Christmas without a safety blanket of family

My Christmas alone to me was an experience that, at first was sorrowful, but in the end appreciative. I did not need to be with my loved ones on Christmas day to make it special for myself. After realizing that I would not be able to be with the family that I planned on being with, I made the most of the day. I lent a Christmas spirit hand and helped others in the neighborhood, that I wouldn't otherwise, dig out. I tried to make the short journey to Des Moines to spend the Christmas night with pops and step-mom, but I soon realized that the risk wasn't worth the reward. That saddened me at the prospect of my first Christmas alone. I damn near cried until I realized, I and many others weren't alone. Wrigley gave me comfort, and soon I had snow to move that got my mind off of being alone. I am thankful for how Christmas worked out. I found that when your away from family on Christmas, sometimes you have to find others in the same situation to enjoy it with. Even if it is a cat or a working situation.

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What I don't know about Christmas.

When I was a kid things were simple. Traveling to Arkansas may have been difficult but I did not know that reality. I knew one reality that I and my brother would gain a lot in our Lego cache. Life was simple. Ride to Arkansas in the van while sleeping on a couch. Pops would drive the Cadilacc with his brights on and not know it. It's these stories that I adore. It is why I love history. Everyone has a history that defines themselves. Know One thing that history is us and everyone. Not just politicians that influence the world. The stories of Americana shape the world.

Ho Ho Ho BBQ

Are you fucking kidding me. Mourning is a word that has meaning to me. Mourning a life should be straightforward and direct. Don't bottle up anger or angst. I hang my shirts in my office in honor of the fallen victims not in misery of the future. A shrine does not exist to torment the realism of the reality. A shrine exists to celebrate the reality of the wanting of a better something in life. I celebrate a potential of a better reality of a certain team, yet I understand that a better team may not exist. A better human being may not exist, but that person still exists in our own minds.

Chinese made shit

I cannot not buy chinese made products anymore. As much as I want to it becomes inevitable. But I hate how cheap they make their shit. It is remarkable to me the level of cheap poorly made goods that we now accept. We used to joke, not so many years ago, about Japanese and Taiwanese products being cheap. Now we don't care. Spent 6 dollars on long johns. Already torn in one day of usage. Spent 80 dollars on hand held vaccuum. Done after one year. Spent 1000 dollars on TV almost done after two years. Where is the trade off of the throw-away society. Does anyone beside me get frustrated at this constant replacement of cheap goods we now have. You can't even buy a kitchen broom without the head falling off in the first 6 months. It used to be a bragging right of how long you owned a needed household item. "I've had my washer for 18 years and she finally gave out". Hell I had a dvd player from 1998 to 2008, and then it took a crap. I replaced it, and have replaced that with another. Think about that though. I probably spent 200 to 250 on the first, and have now spent 40 and 30, respectively, on the next two. We don't gain anything by going with chinese made shit.

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I also recall a battery change once with the original dvd player, so add 4 or 5 dollars.

The uninformed American Public

Change is good, and butterflies control the world. I ask this, who killed Lincoln? Why of course John Wilkes Booth. Who killed Kennedy? Why of course Lee Harvey Oswald. Tell me why I misspelled both Wilkes and Oswald and Word corrected me? Because that has a become the historical truth. Now name the assassin of Garfield. The assassin of Wilson. Of Taft, of Roosevelt, of Truman, of Eisenhower, of Kennedy, of Nixon, of ford, of Reagan, of bush, of Clinton, of bush, of Obama. There will always be political separation from the the other half.

A step back with a perspective

I read all of my blogs tonight, and am proud of most, if not all of them. FYI, I have probably deleted less than five total out of 68 or so posted. I'll probably get to 100 eventually, as my only goal is to satisfy myself and see my opinions in writing of a diary form. One constant theme that I read was my honesty in opinion, and I think that we all need to think and act that way. Anyone who has read this, besides myself, should realize that. I've even discussed my bought with depression briefly. Most of my blogs involved history, and have now given myself a viewpoint of my own history. I had forgotten some of my own historical perspectives. But, I do realize everything that I have written since 2006 has truly come from my heart. I look at this blog as a personal diary that anyone can view and leave a comment. I also look at it as a way to vent as a true american without the need to worry about I say. It is my venting site, allowing me to write an online diary. Sometimes I question my sincerity about topics including my personal life, but in the end I believe that has been beneficial to myself and hopefully to the small public that knows about me.

