Happy Thanksgiving to all my lovely SG friends. I'm thankful for all the really great people I've met here and the fact that this community is one of the few that you can really share your real feelings on, and you are seldom judged by anyone. You are all really great people and I thank you for your friendship and honest thoughts throughout the year and always. All the best to each of you in the next year....
Hey SG,
Long sleepless night tonight. Actually, I've not even tried nor will I at this point. It's one of those weird, odd times when from nowhere, a pale of sourceless anger and general bummed out feelings creep in. One of those times that all I really want to do is drop it all and run, at least for a good month or two. What makes it worse is that financially now, I can, but it's obligation that holds me back...
It's that last link in the chain of bondage that holds you the strongest and inflicts the deepest wounds.
I know that this will pass, and yet, that scares me too... I don't want this to just pass, I want to fix it, I want the wisdom and courage to really know and act.... Perhaps it's just a night that the reality is sinking in more impactfully than most, the reality that the bonds which are the strongest are the ones that we impose on ourselves.
Long sleepless night tonight. Actually, I've not even tried nor will I at this point. It's one of those weird, odd times when from nowhere, a pale of sourceless anger and general bummed out feelings creep in. One of those times that all I really want to do is drop it all and run, at least for a good month or two. What makes it worse is that financially now, I can, but it's obligation that holds me back...
It's that last link in the chain of bondage that holds you the strongest and inflicts the deepest wounds.
I know that this will pass, and yet, that scares me too... I don't want this to just pass, I want to fix it, I want the wisdom and courage to really know and act.... Perhaps it's just a night that the reality is sinking in more impactfully than most, the reality that the bonds which are the strongest are the ones that we impose on ourselves.
Just stopping in to say hey..
On vacation this week so I thought I'd get in a little SG time...
I saw the speech that Pres. Obama gave in Cairo last week... How absolutely incredible is he... I'm so damn proud to have a president that I can finally be proud of.. It was simply amazing to have him stand up in front of the world and for once, have our president be honest and do what he could to actually be a member of the world community, not another bully who thinks that America is No. 1 and is entitled to bully everyone else.
I'm not saying that we don't have many things to be proud of, but come on, there's a whole hell of a lot in this country that we still have a long way to go on to get it right... Look at any of the international survey's re: where we stand compared to other Democracies... Health Care, Literacy, Poverty, Hunger, Infant Mortality, Civil Rights, Racial/Gender/Sexual Preference equality, and a whole lot of others that we're no where near the top.
And when you talk about where we stand with the environment and getting serious about transforming ourselves to abolish Fossil Fuels and get serious about fixing our Environmental abuse, we have hardly begun, especially after 8 years of Bush's complete insanity and denial while he gave away our treasures to his rich oil buddies.. We have the largest percentage of prison population, still have the death penalty, use all sorts of code words to get away with covert racism and discrimination, commit horrible acts of prejudice based simply on an ancient puritanical history of allowing religion to justify discrimination, and allow the horrible abuse and mistreatment of animals including completely needless hunting, and still let radical crazies say that they need the freedom to have dozens or hundreds of guns...
OK, that was a rant, but the point is that we have a long way to go and it was simply beautiful to see our President stand in front of the world community, admit that we have done many things in the past that were underhanded, and extend the olive branch to the world to start anew...
What was absolutely stunning was to see the typical insane radical right crazies go ape shit about the speech saying that Obama went too far and weekend America... It showed just how out of touch and marginalized they really are... I hope that the majority of Americans really are starting to see the Rabid Right for who they really are... Rich Old White guy's who had power and money and will do and say almost anything to cling to the power they thought they had with their withered claws.. They truly do not believe that we are all equal, they think they are superior and in so thinking and acting on that belief, they are really showing us all the truth of who they really are, and how ridiculous they are... They are mean, scared, power hungry, bigoted, hypocritical, nasty, ugly people and I have no time for they any more... They are not even worth arguing with, at a certain point you have to give up and call them what they are.. Hysterical bigoted nasty people who just want power and money and want to use that power and money to control and suppress people who they view as less than themselves... What a wretched perspective..
