Talk Radio

I’m really starting to lose the ability to listen to talk radio. Some of it is funny and I agree with it, some of its funny and I don’t agree with it. Most of the time, the guys I listen to, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, are entertainers and they keep me entertained.

 But I really can’t listen to anyone else anymore without just losing my mind.

 A local guy from Nashville filled in for Glenn Beck yesterday, and he made my blood pressure rise to unsafe levels. I believe the topic was illegal immigration and English as the national language. I don’t think we should have a national language because I think its a redundant law, but protectionists don’t think that way (because they aren’t conservatives). Anyway, the conversation somehow turned into we “are too free” and that we have to give up some of our freedoms to save our country.

Let me reiterate that this guy thinks our nation is too free.

That just doesn’t fly with me. I can think of plenty of ways in which we aren’t free.

Income taxes

Government spying

Suspension of Habeas Corpus

The Patriot Act

Airport Security

Imminent Domain laws

And the list goes on and on. This country was founded on the idea of individual liberty. You can do what you want as long as you don’t infringe on the individual rights of others.

That has changed. And that is what will destroy America. Not terrorists. Not Illegal Aliens. Not Global Warming. Not the Corporations.

The government will eventually destroy this country.

Its sad. My life will continue and I will still be a citizen of the Kingdom of God. But this country has done some great things, and those things will soon come to an end.

Tell me about yourself

I was thinking today about how, while I do know some of you that read my blog, there are plenty of people out there that I don’t know, and would like to.

 Leave me a comment with some information, name, hometown, background, a fun fact. You know the drill.

Thanks!

That Was The Worst Christmas Ever

Sufjan Stevens has taken over my Christmas music selection. Check out this  tune.

This Christmas, for me, has not been the worst Christmas ever. I’ve been blessed to spend time with my family and my fiancee, as well as some friends. I have too many things to be thankful for and there are too many who have too little for me to be complacent with the status quo. May we all remember the children whose homes have been torn apart by war and genocide, by corrupt dictators and governments, by famine and flood. May we be more radically like Christ in our service to others until next Christmas and may we remind ourselves how easily we can become slaves to consumerism in our culture.

Lord, I pray that this Christmas, we remember Christ’s birth and think of it often as we serve the poor and the rich, the hungry and healthy. May we serve more like Jesus.

Calling All Virgins

Nashville is Talking and Phil Wilson pointed me to this study which claims that 95% of the country has engaged in premarital sex.

If you liked Sim City

Then this game is for you. Ho. Lee. Crap.

http://secondlife.com/

Christmastime is here…. happiness and cheer

fun for all, the children call their favorite time of year.

Snowflakes in the air, carols everywhere

Yuletide by the fireside and love and dreams to share

Gotta love A Charlie Brown Christmas. Does that still come on television? The kids that Carrie nannies for are 2 and a half and 6 and have never seen any of the Charlie Brown movies.

Its a traveshamockery!

(5000 blog points to the person who knows where the above adjective is from.)

Don’t you miss Elementary and High School

This first letter is just funny. I don’t know why or how this happened, but it made me laugh.

 This letter is probably rated PG-13. I can’t believe that this actually happened. I mean, you hear urban legends about it happening at restaurants, but I’ve never seen confirmation. Wow.

Enjoy.

Beginnign of the End for the Republicans

Bob Barr (whom you might remember as a House Member in the 90s) has now offically become a Libertarian.

 There may be no hope left for the Republican Party, but maybe it will be replaced as a major party by the Libertarians. The world would be a better place.

Whew

Its been a long 2 weeks. Real Estate class is finally over though, and I’m ready to get back to a more normal schedule. Hopefully, that schedule will include blogging more often. I seem to have lost some of my readership of late, so I’m gonna work to make this a better blog to bring some of you folks back to the fold.

First order of business: What do you want to see from this blog? Would you like to see a certain series? Would you like me to post more about politics or faith or more about what’s happening in my life?

Second order of business:

I can’t watch war movies anymore. I don’t get the enjoyment out of them that I once did. Whereas I used to watch Saving Private Ryan and get all pumped up about how brave they were and how they were killing the bad people, I now watch the movie and think about how this was NOT what God intended for us and for the world. It breaks my heart to think about the horrible things that my Papaw, and many others Grandfathers went through at 17 and 18 years old.

These guys were kids. Many of them skipped high school graduation to go to boot camp and got dropped off on an island in the Pacific to see their friends blow to pieces. No human being should have to endure that. And they shouldn’t have to shoot a Japanese soldier point blank with a high powered rifle. That environment does something to the psyche. It harms people. My Papaw never spoke of it. I imagine out of shame. If you notice, very few veterens of WWII talk/ed about it. There’s probably a reason for that.

So war movies are pretty much off the list of things I watch for entertainment. So are any movies that glorify violence. I just can’t stomach them anymore. They just make me sad.

Depression

Occasionally, I’ll wake up and its like the weight of the world has collapsed upon me.

There’s not really an explanation for it. Life is just as good as it was the day before. But its like that drive that is normally there, the drive that gets me out of bed, to work, or school, or where ever I need to be, is absent. I’m not tired, but I want to do absolutely nothing. But even doing nothing is too much. I can’t sleep, or watch tv, or read. None of those things bring me joy. It’s even kinda labored trying to breathe.

I don’t know if I have an imbalance or what the deal is, but it happens every two months or so. Sometimes for a day, sometimes for a week. It eventually gets better, but I don’t understand why or how it happens.

Any doctors out there that can diagnose me?