Once again, it's been a while since my last posting. I have no excuses. I'd like to say that it's because I am so busy and have just a full and crazy social schedule. No. It's pretty much my laziness and the little voice in the back of my head that says, "people really don't care what you have to say." Nonetheless, I will inflict this upon you, dear reader, and ask that you only spare a few minutes of your life as you read my meanderings and try to put my big, jumbled up, mess of thoughts in readable form.
I love this time of year! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. I enjoy sitting around with family and enjoying food, playing card games or board games. Some of my fondest memories of this season are of going to my Grandma Wadsworth's house for Thanksgiving and Christmas. As kids we would play outside. The town hall down the street sold Christmas trees and we would play all around them. I can still smell the pine sap! Grandma Wadsworth's is where I learned to play euchre. It's where I learned to play it cutthroat and also learned what a sandbag or drag-ass was. Proofreading this paragraph, I notice that I use the word Christmas and not Xmas, or "Holiday" tree. This whole holiday tree is, quite frankly asinine. The name of the holiday is Christmas. The holiday is based on a religious figure worshiped by a specific religion: Jesus Christ. The tree is a symbol for that holiday and is called a Christmas tree. You can't rename the symbol simply because you don't practice or believe in the religion it represents. I don't call the Koran a "faith book", or call the Buddha statue a "religious symbol". I don't practice either of these religions but I still call these symbols what they are. Calling a Christmas tree, a Christmas tree doesn't force you to believe in Jesus. It's a name, people. Stop being so easily offended! Your offense of such ridiculousness offends me! Just stop it.
Simple question: WTF is going on with this country? I believe I have come out of mourning after the last election. I have come to grips with the fact that half of the country would rather get something for nothing as opposed to work for it. Half of the country would rather have the "the other half" pay more than they already do (which is considerable) so they can continue to reach out to their "lord and savior" Obama for more free shit. What happened to pride in a days work? What happened to a good day's pay for a good day's work? What happened to pride and self respect in doing a good job and putting in a day of hard work? I believe the last election is proof that one half of the country wants the other half of the country to pay them. This has been furthered by a president who enjoys his bully pulpit and uses it to demonize anyone who dares turn a profit or invest their money well and call them "rich, fat cats who don't pay their fair share". These people are already the jobs creators and already pay most of the taxes in this country. Unfortunately the mentality of victims and victimization has become the norm. Mediocrity has become the new American Exceptionalism.
When was the last time you saw a firearm just up an kill anyone on its own? I mean, to hear it told, there are rampant gangs of guns rolling across this country just killing people left and right. Nevermind that they are basically inanimate objects that need energy to be expended by a user to actuate them. These firearm gangs are out there. So watch out! They're lawless and have no respect for anyone. They're just out there acting of their own free will. We really should do something about this. Ban all firearms! Sounds dumb as hell, right. About as smart as banning spoons for making people fat and banning roads for wearing out your tires. Speaking of cars, the CDC shows that motor vehicles and poisonings cause more deaths than firearms. So, there's that.
So, have some eggnog, eat some turkey, buy some gifts for the ones you love. Thanks for reading!
