The way I see it......a blank page with a flashing line just waiting for me to start typing and put my thoughts out there for all to see. This is something that I am just going to try and see where it goes. I have never been one to put my thoughts on paper. It has always seemed like a waste of time to me. I mean, come on, my thoughts are my opinions and why would anyone want to know what is going on in this messed up mind of mine. But sitting here listening to my wife type away at her computer and seeing how much fun she is having made me think that I should start doing something to keep up with her. So here I am, typing away with nothing to say. A blabbering goofball, trying to make use of his computer for something other than games and email. Wow, what a life.
Actually, I do have a lot of opinions but I will have to give you some background first. Without going into my childhood memories and boring you with my adventurous life that included lizard hunting, riding bikes, and raking sand, I will start with what this blog is going to be mostly about. Now if you are not into politics or religion you will probably be a little bored but I really don't care. The fact is, I have a lot of opinions and instead of telling them all to my wife over and over again, I thought that it might be nice for others to be able read them. So here it goes.
Back in 2000, I was watching to see who was going to be the next president of this great country of ours and marveled at how screwed up people really are. Honestly, if you remember the whole debacle of hanging chads and lawsuits, how did the greatest country on the face of the earth look to the other nations as they watched on their TV's and laughed. Think about it, it was the year 2000! Remember being a kid in the 80's and thinking what it would be like in the year 2000. Flying cars, X-Ray vision, teleportation (Star Trek fans were looking forward to this much earlier than the 80's). It was going to be great. Amazing what kind of influence movies and special effects have on a young mind.
Anyways, here we were, the year 2000, great technological advances had been made, computers were getting faster and better everyday, cars were more efficient, email had taken over, cell phones were getting smaller and doing more things than ever, and people in Florida couldn't figure out how to mark a box on a voter card. What a joke! I think that the biggest joke was how big of a deal this actually became. They had to go through each card and decide what the voter's intent was. Was he trying to punch the hole for George Bush or Al Gore? Did he read the card right? Was he in the right precinct? Did he have clean underwear or did that cloud his judgement? (OK that last one was mine, but did you at least smile?). And when all was said and done, they still didn't have clear enough answers. "George Bush stole the election. Al Gore won the popular vote. This isn't fair". Cry and whine was all we heard and are still hearing today. Come on people, do you really think we would have been better off with Al "Global Warming" Gore as president. The guy made a movie that from what I hear isn't any good and is full of falsehoods and won a Nobel Prize for it. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!
I am here to say, at least for this post, that we need to get away from party politics and get back to what are the real issues facing this nation and how do we solve them. I am tired of politicians saying that they have the answers and if we just go along with them, all will be well. They only want to keep their power and really don't care what the people want. Let's start standing up to these Washington idiots and start making some real changes and make some things happen.
I know, a lot of words for someone who just saw a blank page, huh. Oh well, you either liked it or you didn't and agreed or disagreed with it. I just wanted you to know where I am coming from. More to come later so hopefully you will keep up. Just remember, THIS IS THE WAY I SEE IT.....
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