I love the fact that it seems like we have finally begun to get that across the country...
What's great about us here in SG is that the vast majority of us were way ahead of the country and got this all a long long time ago... Good writtens Republicans....
On vacation this week so I thought I'd get in a little SG time...
I saw the speech that Pres. Obama gave in Cairo last week... How absolutely incredible is he... I'm so damn proud to have a president that I can finally be proud of.. It was simply amazing to have him stand up in front of the world and for once, have our president be honest and do what he could to actually be a member of the world community, not another bully who thinks that America is No. 1 and is entitled to bully everyone else.
I'm not saying that we don't have many things to be proud of, but come on, there's a whole hell of a lot in this country that we still have a long way to go on to get it right... Look at any of the international survey's re: where we stand compared to other Democracies... Health Care, Literacy, Poverty, Hunger, Infant Mortality, Civil Rights, Racial/Gender/Sexual Preference equality, and a whole lot of others that we're no where near the top.
And when you talk about where we stand with the environment and getting serious about transforming ourselves to abolish Fossil Fuels and get serious about fixing our Environmental abuse, we have hardly begun, especially after 8 years of Bush's complete insanity and denial while he gave away our treasures to his rich oil buddies.. We have the largest percentage of prison population, still have the death penalty, use all sorts of code words to get away with covert racism and discrimination, commit horrible acts of prejudice based simply on an ancient puritanical history of allowing religion to justify discrimination, and allow the horrible abuse and mistreatment of animals including completely needless hunting, and still let radical crazies say that they need the freedom to have dozens or hundreds of guns...
OK, that was a rant, but the point is that we have a long way to go and it was simply beautiful to see our President stand in front of the world community, admit that we have done many things in the past that were underhanded, and extend the olive branch to the world to start anew...
What was absolutely stunning was to see the typical insane radical right crazies go ape shit about the speech saying that Obama went too far and weekend America... It showed just how out of touch and marginalized they really are... I hope that the majority of Americans really are starting to see the Rabid Right for who they really are... Rich Old White guy's who had power and money and will do and say almost anything to cling to the power they thought they had with their withered claws.. They truly do not believe that we are all equal, they think they are superior and in so thinking and acting on that belief, they are really showing us all the truth of who they really are, and how ridiculous they are... They are mean, scared, power hungry, bigoted, hypocritical, nasty, ugly people and I have no time for they any more... They are not even worth arguing with, at a certain point you have to give up and call them what they are.. Hysterical bigoted nasty people who just want power and money and want to use that power and money to control and suppress people who they view as less than themselves... What a wretched perspective..
I love the fact that it seems like we have finally begun to get that across the country...
What's great about us here in SG is that the vast majority of us were way ahead of the country and got this all a long long time ago... Good writtens Republicans....
Hey all,
Been a hell of a long time since I checked in, or at least since I posted anything.
I think that's because I'm in a mode of my life where I'm feeling kinda numb. One of those periods that I see a things happening around me, but can't seem to muster the desire to engage.
I think this initially hit me after the company I've been with for a long time, like 13 years, announced that it's being bought out. That day sucked !!!!!!!!! It literally felt like someone in my family had died, and while I know that analogy is ridiculous, I've had two family members pass, still it did... Logic has nothing to do with how you feel... So I think I'm still in this sort of haze, trying to now figure out if I really like what I do for a living, if I really want to work for a huge company, which by the way SUCK and have no Loyalty at all!!!!!!!! After being in the corporate world for so long, it's really feeling like I've hit the limit and this is just the messenger giving me a chance to bail and go re-make myself doing something I love, something that is worthwhile in this world...
What kinda ticks me off about all this is that now is a time I should be so damn happy... I mean I worked my ass off to get Obama elected and finally, he's in and the Republicans are falling into obscurity... So publicly it's a time when social justice may be starting to happen.... Damn, that should make me happy and be a time that I'm out there getting engaged and involved.
