Well, it's certainly been awhile for me to post anything. Illness, work, and being in a bad place all combined to make me wonder what's the point of writing anything. I mean, who really reads any of this? Which is really the story of my whole life. What's the point of anything I do? About the only good thing I can think of is that I show up to teach Sunday school on Sunday mornings. Other than that, I'm a pretty selfish bastard (sorry mom & dad) who loses his temper far too often over stupid little things and can't manage to resist temptation for much of anything. If my life depended upon my ability to resist, I'd have died long, long ago. I wonder many times if I'll ever move beyond this. It doesn't seem like there's any possibility, yet I maintain the remotest glimmer of hope that maybe I'll manage to do something beyond my own selfish ambition. Enough of that tripe.
I was watching "Jack & Bobby" this afternoon. It's a pretty good show, well written, decent acting, and, most of all, realistic. The characters ring true, unlike, say, "Dawson's Creek". Anyway, this episode was the election episode. Granted, they are going to have a liberal slant and push the Democrats. (By the way, for anyone who actually does read this, I'm pretty conservative and generally vote Republican.) I can handle that people think differently than me. But, I do take issue with part of what was said in the show. And it's not just this show but something I've observed in much liberal/Democratic expression: liberals think they have a monopoly on caring about what happens with the country. Just because we don't think the same things are important doesn't mean we care any less.
My priorities happen to be different. In general, at least religiously conservative people tend to think that individual freedoms will lead to greater freedom throughout the society. Or maybe that's just what I think. I also don't think socialism is the answer to all our problems. The transfer of money from people who have it to the people who don't have it in some vague sense of helping or nobility has never really been shown to help people. In some of the European countries, the people do have access to basic health care, but what about advanced health-care? I agree that we can do better in this country as far as basic health care, but I'm not willing to turn us into a socialist state to accomplish that goal.
I could go on and on, but I have to get ready to leave soon. Maybe one day I'll address more of these issues, but it definitely will not be tonight.
I watched 28 Days Later yesterday and today, and I'll weigh in on it later.
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Liberals may be first in "caring" for the country...but they are also the first to leave when the rest of us decide they are doing a bad job of manifesting that care. I must say, though, I don't think the recent news about spiking visits to the Canadian Immigration website, will translate into actual mass immigration of liberals. I wish that were the case, but I think they visit the site just to drool a little--they will pull themselves away and return to the reality that is America.
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