Saturday, November o2, 2o13
The Daily (W)Rite
Wk 1
I know. A while it's been. Did you miss me? Did you throw something at me? LOTS to talk about, I suppose. Definitely, politics is on my mind. But I think I'll save that for a bit later in the month. But for this first post . . . let's talk about something else, shall we? let's talk about the month of November.
I've always liked November. Yes, it gets colder during the month, a warm up act (Hee!) for winter, and rain, and snow, and an Oklahoma wind that'll eat you down to bone. But still, a good month. A cozy month. I did finally turn the heater on last night. There's something comforting about heaters and gloves and huge coats and caps . . . something more than just being warm. Security, I guess. A feeling of solidity that you don't get in the shorts and sleeveless shorts summer forces upon you. Anyway, a great month, November is.
Sunday, 11-o3-13
Never been much of a voter. In fact I've only voted in a national election twice and once in a primary. Jessie Jackson got my vote back in what? 1980s? Didn't get the nomination, Clinton did, and I voted for him. And I never voted again because I didn't feel strong enough about the candidates . . . Well, at least not until this last election. I really felt that Obama would be the best. He seemed to be concerned about us "ordinary" Americans, and he seemed to be honest. That's why I could never vote for a CONservative. They just aren't honest. But as it turns out? Neither is President Obama. He assured us that when Affordable Health Care kicked in, the American people would:
1. be able to keep their original health plan if they wanted,
2. health care prices would go down for everyone and
3. the individual would be able to choose the type of health care they wanted.
Well, it turns out to be a lie. All of it. AND when we call him and his followers on it they just said, "Tough luck." Well, they really didn't say that. They said, "He didn't lie." I don't like liars, con men. I mean, I voted for Obama because I believed he was an honest man. Okay, maybe naïve of me. But he said he was an honest man. Okay, again, naïve of me. You see, we LIBerals are suppose to be the good guys and the CONs the bad guys who lie, cheat and steal. We cannot justify our use of the same dirty trick of those who we are against. But he did. And I now feel like a "man with out a country." No one for me to believe in anymore.
I've always liked November. Yes, it gets colder during the month, a warm up act (Hee!) for winter, and rain, and snow, and an Oklahoma wind that'll eat you down to bone. But still, a good month. A cozy month. I did finally turn the heater on last night. There's something comforting about heaters and gloves and huge coats and caps . . . something more than just being warm. Security, I guess. A feeling of solidity that you don't get in the shorts and sleeveless shorts summer forces upon you. Anyway, a great month, November is.
Sunday, 11-o3-13
Never been much of a voter. In fact I've only voted in a national election twice and once in a primary. Jessie Jackson got my vote back in what? 1980s? Didn't get the nomination, Clinton did, and I voted for him. And I never voted again because I didn't feel strong enough about the candidates . . . Well, at least not until this last election. I really felt that Obama would be the best. He seemed to be concerned about us "ordinary" Americans, and he seemed to be honest. That's why I could never vote for a CONservative. They just aren't honest. But as it turns out? Neither is President Obama. He assured us that when Affordable Health Care kicked in, the American people would:
1. be able to keep their original health plan if they wanted,
2. health care prices would go down for everyone and
3. the individual would be able to choose the type of health care they wanted.
Well, it turns out to be a lie. All of it. AND when we call him and his followers on it they just said, "Tough luck." Well, they really didn't say that. They said, "He didn't lie." I don't like liars, con men. I mean, I voted for Obama because I believed he was an honest man. Okay, maybe naïve of me. But he said he was an honest man. Okay, again, naïve of me. You see, we LIBerals are suppose to be the good guys and the CONs the bad guys who lie, cheat and steal. We cannot justify our use of the same dirty trick of those who we are against. But he did. And I now feel like a "man with out a country." No one for me to believe in anymore.
