We’re all in this together……….here in America we certainly DO NOT WANT another 4 years of ssdf………..(same sh** different flies)

I am on the front lines in politics trying to put an end to all this. Actually, I am registering to be a member of the Socialist party.

And, my father is a conservative Republican. Both of my parents are. They both voted for Bush both times, and my father now deeply regrets it. So it is interesting.

They know I am Socialist, and my father is actually opening up to new ideas, which is good. He is totally okay with my stances. He wants me to follow my conscience.

Anyway, he, and many others, actually told me that they voted for Bush because they didn’t like Kerry’s personality.

Excuse me? I thought politics is about voting on the issues, not about your perception of their personality. Personality is not easily definable. A person’s stances are much more concrete, and that is what you are voting for anyway. Someone to take care of issues, not someone who looks good, sounds good, or just “feels good,” the kind of person you want to be aruond, be friends with, etc.

Some people say that people can fake policy positions. Well, people can fake personalities too. Sociopaths do it all the time. Bush has done it since he entered office.

So bottom line…if you are gullible and don’t mind being f***** over, vote on looks or personality.

If you are serious about bringing positive change, vote on what matters.

America’s, and the world’s, future depends on it.

America has faced the destruction of many tens of Katrinas at the hands of our current Administration. And that started happening a good while before August 29th, 2005 (try about 4 years prior to that, when the man took office.)

Perhaps if we had all known better what would happen if Bush came to office again, things might have been different. But that doesn’t matter anymore. Things are what they are for now, but we in America have a historic change to improve our lot tremendously (though not very fast at first, and not without some unpleasant costs I don’t think. We need badly to kill this budget deficit our government has run up.)

One big question is whether delayed gratification has a say in this, or whether instant gratification with no regard for the future wins out again.

I pray for the soul of America. So does Athena…….and the Integral…………..

Ivan

I lived most of my life with horrid Exposure Anxiety and social phobia
I’d feel ill as hell, my body electric, just handling simple social stuff
but I really really wanted it to never own me, define me or my life
so I’d challenge the bastard, trick it, sneak my way around it anyway that I could
and it’d get me back, contorting my expression into avoidance, diversions, retaliation responses
and I’d feel really trapped, often give up, give in
but then I’d get back in the ring and think, no, this is MY life anxiety, to hell with you
I learned the self calming of a Buddhist
I learned to walk a Taoists path
but still it has my number, knocks on the door of my soul
but fear and stagnation are similar challenges for people taught paranoia and mistrust
and if they look at a stagnant pond, that’s where they’re at
the pond gets smelly, and there’s no flow, no oxygen, the life in it atrophies and dies
a pond that becomes a tidal wave, also kills all in its wake
but some flow is necessary, to retain life
and that means accepting change, turning away from the drug of fear.

autism can be a good teacher
it has taken me spiritual places perhaps I’d never gone without it.