Judge yourself....

This country has a long history of hating people. We were a nation which had slavery for nearly half of our existence, followed by Jim Crow laws and a culture that treated women as second class citizens. When all of those issues were resolved we had to have someone to hate so we turned to the gays. I mean gays were the next logical choice right? However, it is not an us vs them scenario that we are dealing with here. We are all Americans. Black or white, gay or straight, we are all Americans. Hating someone for being different in this country is perhaps the most blatant offense to liberty that I have ever seen.

So if you are one of the blithering idiots that adopts bigotry as one of your personal values, consider this; the burden is on you to make your case. Gay Americans don't have to prove why we should be treated equally. We are not asking for anything more than what others already have. In this country we require those who are establishing separate standards to prove their case. You see, those who want to warp a religion and instill bigotry as a constitutional standard are the ones that have to answer the question, why? I do not have to justify my claim to equality in this nation.

And while you are pondering the question as to why your self righteous ass is somehow entitled to more then others in this, the nation that serves as a bedrock for freedom and democracy around the world, ask yourselves how closely you are following the principals of the extremists that you hate so much. Islamic extremists have warped a fundamentally peaceful religion into a tool that justifies their contempt for Americans, and our allies around the world. The have further used that religion to teach their followers that if they kill themselves for the cause they will find some eternal glory. Pretty stupid huh? Then there are the Christian fundamentalists that warp the words of a peaceful and loving messiah, to establish bigotry as a fundamental principal. Now granted the Christian extremists aren't blowing themselves up in gay bars (yet) but they are certainly practicing some of the basic principals of those who like to crash planes into buildings. And before you get on your high horse remember that in our not so distant past as American Christians we have killed the non followers, and "demonized" individuals who fail to accept Jesus.

So to those of you still holding onto the backward pricipals of old, may your bigotry follow you to the grave, and for those of the younger generation that still don't get it, get a fucking education and perhaps you will see just how stupid your ideals actually are.

Hope for America...

There is really something amazing going on in this country today. A true patriotic American is going directly for the jugular of the establishment in Washington. In the midst of a presidential election that has a primary for both parties, only one man truly stands for the ideas that will save America in what is perhaps the most trying time we have ever faced.

Congressman Ron Paul is trying something that those who currently hold the power in this country fear. He is speaking the truth and answering the questions that Americans are asking. We are in a truly dangerous time, and the sad thing is, the corruption and crime that is running rampant in the west wing and the halls of congress has done quite a spectacular job of covering it all up. The government is spending borrowed money to an extent greater than they ever have. We have runaway debts and deficits, that people really don't notice, and the ones who do notice it, don't consider it a problem. Social security is destined for bankruptcy, and a mis managed war on foreign lands has sucked the American tax payers dry. We have no money. We are destined for disaster at this rate.

I know I speak to it a lot, but the root cause of all of these problems is the apathy of Americans. By consistently not voting, and not even caring about our political process we have allowed an establishment to hijack this nation's government and seize powers that would make the founding fathers sick.

Fortunately though, there is hope for America. Ron Paul is the only man that has the plans which can save this nation. He is a man that has never been corrupted by Washington, and has something that we havn't seen in a Presidential candidate in a long time; a consistent voting record.

Never in my life have I been filled with this much hope and optimism because of a candidates run. I firmly believe that Ron Paul is a prophet like man sent to save this nation on the bring of its utter destruction. My only fear however is that the apathy which has plagued our broken democracy for years will hurt it once more by keeping this true patriot from achieving presidential glory. We all must hope and pray that Ron Paul gets elected to the presidency. It could be our last best hope for freedom and democracy to survive in this nation.

The power to let go....

I commonly find myself frustrated with the way of the world today...those who hold the power seek not to wield it for the common good, but seek to wield it for the sake of preserving it. The very nature of good leaders throughout the course of history is quite the opposite. If you seek to maintain your power then you will not use it to make the risky decisions that often times have the biggest pay off. Too many times our presidents are more interested in keeping the power concentrated in the hands of the few that they never consider the best interest of America.

I envision an America where the leadership is constantly changing. I don't think that change is always the best thing, however I recognize that leadership is best in many different forms with constant turnover. We cannot logically expect for someone who is a good leader now to be a good leader always, and we certainly cannot always expect good leadership to always be born in the same places. Different times, and different situations will always call for different leaders. It is our job as Americans to end the apathy that has allowed our government and our way of life to be hijacked by those who seek nothing more than to maintain power and influence. Perhaps the fact that it has been a long time since Americans have had to pay the great price for their freedom, has led to a dreadful complacency that must be defeated. I am not calling for war, nor saying that suffering must happen, what I am saying is that Americans of today need to appreciate the sacrifices that it took to build this great nation, and understand that if we do not maintain our strength, and elect good leaders, we are destined to have to pay that high price again, or worse, lose everything that we hold dear.

Looking back

On the eve of a new president I cant help but look back and comment on the one whose time in office will be expiring. As a conservative republican I am not ashamed to say that I think the Bush presidency has been one of the biggest failures in the history of American politics. The president has mis managed a war which perhaps was the best opportunity in recent memory for stability in the middle east, leaving the region in turmoil, and on the verge of civil war.

He has failed this nation here at home by increasing the national debt and turning the national surplus into the biggest deficit ever seen. He has bankrupted the American economy in the name of big government and bureaucratic waste. He neglected to solve the real problems of the day, like social security and the cost of health care, and instead lead his religious followers in the way of government sponsored bigotry.

I try to pull successes out of the Bush administration, and though there are many, they pail in comparison to the failures. When you assess his presidency with the age old standard of did he leave the country better off than he found it, I will say that the answer is an emphatic no.