I think I'm getting close, getting closer to that final day when the twig snaps and I say the hell with the past, the hell with what I know and what's comfortable.... There's a lot more to the story than that but I think I'm now edging into a ramble....
Anyway, just wanted to let folks know that I'm still out there, just going through a weird time and I'm not that practiced with being down, but I still totally dig all my friends here and the whole community... It's probably actually the only place or set of people that might get my point sometimes....
Been a hell of a long time since I checked in, or at least since I posted anything.
I think that's because I'm in a mode of my life where I'm feeling kinda numb. One of those periods that I see a things happening around me, but can't seem to muster the desire to engage.
I think this initially hit me after the company I've been with for a long time, like 13 years, announced that it's being bought out. That day sucked !!!!!!!!! It literally felt like someone in my family had died, and while I know that analogy is ridiculous, I've had two family members pass, still it did... Logic has nothing to do with how you feel... So I think I'm still in this sort of haze, trying to now figure out if I really like what I do for a living, if I really want to work for a huge company, which by the way SUCK and have no Loyalty at all!!!!!!!! After being in the corporate world for so long, it's really feeling like I've hit the limit and this is just the messenger giving me a chance to bail and go re-make myself doing something I love, something that is worthwhile in this world...
What kinda ticks me off about all this is that now is a time I should be so damn happy... I mean I worked my ass off to get Obama elected and finally, he's in and the Republicans are falling into obscurity... So publicly it's a time when social justice may be starting to happen.... Damn, that should make me happy and be a time that I'm out there getting engaged and involved.
I think I'm getting close, getting closer to that final day when the twig snaps and I say the hell with the past, the hell with what I know and what's comfortable.... There's a lot more to the story than that but I think I'm now edging into a ramble....
Anyway, just wanted to let folks know that I'm still out there, just going through a weird time and I'm not that practiced with being down, but I still totally dig all my friends here and the whole community... It's probably actually the only place or set of people that might get my point sometimes....
Hello all my SG friends...
Wanted to drop in and leave you all a note to wish you all the Very Very best for a safe and crazy fun New Years Eve and I hope you all have a year in 2009 which brings you nothing but joy, prosperity, and the love of great people around you!!!!
I know that the vast majority of my post's in the past have been some form of political rant of one form or another but for once, at least once in a very long time, I am able to look at what lays ahead and all I see is the amazing prospect for a truly better and more just nation. It is largely due to the generation of folks here on SG that took the huge step forward for this country and chose to elect a president not on superficial issues or political stunts or hyperbole but truly based on the measure of the person as to how he would care for and treat his fellow citizens.
I am remarkably optimistic and am choosing to not engage in debates with those who can not let go of their fear, hate, or need to find fault and the bad view of any issue. You all have made me so damn proud, so damn hopeful, and so damn grateful.. I love you all... Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wanted to drop in and leave you all a note to wish you all the Very Very best for a safe and crazy fun New Years Eve and I hope you all have a year in 2009 which brings you nothing but joy, prosperity, and the love of great people around you!!!!
I know that the vast majority of my post's in the past have been some form of political rant of one form or another but for once, at least once in a very long time, I am able to look at what lays ahead and all I see is the amazing prospect for a truly better and more just nation. It is largely due to the generation of folks here on SG that took the huge step forward for this country and chose to elect a president not on superficial issues or political stunts or hyperbole but truly based on the measure of the person as to how he would care for and treat his fellow citizens.
I am remarkably optimistic and am choosing to not engage in debates with those who can not let go of their fear, hate, or need to find fault and the bad view of any issue. You all have made me so damn proud, so damn hopeful, and so damn grateful.. I love you all... Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was driving around tonight, ok, not around - I'm a good tree hugger, I had a purpose... Anyway, I was listening to AirAmerica radio as I do alot right now with the elections and all, and one of the hosts callers said something that really struck me...
