This whole political thing is potentially harmful to my health. I realized last night that I absolutely cannot afford to stay in the horror that it brings me, lest I lose my tenuous grip on the mental health I've got.
I spent two days in the grip of 9/11 and it started a backslide into depression that took me 4 years to get out of. Now I thought I lost close family that day. But I absolutely refuse to allow the likes of these bastards (Clinton included) to get in the way of my good health.
So go ahead, America, and vote for Mike Huckabee. Vote for your old Aunt Bessie. Vote for a 4 pound bag of shelled walnuts. I don't care, just do it away from me.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Let's get started
I finally got CG's approval to post about it, but we are getting married this year. March 21, 2008 First Day of Spring (best day of the year to get married, don't you think?)
I have been married twice and he, never, so this is truly a crossing over of sensibilities in creating a wedding. As you can guess, it's not very traditional. And therefore, it's not very big. We will be taking just immediate family with us to SF City Hall for an A.M. ceremony and then going out to lunch. That evening we will have some people over as an open house to help celebrate. Eventually we hope to have a party on the East Coast for all our friends and relatives there.
So, I'm sure I'll be hashing out remaining details as it goes...just wanted you to know :-)
I have been married twice and he, never, so this is truly a crossing over of sensibilities in creating a wedding. As you can guess, it's not very traditional. And therefore, it's not very big. We will be taking just immediate family with us to SF City Hall for an A.M. ceremony and then going out to lunch. That evening we will have some people over as an open house to help celebrate. Eventually we hope to have a party on the East Coast for all our friends and relatives there.
So, I'm sure I'll be hashing out remaining details as it goes...just wanted you to know :-)
The situation til now
Let's see if I've got this right. I was raised in a country (yes it was here to prevent confusion) that was founded on principles of religious tolerance and a sense that a man's faith was his own affair and separate from that of the state. I liked that country. I felt a certain degree of freedom and security living in that country.
As of last night, it turns out that there are enough of my fellow countrymen who think that it is a good idea to elect a pastor to the highest office in the land, one who has been heard to say that he would like to "return this country to Jesus", among other such pearls of zippy insightfulness. Did you just hear me??? We as a nation, sit back in horror/judgement that Pakistan might want to become a Islamic Theocratic state, and yet there are people here who think that Mike Huckabee is a good idea for President??? At this point I fail to see what the difference is. Becoming a Christian Theocracy is no better than being an Islamic one...just different. I suppose I am fortunate in that I have a large, loving Creator that is a bit beyond sectarian differences, but that's my business and I'd rather live in a country where it can stay that way and not be threatened in any way by a ruling class religion.
It's early in the morning, and MR. CG got the most of this rant last night, but the truth is I went to bed early, sad and dejected because I fear that the America that I grew up with and loved is truly gone, and it's not entirely clear what has come to take it's place yet. But in the meanwhile, I mourne what is lost and all that could have been had we not run ourselves off the rails.
As of last night, it turns out that there are enough of my fellow countrymen who think that it is a good idea to elect a pastor to the highest office in the land, one who has been heard to say that he would like to "return this country to Jesus", among other such pearls of zippy insightfulness. Did you just hear me??? We as a nation, sit back in horror/judgement that Pakistan might want to become a Islamic Theocratic state, and yet there are people here who think that Mike Huckabee is a good idea for President??? At this point I fail to see what the difference is. Becoming a Christian Theocracy is no better than being an Islamic one...just different. I suppose I am fortunate in that I have a large, loving Creator that is a bit beyond sectarian differences, but that's my business and I'd rather live in a country where it can stay that way and not be threatened in any way by a ruling class religion.
It's early in the morning, and MR. CG got the most of this rant last night, but the truth is I went to bed early, sad and dejected because I fear that the America that I grew up with and loved is truly gone, and it's not entirely clear what has come to take it's place yet. But in the meanwhile, I mourne what is lost and all that could have been had we not run ourselves off the rails.
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