Click images for desktop size: "Alienish" by Richard Mohler When I was younger I was registered as a Republican.
I didn't believe in them. I hated everything they stood for back then, hated it with a young man's passion and total zeal. I registered as a Republican so I could vote in the primaries and vote for the worst possible Republican candidate, the guy least likely to win the general election.
It felt revolutionary even if it is kind of dumb.
Sticking it to the man . . .
I'm registered as an independent now. I don't get to vote in the primaries.
I wouldn't know who to vote for anyway. Sadly almost all the candidates sicken me.
There were new figures released yesterday that show that Bush really needs his "rapture" to come like right now. My country is in despicable shape financially and on the brink of the worst depression in nearly a century.
There's not one financial indicator that shows that life is good. Even the average income of the American worker has fallen to below poverty level . . .
The Bush legacy might be that he reduced America to a second world country.
With the way he has destroyed any concept of personal freedom, the wanton destruction of our liberty and our right to worship as we choose he may have reduced us to the level of a banana republic.
There's not an American who doesn't know this. Doesn't feel it when they go to feed their family or plan another vacation fixing up the house.
The Presidency is going to the Democrats. Its the standard attitude now. And despite all of this no Democrat has stood up and offered a vision, a dream, a strength, a plan.
The damage Bush has done to my country will take 50 or 60 years to correct and right. Some of the damage is never going to be fixed. Its like being out of work for a couple months. You know how long it takes you to get back to where you once were. They still haven't gotten past the damage Bush did to the Texas Rangers, a country is bigger than a baseball team and at least as difficult to set right.

Click images for desktop size: "Chicago" Maybe that scared the Democrats. If it does then I don't need them. I don't need someone running from fear.
Who wants a QB who comes into the huddle in a thunderstorm when your down by 9 and 3 minutes to go who says, "I don't know what to do. Let's just go home."
Obama looked like he had something. He seemed to have passion. It looked liked he believed in something. But he's never said it. Never gotten on the stump and laid out a mad scheme to try and get things fixed. Even Eugene McCarthy had the guts to do that.
Clinton is just a return to 8 years ago. Another insider who's better at the game of politics then the game of taking care of her constituents. I've heard or read of no plans no sweeping storm. She's no FDR and America is in at least as much trouble now as it was then.
Edwards isn't giving up. He has plans and some dreams but they seem so small, like the teacher who thinks she'll help your SAT score improve by making sure no one chews gum in class.
The Republicans are a vicious rabble who are prepared to do anything to keep their position of power.
I don't much care about politics. I always vote, usually for local issues, local offices. Politics aren't what drive me as a man. But as a man I despair.

I walked through the snow today. Three miles carrying a 20 pound bag of dog food on my shoulder.
It felt good. Like I'd really accomplished something. I like that. Doing the difficult has to come easy or else why keep trying.
The dogs appreciated the effort.