I think that the one core value that the Right Wing A#$ Wipes really honestly have is that no matter what, they really believe that the ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS.....
That struck me like a bolt of lightning... It's so damn obvious but even so, I was always in a state of quasi shock when ever I hear them outright lie and make almost anything up... I can't even imaging saying some of the stuff they say to my best friend about my worst enemy in a private setting...
How the hell do you compete against people that will do this, especially when the reality is that with so many people in this country not being critical thinkers, listening to FOX and most of Corporate owned media, who start to believe things after they hear them a number of times... It's an old advertising trick from Marketing 101... Just look at those damn Head On ads, or if you're old enough, those old Where's the beef ads... When things are said often enough, people start to feel like that the message must be true since they have been hearing it so much..
As much as I would love people across this country to be smart and critical thinkers and really evaluate things rather than buy crap on corporate media biased outlets, that's just not the country we live in, at least it's not the majority.... I really think that we have to beat these assholes at their own game and not be afraid of calling out McCain for the real asshole, opportunist that he is... Any examination of his life, past, or political record shows how insane it would be for anyone making less than 250K/year to have him as a president... Actually, even for people above, I always wonder how much their money will really mean to them if the Republicans really succeed in destroying this country... I think they really believe that their money can insulate them from all the troubles us peons have.... They truly want to set the clock back to the 1800's... Actually, they have a lot in common with the Taliban, Sandi's, and any Fascist regime, and yet so many people who will be directly and badly hurt still buy their crap and vote against their own best interests.
The other thing that drives me insane is how any woman can ever vote for these idots... In my opinion, the whole Pro/Anti choice thing should not be up for public debate or be something that a bunch of old men in robes can have any say in.... This issue should only be one that women can speak and choose to make laws on... If McCain get's in, it's an absolute that at least 2-3 Supreme Court justices will be replaced in his 1st term... Given that they will all absolutely be radically right, Roe Vs. Wade will be overturned in a heartbeat... McCain even says that this is his intent.... I can not believe that women are not in an absolute uproar on this... You know if Men were the ones to get pregnant, this would never even be an issue and there would never be a question about taking away personal choice.... And what's so sad is that this will so disproportunatly affect middle and lower income women... You know rich women will just fly off to someplace that it's legal... (Pretty much every other modern democracy on the planet)...
There is so much at stake in this election... I think it's time we pulled out all the stops and start beating up on McCain... Being positive is a lovely goal and I truly wish the world was that way, but it's not, and we're going to loose if we don't get that through our heads.... I would much rather be accused of going negative, than being a naieve sucker who threw away another election to another underhanded republican halfwitt just because we continue to refuse to recognize or believe that more than 50% of the country are not the kind of rational, critical thinking, progressively minded people that we are....
Sorry for the rant... I'm just so damn pissed at these assholes for destroying our country, killing our soldiers and anyone who does not "look like them", hurting all of us, doing anything they want, and getting away with it because we're too nice.... Time to get mad and mean in my book.. Time to treat everything they do the way they would react if we did it..... We need to stop being afraid of telling the truth just because McCain supposedly served his country and was a POW... If you look into things in his service, alot of the gloss comes off and he looks like the crappy, dumb, opportunist, angry old jerk that he is..
I think that the one core value that the Right Wing A#$ Wipes really honestly have is that no matter what, they really believe that the ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS.....
That struck me like a bolt of lightning... It's so damn obvious but even so, I was always in a state of quasi shock when ever I hear them outright lie and make almost anything up... I can't even imaging saying some of the stuff they say to my best friend about my worst enemy in a private setting...
How the hell do you compete against people that will do this, especially when the reality is that with so many people in this country not being critical thinkers, listening to FOX and most of Corporate owned media, who start to believe things after they hear them a number of times... It's an old advertising trick from Marketing 101... Just look at those damn Head On ads, or if you're old enough, those old Where's the beef ads... When things are said often enough, people start to feel like that the message must be true since they have been hearing it so much..