Have we all been duped

We all believed in something new and exciting even if we didn't vote that way. Who is Obama we all thought and what can be so bad about him. A blow job in the oval office is nothing compared to this man. He has the worst and most socialist advisors dating back to FDR. Think FDR got us out of a depression, reread history. He is worse than Wilson, in his radical view points. Wilson was a racist and a political appeaser. Obama combines those two attributes and is praised for having them. Anyone who thinks that the federal government spending practices brings us out of a recession has never read a history book, or never has understood history. The oil price isn't indicative of supply only indicative of a weak dollar. Even World War II did not bring us out of a depression. It took a good ten years to see that progress. Why, we quit devaluing the dollar and saw that the dollar rose against other currencies. Read history. Hitler came to political power barely. The value of the Deuchmark was undervalued and led to a collapse of the German economy. We have the same parallels yet we have a choice now. Do we want a socialist government that controls industry or do we as a people stand up and say no to Obama, Pelosi, and Reed. We must demand that we mean something. History is overlooked. I hate that fact because I pore over it so much. Open your eyes, and see the glaring parallels of history and don't shrug it off so easily. The old terminology that history repeats itself is only half way true. If you don't learn from history you will fail! Failure to me is not an option. We as a country showed that socialism did not work, and now we want to show that it does work. Sounds weird to me and any other sensible person.

The interstate highway system

What trips my trigger as an American is little drive to Arkansas from Iowa in the evening and night. I-35 then onto the beautiful four lane highway of 71. 75 mph almost the entire way. How can you beat that. The radio is how. At night you get that beatiful atmospheric rebound of am radio that allows you to listen to the country. Driving in Missouri I heard from Cleveland, Denver, Reno, Dallas, Houston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Des Moines, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Charleston. What is great about AM radio is that you see all the voices of America. But all those ears of AM radio were the same. Our government is out of control. I petition the lawfakers in dc to liston to AM radio on a friday night. We are not a liberal country and we do not support liberal laws. Turn the dial and will find out.

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france

We as a great nation of ours have always been involved in warfare. We created our own independence through war with the brits and involved ourselves in war among ourselves less than 80 years later. We are not unlike any other nation in that war is are defining moments. Yet we, as the first free and democratic nation, are held to a higher standard. When you type about another country you always capitalize the first letter. It is a common standard to show respect. When you fly the flag of multiple countries it is given that same respect. I i did not capitalize france. I meant it as an insult, just as they have initially disrespected every American that has ever fought for this country. People forget history, but let me give you a brief lesson. During the revolutionary war of this great country france was at war in Europe with Great Britain. We toiled at war with Great Britain for 8 years, all the while france promised naval forces in order to end the war. france showed up when the war was essentially over and took credit for their contribution. No big deal, we move on. The Civil War. france promises to the Confederate States of America, once again naval protection against the evil north. Too little, too late if at all. We fight Indians and Mexicans for a while and france comes crawling back. They lost their country to the Germans and want our help. Short story we help them, but, they insist on refusing League of Nations Idea, and demand enormous reparations from the Germans. Good idea turns south when france is invaded in as little as 3 weeks and now the US has to come to the rescue. After the war france realized that its power over indochina is nil. france gives into communism in indochina and allows, who, the US to fight its battle while they develop nuclear energy plants. Skip ahead 20 years later and france decides they will sell nuclear technology to
"emerging countries". Who do ask are those? Iraq, Pakistan, and Iran. But wait france is such a peaceful nation that does not want any more war. france knew in 2001 what it had sold Iraq and in the end played the same UN card, even before the US , that Iraq was the next Nazi Germany. But love france because when it comes down to it Somalia is safe, Bosnia is safe, Georgia is safe. Listen to what france has to say, only for the comical value of their historical fortitude in international issues.

we lost an american hero this week

Bruce Longstreet will forever in my own mind be an American hero. he devoted is latter years in life to show what the so called greatest generation actually suffered through. I interviewed him as a 17 year old and he was honest and straightforward in his experiences. His insight in 97' of the military and their sacrifices can still be felt today even with 50 to 60 years of differences. His dedication only reminded me of our own self gratification that should be lost. Yet he had that reassuring quality that reminded me that service to country is quantified only by how you serve the country and not the sacrifices that you have endured as a citizen. He taught me that he is an example of sacrifice not an ideal of sacrifice. He suffered so that we can, Candidly he talked about the need to learn from his suffrage in order for all of us to lead better lives.

