesting that we consider raising a child in a belief as brainwashing if it is one way, but consider it bringing our children up with morals if it's in another. I know alot of people that were raised without the right to explore ideas different than what their parent's thought or believed.
So what is really the difference in brainwashing other than activities and media attention?
Rambled thoughts...The Patrioic Hippie
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Fox News and other such jokes....
"Open border 101 types" her comments about a teacher's assignment, to create a political sign, activism encouraged. Since when has asking a student to promote a thought of their own considered taboo? If the child had written "Go God, Pray Hard" the mouthpiece of Fox would have applauded, called in the lawyers for the student's right to be an activist for prayer in school. This mouthpiece's ethnic heritage evident, more so than mine and yet she labels progressive thought and a desire to give each person a chance for freedom and life as the eptiomy of why our country is falling apart. Closed borders and closed minds exist in the same brains.
Unfortunately, Fox News hasn't adopted the tag line of "comedy". Even worse, they take themselves pretty seriously.
At least they finally let Ann go.
Life is interesting...
The Patriotic Hippie
Unfortunately, Fox News hasn't adopted the tag line of "comedy". Even worse, they take themselves pretty seriously.
At least they finally let Ann go.
Life is interesting...
The Patriotic Hippie
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
"Blogging...to reveal one's thoughts in an open forum, without regard for the outcome or response."
I am new to this. But the current of anger and frustration, confusion, and overall wonder at the way the world seems to be playing itself out has prompted a much quicker response to providing one more thought to an overwhelmed society.
Daily, I sit in a room, piecing together the unpieced life. A quilting of people's experiences, trying to help them create some beauty out of destruction. Some decimate me in their resourcefulness, and ability to survive. Others' inspire questions as to why procreation requires no thought, no preperation, no skill, our desire to protect civil liberties leaving child rearing and planning out in the cold.
I wonder if the road to hell is simply that...a road. Possibly paved, maybe asphalt, might even have traffic lights, since the flow of seekers seems to increase in every second.
Religion has influenced a world with varying regard for its' inhabitants. Gods, goddesses, Deities, Buddha, Allah, Confucius, Jesus...sitting drinking tea, watching the ramblings of a people who disregard the main tenant. A crap shoot of saviors...who's on first? Who makes it in? Who does a drive by at the pearly gates?
My first blog...at midnight, long past my bedtime.
PMS contributes to negative thoughts...
Maybe next week it will be sunnier.
The Patriotic Hippie
I am new to this. But the current of anger and frustration, confusion, and overall wonder at the way the world seems to be playing itself out has prompted a much quicker response to providing one more thought to an overwhelmed society.
Daily, I sit in a room, piecing together the unpieced life. A quilting of people's experiences, trying to help them create some beauty out of destruction. Some decimate me in their resourcefulness, and ability to survive. Others' inspire questions as to why procreation requires no thought, no preperation, no skill, our desire to protect civil liberties leaving child rearing and planning out in the cold.
I wonder if the road to hell is simply that...a road. Possibly paved, maybe asphalt, might even have traffic lights, since the flow of seekers seems to increase in every second.
Religion has influenced a world with varying regard for its' inhabitants. Gods, goddesses, Deities, Buddha, Allah, Confucius, Jesus...sitting drinking tea, watching the ramblings of a people who disregard the main tenant. A crap shoot of saviors...who's on first? Who makes it in? Who does a drive by at the pearly gates?
My first blog...at midnight, long past my bedtime.
PMS contributes to negative thoughts...
Maybe next week it will be sunnier.
The Patriotic Hippie
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