Crud Monkeys

To quote the adorable boy that lives in my home and I call son, "Crud monkeys." When we fuck up as a country, we really fuck up. I am not happy about the choice of our new President. I know some of you are, but this is my blog and I feel the need to get on my high horse.

I cannot stand politics. All of the "I will do this" and "I will do that" is a bunch of shit from those aforementioned crud monkeys. He can't do a thing without the consent of Congress, which is another issue entirely. It was set up that way so the President would not have absolute authority, making this a dictatorship or a monarchy. If he had said "with the aide of Congress" that would have made it more like a team effort, as it should be, and more true. I think that would motivate Congress to live up to their end of the bargain.

And for the sake of all, he is half black. To me, to consider him as strictly African-American is a misnomer at the very least, but also a denial of his heritage. He was raised by white relatives after all. Once again, people are celebrating for the wrong reason. They should be celebrating because a highly qualified candidate was chosen to lead this country. I don't feel like that happened either. I prefer to vote for the person that I think is the most highly qualified to run our country and lead us to better times for the whole country. To me, it is more about voting for the someone who is an outstanding leader that will defend and protect this country and it's citizens as opposed to who is what race. We are constantly asked to forgo the consideration of race, but that didn't happen in one of the most important elections of our time.

The broadcasters of several programs last night kept bringing up slavery. I do not know anyone that was forcibly removed from their hut in Africa, put on a ship for weeks or even months, then sold at public auction to a plantation owner to do manual labor for free. Can we get over it? Once again, let's not bring race into it, yet it was a huge part of the focus last night.

Did anyone see "The Pursuit of Happyness"? That was a great movie. It proved the point that hard work will take you far. He raised a son while homeless, living in a bathroom at the subway station or where ever he could find to lay his head. He worked hard and became successful. Here's the point: he worked hard. He was a black man that worked every day, no matter his circumstances to provide for his family.

I could care less that about his skin color. If he were purple with bright green spots, I would not have voted for him if I did not think he was qualified to be President. I will not tell you who I voted for. After all there were 12 people on my ballot. And a spot for a write in.

And to say "I will never lie to you". That is such a great sentiment, yet untrue. Let's chalk up another lie and he hasn't even been sworn in. He hasn't heard the phrase "plausible deniability"?Of course he's going to lie to us. He's a politician. If he can be on Oprah and tell her and her millions of viewers that when he decides to run for President he will announce it on her show, and then not, he can tell us anything he wants to. That has been a huge pet peeve of mine from the beginning. I do not like being lied to, whether from him or friends or family or the clerk at the grocery store.

There were some things in this election that went right. I feel like voting out one of Senators that has represented the state of Florida for many years will be a refreshing change. When your staff is voted "most beautiful", something seems a little off to me. If you can leave your sick wife who is losing her sight and hearing, and let her raise the kids alone while this is happening, then marry a 23 year old staffer, something is wrong with your sense of right and wrong to begin with.

I was upset to see that the marriage amendment passed. I voted a big, fat NO. I think that we are better served by letting love rule than basing who can marry by what sex they are. There certainly isn't enough love in this world to begin with. It seems that spreading love would make this a great world to live in. But, like my friend Scott said, maybe one day. Maybe one day we will all wake up and see that we are better served by loving and accepting each other. And the money spent in California could have helped so many more people than it did. It sure paid for a lot of trees to die. What about starving people? And missionaries that are working with less than nothing? And sickness that could be controlled by digging wells that only cost $5,000 to dig and provide safe, clean water? And the horrible healthcare crisis that could be served by free or at cost clinics?

It's done now. I can't change it, and neither can anyone else. We will see what our new President can and will do. I am praying for a stable economy, low gas prices, peace over seas, our troops coming home safely, lower grocery prices, better managing of our lands and governments, and a pony. No wait, strike the pony. That's just more crap I'd have to shovel.

I will go into the next four years hoping that the greatness of this country will return. I will be praying that our new man can live up to his promises and not drive us further into a hole. I will open my mind and my eyes and do my part to make this a country that we can be proud of. Ranting over. Cowboying up now.