Lyrics that reflect the times - Rush, “Territories”

I see the Middle Kingdom between Heaven and Earth
Like the Chinese call the country of their birth
We all figure that our homes are set above
Other people than the ones we know and love
In every place with a name
They play the same territorial game
Hiding behind the lines
Sending up warning signs

The whole wide world
An endless universe
Yet we keep looking through
The eyeglass in reverse
Don’t feed the people
But we feed the machines
Can’t really feel
What international means
In different circles, we keep holding our ground
In different circles, we keep spinning round and round

We see so many tribes overrun and undermined
While their invaders dream of lands they’ve left behind
Better people…better food…and better beer…
Why move around the world when Eden was so near?
The bosses get talking so tough
And if that wasn’t evil enough
We get the drunken and passionate pride
Of the citizens along for the ride

They shoot without shame
In the name of a piece of dirt
For a change of accent
Or the color of your shirt
Better the pride that resides
In a citizen of the world
Than the pride that divides
When a colorful rag is unfurled

Just checkin’ in. Please drive through.

Farewell. Adios. Tchus. Au Revoir. Auf Wiedersien. Later.

It occurred to me a long time ago, that keeping this blog was a waste of my time.

With my birthday this last weekend, I had a chance to reflect about where I was in my life and what should be important to me moving forward as I head over the hill.

Since starting this blog I have married, found a good job, become a father, bought a new home, and am getting ready to take on some new challenges that are going to be beneficial to me and my family. All during the Evil Bush years even!!!!

I have to directly link my decision to the absence of Laura Ingraham from the radio recently. I am a fan of hers. I find her show to be intelligent and find myself engaged and interested in what she shares with her listeners a majority of the time. However, during her absence, I listened to her replacement, Monica Crowley, and discovered that I was not as engaged with Monica as I am with Laura. I discovered it was because of the level of discourse I was hearing. Monica is a beautiful, intelligent, and very accomplished woman, however, listening to her on the radio was like listening to my blog being read - and I was not impressed. Nothing against Monica for sure, but if my blog is a “Monica” to those blogs I consider “Lauras” in the blog-o-sphere, I feel I can better spend my time doing other things in which I believe.

I don’t like either choice in this election, but I do know who is NOT going to get my vote. I know who is more likely to be truthful to the American people and who is not. I have a clear idea of who’s word I can value, he has earned my trust, whereas the other candidate continues to make me question the value of his word. I see a complete lack of judgment in the man ignorantly associates himself with haters, racists, and domestic terrorists. I know who has been tested and who has not. I know which of these men understand the issues and which one simply knows about them. I know who can work with both political parties and who has no record of doing so. I see how my values are expressed politically and I see my values demonstrated on one side of the aisle much more often than the other. I know who I would trust to lead this nation in time of crisis and who would being facing true crisis for the first time. I know who is going to do the least amount of damage to this country in the end.

I plan on doing everything humanly and legally possible to prevent this certain candidate from being elected to the White House this year. This country is at a crossroads right now and I refuse to see our nation handed over to someone who has never demonstrated through action that his nation’s interests are more important than his own ambitions.

That is why I am shutting down, Doubleplusgood Infotainment. I plan on getting involved directly to prevent another Carter-esque mistake being made by the American people.

Thanks to those of you who were regular visitors. Thanks to you who left comments. Thanks to those fellow bloggers who valued what I did for whatever reasons you had (shameless offer to guest blog in the future right there). And finally, thanks to those who disagreed with me…especially for proving me correct time and time again

There are too many people whose opinions are more valuable and more educated than mine on a vast number of things. I encourage you to visit the sites in my links and blog roll - especially My Amazon Wish List They deserve your traffic.