I truly believe that if he were here today he would say that his sacrifice in the camp led to the better good of this great nation

Eric

Chicago

I love Chicago. Less than 6 hours away a fun city to visit. Once a year I have my annual pilgrimage for my beloved Cubs. I was born there and have always had thoughts of living in that great city. Reality sinks in and I won't ever live or even stay a night in Chicago. See Chicago is one of those great cities that everyone loves but nobody likes. If you do love and live in the city you live in a million plus apartment, flat, or condo. You certainly don't have kids in public schools. Chicago is the attraction of the suburbs, and if your smart you don't stay in a county named Cook. So what is bad about Chicago? Taxes, roads, schools, hotel prices, crime, trash, transportation, oh corruption. Why corruption from an outsider? You only have to be an astute observer to see how the Daly Machine (Boss Tweed) influences every day-to-day activity of city government. If you want to know how the Olympics would have been handled, look into to how the small Millenium Park was handled, how many of his cronies have been indicted, how the city is broke. Fun city but maybe Rio can handle their corruption better than Daley.

the demoralization of america

To quote Michelle Obama "for the first time in my adult life, I am proud to be an American". I hate that quote and believe whole-hearted that she did not mean it. Now in this state of America I can be quoted as the opposite of her. "For the first time in my entire life I am saddened to be an American". Land of the free, Home of the brave, and now home of the lay down at any given moment society. I work for a living and worry about my income. I will never allow myself to be given a government handout, because that hand out ultimately comes at my own expense of years of hard work. I don't back down to enemies because they claim they are stronger than me, and I have fist fight memories of those. Where has the American family values gone? Where has the values gone of work hard and die trying gone? Where is the American dream that eventually, not now, I will own a home. Not a dream home, but a home. Have we lost our own grasp on history, do we not understand why a large and cumbersome government was the basis of our independence? Step back for a moment and forget everything that you've accomplished. Do you want to ignore, or adhere, everything your congress tells you? Or, as much as we don't want to, stand up for our rights? We are a land of survivors and rejects, yet we still have in the past, managed to create the most opportunist place for like-minded people that have the will and desire to succeed and be effective citizens. This is the envy of the world and we cannot ignore, deny, nor desigrate from that optimistic value.

the golden age

As I said before life is short and life cannot be taken for granted. My pops had me when he was 36. He is now 66. My grandma is 91. I always thought I wanted to wait, or not have kids, but I now realize that I want kids at my current age of 29-30. I never thought that I would achieve the same level of fatherhood as my own pops, but today I saw something in myself that I never realized. Patience and cooperation. I kind of looked at that for the longest time as a financial burden I did not want. But I now see that I could be an excellent father. Playing with those toys today showed me what I lack in my life. To be an idol in a child's life and to make a difference in the world. I have been very selfish and naive in my life and the loss of someone very special to me allowed me to finally understand where I need to be in life. The golden age isn't retirement, it is raising children and having them idolize you for the littlest things.

life moves pretty fast and if you don't look around you could miss it

As much as I haven't wanted to admit, I want a better life than I already lead. Not money, but something more to worry and care about. To make a life worth something. To provide a legacy, or importance into the future, and know that I do mean something in life, and after, to people. I only mourn people when they meant something in my own life. I don't feel that I have accomplished that yet in my life, and I need and want to. My love of baseball and history needs to be pressed upon, and enjoyed by someone else in order for my life to be meaningful to more than a small group of people. I don't need religion to lead my life, but instead to live life to the fullest abilities available and hope that I have the right attitude all along, no matter the hurdles involved. Ferris was right, if you don't look, the opportunities will be gone. Nobody, in my opinion, is poor in life, its the attitudes that make you poor. Optimism and realization that life isn't always fair are good steps to leading a good and prosperous life that can be admired.

