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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Post-flu posting

Sorry to everybody, hopefully you all have bags an bags of unlimited patience! Two weeks ago, I had all hopes of typing the newest blog, but came down with a major case of the flu! And not just me, but my entire family. It has been a miserable number of weeks. On top of that all, I've been working 12-16 hour days at work. Rough times. I got over the bad part of the flu pretty quickly, but I have a bad, deep cough that can last up to 6 weeks. Oh well, it can always be worse... I mean, at least I'm not on fire. Okay, anyway... whlie I've been under my rock according to some :), I have thought of a few things to talk about.

First of all, we once again set the clocks forward. And why do we torture ourselves twice a year? Originally, it was created to save money. But with everyone having heating and ac units, not to mention lights, it is an outdated, antiquated idea that causes more trouble than its worth. Here's an interesting article that kind of unofficially highlights my point.

http://www.geocities.com/midimagic@sbcglobal.net/daystupid.htm

Okay, I know I'm usually more winded at my points, but I really have little energy, so I'll just go on to my second point for now, which is...


Does anyone care about the upcoming election anymore? We have been, as a country, more interested and involved in the 2008 presidential election coverage than maybe ever before. But what has it become? The republicans have all but picked John McCain, who is determined to continue to put us in the downward spiral that we've been going into. Sure, Ron Paul is still campaigning, but for what use is he at this point? Without making a third party run, he is doing nothing good. People gave him so much money, but what is he doing with it? His campaigning was minimal and now he has scaled backed to almost nothing, but what has happened to our money? We paid money to him and he promised to spread the message of the people as long as the money came in. But unless he makes a third party run very soon, I will be done with him completely.
The democrats have two choices left. Hillary, who for some reason says she has over 30 years of making change. That would be the same as my wife stating that she defended the country on a submarine. No, she supported me, as Hillary did to her husband, but that is the extent of it. She didn't join the ranks of policy makers until she became a New York senator. And isnt it funny how she is only taking credit for the positives that happened during Bill's presidency, but doesn't own up to any of the negative. She is such an old school politician, that it's disgusting to even watch her. And Obama... well, I'm not sure what his deal is. I would like to say that it's the fact that he doesn't have enough experience, but I have said time and time again that experience only corrupts. Ron Paul aside, of course. Some articles I've read have even predicted him to be the antichrist (I personally save that distinguished title for whoever sired Michelle Malkin). My biggest issue with Obama really is that he wants to make healthcare run by the government. That means more taxes out of my pocket. And as anything else run by the government, it will be a huge moneypit of a project. It seems like all three of the candidates that have a chance will take more money and more freedoms from us.

Personally, I will be voting third party or just writing in Ron Paul's name. Some people have tried to tell me that that would be throwing my vote away. No it's not. It's me stating my voice. It's me being heard. If I stay home and not vote at all, then I'm saying I don't care who is in charge of me. And if I vote for the lesser of two evils, then, as I've stated before, it's still voting for evil. No, my voice will be heard. It doesn't have to be in the majority. I am not so shallow that I need to vote for who I'm told will win just so I feel good. Nor am I so stupid that a news channel has to tell me who to vote for.

Sorry, not sure if this makes sense at all or if it even is complete. I'll read it over again in a bit and see if I need to edit it anymore. But, please, let me know what you think and feel free to argue like intelligent beings in the response page. Until next time, take care all.

Rich