As much as I would love people across this country to be smart and critical thinkers and really evaluate things rather than buy crap on corporate media biased outlets, that's just not the country we live in, at least it's not the majority.... I really think that we have to beat these assholes at their own game and not be afraid of calling out McCain for the real asshole, opportunist that he is... Any examination of his life, past, or political record shows how insane it would be for anyone making less than 250K/year to have him as a president... Actually, even for people above, I always wonder how much their money will really mean to them if the Republicans really succeed in destroying this country... I think they really believe that their money can insulate them from all the troubles us peons have.... They truly want to set the clock back to the 1800's... Actually, they have a lot in common with the Taliban, Sandi's, and any Fascist regime, and yet so many people who will be directly and badly hurt still buy their crap and vote against their own best interests.
The other thing that drives me insane is how any woman can ever vote for these idots... In my opinion, the whole Pro/Anti choice thing should not be up for public debate or be something that a bunch of old men in robes can have any say in.... This issue should only be one that women can speak and choose to make laws on... If McCain get's in, it's an absolute that at least 2-3 Supreme Court justices will be replaced in his 1st term... Given that they will all absolutely be radically right, Roe Vs. Wade will be overturned in a heartbeat... McCain even says that this is his intent.... I can not believe that women are not in an absolute uproar on this... You know if Men were the ones to get pregnant, this would never even be an issue and there would never be a question about taking away personal choice.... And what's so sad is that this will so disproportunatly affect middle and lower income women... You know rich women will just fly off to someplace that it's legal... (Pretty much every other modern democracy on the planet)...
There is so much at stake in this election... I think it's time we pulled out all the stops and start beating up on McCain... Being positive is a lovely goal and I truly wish the world was that way, but it's not, and we're going to loose if we don't get that through our heads.... I would much rather be accused of going negative, than being a naieve sucker who threw away another election to another underhanded republican halfwitt just because we continue to refuse to recognize or believe that more than 50% of the country are not the kind of rational, critical thinking, progressively minded people that we are....
Sorry for the rant... I'm just so damn pissed at these assholes for destroying our country, killing our soldiers and anyone who does not "look like them", hurting all of us, doing anything they want, and getting away with it because we're too nice.... Time to get mad and mean in my book.. Time to treat everything they do the way they would react if we did it..... We need to stop being afraid of telling the truth just because McCain supposedly served his country and was a POW... If you look into things in his service, alot of the gloss comes off and he looks like the crappy, dumb, opportunist, angry old jerk that he is..
Holy crap.. I was driving home from another crappy day at work, listening to Air America and had the big... HOLLY CRAP moment... The official announcement that Barak Obama got the Dem nomination... (at least he clinched the number of delegates he needs for the nomination)... We will see if HC is a professional and concedes as a professional... I am so damn happy that in my life time we have finally nominated someone other than just another rich, inner circle white guy... I was pretty damn close to really loosing faith in this country, not the ideals and such, but the people and how appethetic most are, and how they are so damn willing to go along with the latest set of sound bites, never really thinking things out for themselves and what's in the interest of them and all those to come... I am a bit worried, there are still so many damn bigiot's around that I can't help to think that some will go radical and think that in their own twisted way, they have to "do something" to avoid a black man becoming the 44th president... That seems to happen so often to our greatest of leaders I can't help but worry.... I just hope that I am completely wrong, and that the Secret Service has learned a few things in the past 4 decades....
I really think it's going to be a really emotinal moment to pull the lever for Obama in November... I can't imagine anyone better to help us get past some of the most destructive and devisive issues that have done nothing but tear us all down since the 80's..
It's a damn good day and I hope it's the beginning of at least a number of damn good years...
I really think it's going to be a really emotinal moment to pull the lever for Obama in November... I can't imagine anyone better to help us get past some of the most destructive and devisive issues that have done nothing but tear us all down since the 80's..
It's a damn good day and I hope it's the beginning of at least a number of damn good years...
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