time becomes the loop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3hV1qSF-3U&feature=related

subway sociology

Mirror image experiment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MBBr-a2KnM&NR=1

intellectual socialological experiments

Some 4 or five years ago I re-subscribed to Maxim magazine and haven't thought it was worth a damn for the last 3 years. I still get the magazine in my mailbox and usually skim through it quickly then toss it aside. I understand my role in being a subscriber for advertising reasons. I don't pay but I am given the free issues nonetheless. I did find this month's issue to actually have a great profile of a group called improveverywhere.com. Check them out as I did. I'll embed my favorite prank they have done so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nbkbss7i5s. I promise you'll enjoy the concept.
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Medal of Honor

Any history buff will tell you that the medal of honor is esteemed and worth praise by anyone.  During my travel to Hawaii in 2005 I visited the punchbowl cemetery and admired the military dead from the pacific theaters of war.  What I most admired was how many Medal of Honor recipients died while covering grenades to save fellow soldiers.  An incredible and unimaginable act of bravery knowing the face of death would occur.  What I have seen since for this honor is that only 5 military men have received this honor, all posthumously.  When a Bradley Kasal and Rafeal Peralta don't receive this honor for doing the exact same thing, I wonder what is wrong with the system of awards.  Bradley Kasal rolled over on a grenade and barely survived.  Rafeal Peralta did the same and didn't survive.  The 5 men who have received the medal of honor deserve it, but I wonder how select we are being, given that two other men that I know of have done the same thing without the same recognition of bravery and love of country.

What hurts the most

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8iWEktQhg0

That is way I feel, the song is perfect, except for being dead.

Love, 

Eric

A day in the life of a cat

Ever wonder how great it would be to be a calico, Siamese, or alley cat?  I am going to guess that life from 12 to 12 and wonder what they do.  

Midnight to 1 AM

Awake and looking out the window for potential strangers, and if any will immediately embrace and purr at.

1 AM to 2 AM 

Wander the house and look at shadows, possible toys, litter box (just checking), and close eyes for a few minutes.

2 AM to 3 AM

Look in the bedroom and see the owner asleep, sleep for 45 minutes

3 AM to 4 AM

More of the same

4 AM to 5 AM

wake up said owner with either whiskers in face or ears.

5 AM to 6 AM

owner awake reading paper and watching news on TV.  insist on kitty treats until demand is met

6 AM to 7 AM

Watch owner get ready for work and inhibit his every ability. Whine, meow and follow into bathroom.  Lick up remaining water in shower and sink.

7 AM to 8 AM

Sleep 

8 AM to 9 AM

Sleep, pee in one of two litter boxes

9 AM to 10 AM

Sleep, interrupted by birds, back to sleep

10 AM to 11 AM

Price is Right

11 AM to Noon]

Wait for owners' lunch break and knock over kitty treats

Noon to 1 PM

Tan fur, and chase birds 

1 PM to 2 PM

Sleep, poop 

2 PM to 3 PM

Sleep, in new location

3 PM to 4 PM

Wait for owner

4PM to 5 PM

Need loving from owner

5 PM to 6 PM

want treats no loving

6 PM to 7 PM

sleeping or playing depending on the stressful day

7 PM to 8 PM

sleeping

8 PM to 9 PM

sleeping

9 PM to 10 PM

sleeping and stretching

10 PM to 11 PM 

following owner to bed, then roaming the house

11 PM to Midnight

Being the most lovable cat in the world that I would not trade for anything.

The ironies of life.

