These are my thoughts and my opinions and therefore are wrong and should not be listened to by the easily swayed.
I listened to Jesse Ventura on the Adam Carolla podcast last week. While I think that his conspiracy-based thoughts regarding 9/11 are crazy, I do agree on one point. He thinks that political parties should be abolished. Instead of having a (D) or (R) or a (you just wasted your vote), only the names should appear. I agree on one condition. There needs to be a way for us to get balanced information on local candidates and issues. The last time I voted, and this wasn't a Presidential election, I only knew the bigger candidates and voted a straight party line. My wife voted a straight party line and that party was females. I don't want to vote 100% Democrat because I lack faith in any initial-capped Political Parties. I generally lean left because I like people more than corporations and I believe that not all of my tax money is getting flushed down the toilet. Single-party loyalty does not compute when you are a skeptic.
I make the following comparison. My favorite football team is the Dillon Panthers. You tell me that this team is fictional? it doesn't exist? I don't care. I have made up my mind and no so-called evidence will turn me around. Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!
My statements are on par with the birther argument. If you continue to believe a point of view after evidence points in the other direction, it's a waste of time to talk with you. I put the creationists, and they do not deserve an initial cap, in the same boat. The jury's already rendered a verdict and you lost. I repeat, if you continue to believe a point of view after it's been proven wrong, then reality has no match for your mind. You should be forced to wear a Judah Friedlander-style hat that says No Vacancy.
Folks who are anti-abortion should not be allowed to use the term Pro Life. That assumes people who believe the opposite are Pro Death. This is another ring in the truth-averse Olympics we have going on in this country. Before abortion was legal, people had abortions. They were much more risky to the mother and the fetus. Abortion is pretty much illegal in plenty of states. This is a dangerous precedent. Only when anti-abortion people start adopting unwanted babies can they be taken seriously. The same crew that wants to prevent abortion because it stains their soul could give no shit about the kid after birth. There's no support for helping poor single moms or giving education, attention, or after-school programs to at-risk kids. I'm not Pro Death. I'm Pro Reality.
This links to my initial thought, but I have to keep going. I'm tired of all the so-called Tea Partiers whining about the deficit. They gave no shit when Reagan, Bush I and Bush II racked up huge debts. And they hated Clinton when he balanced the budget. You can't be serious about a cause if you only pay attention when the "other party" is doing it. I have to be cognizant that Obama is heading down the same path to a closed government that Bush started in a panic after 9/11. Guantanamo Bay staying open, torture continuing, more and more documents deemed "Top Secret" and the escalation of pointless wars are bad things no matter who's in charge.
I understand that the upcoming weekend is a big deal for a lot of Christians. I only have my own point of view. Easter and Christmas were about two things growing up. Presents and food. For Christmas I got presents and we had a big meal. For Easter I walked around the house and picked up plastic eggs full of candy that led to a basket that was full of toys. The days had no more significance. Both major holidays have a basis in pagan rituals, and I kind of like it that way. The German word is Austron, who was a goddess of fertility and the sunrise. And Cadbury mini-eggs.
If there are threads in human history and experience, I like to think that these rituals that far pre-dated the Christian calendar connect us. Celebrate what is in essence the changing of the seasons. Do it with chocolate or do it with ashes and red wine. But pause for a moment from Tweeting about Donald Trump's hideous hair piece and celebrate life. It can be fun.
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