Spring has sprung and new life always seems to emerge and excite us.  The lilac bush is enjoying the rain as well as the once again green lawn.  Flowers, and vegetable gardens will soon emerge and give life to a otherwise grim winter that we incurred.  The first sounds of lawn mowers and trimmers bring out the sense of excitement and enthusiasm of summer to come.  At what point does this excitement of yard work turn into the chores of the summer?  The fall leaves lead us to yet another chore, yet we are enthralled with this enjoyment that we currently have.  Life is a seasonal and yearly ironic chore.  At some points we are flush with enjoyment on a task and at another we are obligated by the chore with the same task.  Life is very much the same way.  We go through the same motions and rythms of daily obligations of work and usually we end up with the same results.  However in this economy, the same efficient results could lead to a loss in a job.  Irony is, the way I put it, the absurdity of a real logical situation.  Its dumbfoundedness is without reason.  Why do I love planting things but hate the end of tending to them?  The way I see things irony can lead to happiness.  How do two 90 something women outlive their neighbors even in their own bad health?  Maybe irony means an omen for things to come, because two women I know should not have been able to do those things.  

Lead your life in the right way, and irony will lead to positive unexpected consequences.

Hopefully,

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the boys of summer

In baseball to hit 300 is wonderful. to pitch at 3 era is wonderful as well. Everthing I love about baseball and statistics don't compare to the real world. I need to bat 900 and have an era of 1 to have her back. To only garner one out three chances doesn't work in the real world. To give up a 3 run average is great but a woman still hates that. Women deserve 900 averages and less than 1 era's. No matter what the woman wants out of a man they always want a better perfection. That is is the striving factor in wanting a woman. I don't fault women for this, only strive to show you the anticipation you want. Sometimes you wat more than we can give and we give more than we know.
Love,
Your admirer

Maturity

Do you ever wonder at what point you reach maturity? Is it turning 18 and turning in a draft card? Is it 21 and drinking 21 shots or close to it? Is it graduating college? Is it owning your first home? I am 29 almost 30 and I now found out what maturity is. It is not about a job or mortgage. Its not about age or shots, its about relationships. I now know that I was immature for my first 30 years. Immature is not about selfishness but about non-compromise. At 30 I now realize my mistakes and look back at my twenties. Fun but immature. I want more out of life now more than ever. I realize my problems and now want to seize the missed opportunities. I hate to say shit happens and forget it, but it can be a new start. As long as I learn from my first 30 years and see that I can create a new 30 years I will be happy. Memories are as great as you can reasonably tell them. Sometimes memories of the past can be easily overlooked in storytelling but not so easily forgotten in truth. How history of one another is made can always be looked at as a series of events that could have gone a different way. For better or worse.

The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

We now have a president who enjoys the company of communists in an open manner. He sits back as communists lambaste the United States and his response is to make a joke in reference. Back bone is lacking and reverse thinking is evident. A man who aspires to become known in history to be likened to Lincoln has a long way to go and learn about history. Obama, why did you accept a communist propaganda book from Chavez. You may want us to believe that Chavez deserves an open arms hug in the western hemisphere, but do you really expect us to take the blame for all of latin america's historical problems. Open the history books and realize that the current mayor of Curacas, a political rival of Chavez, has yet to step foot in office because of Chavez's thugs. Do not embrace the sandinista Ortega. The old saying of learn from history is lost on Obama. His ideas are all about appeasement at any cost.

The little things

the little things in life are precious. That sounds so cliche but it is true. When you wake up in the morning and shower it is always better to kiss a woman goodbye than a cat. When you come home at lunch it is always better to see a woman at home at lunch than a sleeping cat. When you come home at the end of the day, it always better to see that the woman has a plan for dinner rather than a cat sleeping through it. I miss her enormously. What I love about a woman is she always wants more. The divide between us can become the undoing, but also become our doing. What a sleeping cat won't do I will for her. The things that I miss, chicken noodle soup, inspire me to be a better man. Maybe my role should go further and my efforts at that have been less than stellar, but I am better than the cat that I know. Trying at perfection should be worth a shot.

arguments

I found myself in a situation tonight in which I genuinely had no desire to express my opinion and sat in, literally, an argument. What this showed me was my own stupidity of continuing arguments only for the sake of proving a point. Arguing only gets you so far in life and sometimes that far is too far before you realize that the point is gone and the one's you love don't care about your point. Walk away from a heated argument, that is what I did tonight and I feel very good about myself. Not that I thought my point could not have been heard but there was no point in it being heard. I feel that the more you know, sometimes , the more it hurts you in the long run. Stubbornness hurts a lot of people in the long run. I know how I feel on opinions but I took the high road today and stayed out of controversy. I haven't always done that, I saw why I should today. It's embarrassing. My opinions have led to me having the situation that I am currently in; single.

Teaching History?

History is America just as baseball is history. However, both America and baseball have lost sight of why that dreaded word of history is important to both sanctity's. What is taught in American schools is the requirement to succeed and be successful. This has come at any cost. Be it PSAT's in order to pump the SAT scores even higher, or the desire to hand pick, as freshmen, the winners that will help the predestined teams succeed. History is overlooked in this era of achievement only by numbers. Why is history an overlooked and often understood subject. It is because it being taught to be a boring non-relevant subject. I love history and went through a 5 year period of my life seeing as just that, boring, and no relevance. Teachers do not care to inform about life only to teach about subjects. It is no wonder that rich affluent kids do well in tests in order to perform for their interested parents to see. When you take away the ability to please you see that the teaching is not doing any true personal motivation in most cases. Teach to inform that Lincoln wasn't just assassinated. Teach to inform that the War of 1812 still has meaning today. Teach that the emancipation proclamation still has problems today. Stay away from textbooks that are dull and disinteresting and show that Paul Revere wasn't alone, Dr. Mudd was important, FDR was nearly impeached, JFK started a war, and Reagan did not bring down the wall (Afghanistan did). Every day that you live is historical, and that is what this blog is about. History is yesterday or yesteryear depending on your point of view. None the less, History is a lesson to always draw upon and learn from. It is ironic to me that given this, the only people allowed to teach "history" must have a degree in "history". Yet I find that history can be so easily skewed and manipulated by those few that hold that power. I know history by constantly questioning my own and others history to further understand it. History is never permanent and will always be questioned by it truthfullness. But to teach History as truth and not look at new perspectives will deny the ability to truly enjoy the subject.
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By the way the bible was written by apostles who believed the people who told them the stories that they wrote a history.
Free thinking leads to fact finding of historical record. And that can still be wrong in the future historical record

Pirates and Lesbians

In a hypothetical world Rosie O'Donnell would host cruise ship full of lesbian and gay couples. Oh, wait she already did. Ok, in a hypothetical world the cruise ship left for the tropical paradise of, say, the horn of Africa. Doubts among you? In a hypothetical world Madonna was aboard and wanted a new baby. Ok, still not convincing. In a hypothetical world Rosie, Madonna, Brad, Angelina, and we'll throw in A-rod head to the horn of Africa for a gay African kid stealing trip (rich orphans that Oprah shows off). They see the State Department warnings but are reassured when Hillary steps aboard and assures them no chance of trouble in this area of the world. Bill telegraphs and says to them all, with an XOXO to Hillary, have a nice trip but watch out for the artic cap that is breaking away from Antartica (thank you Gore). Unfortunatelly, pirates have taken over the vessell and demand ransom. Rosie whines, Madonna sings (shot for anti any religion), Brad is waiting to hear what Angelina does, Angelina (they think she is mad, sad, mad, sad, mad, sad, then figure that Brad deserves out of the hostage situation Angelina put him through). So the pirates are now desperate not to piss off Harpo Productions, but still hold Rosie, Angelina and Hillary. The US Navy arrives and has no clear derective. You decide who is first. Or can we have that heroes welcome that involves three simultaneous sniper shots. Where is A-Rod you ask? He survived by giving his soul to the Yankees.

lawyers?

What is the reason for lawyers? To protect and to defend our rights and see to it that our valid side of a case can be reasonably seen and decided by either a judge or jury among us. Simple enough. What is the purpose of the executive branch. To introduce and instruct the legislative branch the direction in which they intend to proceed with the unalienable abilities to veto or create military formation. What is the legislative branch? To debate and determine the validity and constitutionality of the bills and resolutions presented, therefore enacting laws. What is the Judicial branch? To ensure that the laws are constitutional and represent a fair view of their intentions. No one branch should be able to usurp any of the other two branches. The checks and balances principle. Judicial branches throughout the land dating back to (and probably further) the Emancipation Proclamation have in essence created the law of the land. That is not their role. It is to evaluate specific cases in order to see that Justice is not being denied. The problem is that case law has become such an important part of the judicial process that the other branches treat these decisions by judges as law and orders. Justice is based upon two things; the plaintiff and the defendant, period. Remember this. That case has no true bearing on law, it is only a decision. Example: Eric is convicted of burglary for showing that he had a gun in a crime. John is convicted of aggravated armed robbery for showing that he had a gun in a crime. No law has changed that was enacted by the legislature. Yet we see two different Judicial opinions to two separate Judicial cases. A Judicial decision can only be related to one case. Judicial opinion can change a law, but not without a legislative action changing a previous action. As much as we don't want to admit Roe v. Wade was only one case and did not change legislative law. Brown v. Education did not change law. The legislatures saw these as a reason to change law. (Roe v. Wade has never been universally changed by the courts decision in that one case). Iowa's gay marriage decision was one case, and those two should be married. But the legislative and executive branches have not lost their law. The law still states a Marriage between a Man and a Woman. No matter how you feel about the issue, it is still the law. Every gay couple that weds in this state next month is breaking our law because their case was not brought to court to defend. Every county recorder in this state needs to uphold their pledge. To uphold and defend the constitution of America first. The United States of America still upholds, as a supreme being the ideals of marriage. The christian supreme being as in god and its ideals as a defense. Not only that, but that the Judicial branch can not reverse law but only have an opinion on the specific case involved. Case Law is great but cannot automatically create laws. Balance of powers.

The vote

Why do Americans not vote? Complacency? Ignorance? Party Confidence? We have become the lamest and greatest Republic in the history of mankind yet we don't find our right to vote a civic duty but a civic responsibility that we don't want to deal with. Bitch and moan all you want but legislators, congressman, and councilman all hold the same power over all of us. As much as I hate McCain why did we vote in Obama? To change to party line of Bush? Why? A two party system was never wanted or intended. A one party system is even worse. Do Iowans deserve the first vote. No. Why should we hold that power of politics of the country. Even in our great debate of the politics of the nation we only turned our 40% of our population. Does that deserve a boost to morale or a boost to reputation. I hated Bush as a president, but that doesn't mean he never did any good. My retirement fund is to crap but should I blame that on anyone but myself. We vote because we should and have the trust in who we elect. Certainally we can disagree, but we owe ourselves to ultimately look toward those persons and have a certain amount of trust in each and every one of them.

Baseball: the sequel

I sit today loving the fact that baseball has now moved from the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues back to the Midwest and front pages of daily reports. The I-cubs are yet to open in Des Moines but happy to start in Texas for the warmer weather. I itch at my chance to see my beloved cubs at Addison and Clark this summer. Today, however, I was brought to tears over the fragility of the pursuit of the game. A rising star by the name of Nick Adenhart lost his hopes, dreams, and life this morning. Not by being cut from the team, but by throwing a gem of 6 scoreless innings. His stats will not be what I think about tonight. It will be his age, 22, and his limitless opportunities lost because of someone else. Baseball is full of tragedy, triumph, victory and despair. All mixed emotions that ultimately lead to the greater good of the game. What happened this morning to him and two other people does not lead to anything other than sadness. Why I love the game and its players is irrelavent on a day like today. I am not a religious person, but on a day like today, I only wish that god called him home for a reason.
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trivia

Sometimes I wonder If my life is all about trivia. I depend on baseball to show me trivia. My history interest is predicated on trivia. I am obsessed with trivia , but when came to dealing with my girlfriend she didn't want it. I know her birth date, but our anniversary I didn't. I could tell you the date that the cubs went lights on but I still don't know the date we started dating. Ask me the numbers of important cubs and I'll tell you. Ask me important relationship dates, and I'll tell you the issues of Vineline I've been in. I'm sorry J. but I still love ya.

Life

Life is a mystery. If you would have asked 4 weeks ago how I felt about life I would have said it is scary and intimidating. But now I look at life as an opportunity and experience. Soon to be laied off. Ok. No new job in the making. Girlfriend gone, but not forgotten. Okay. But I look ahead now. It's not the end of the world as I once thought. I Know I am smart and talented. I Know J. and are still in a decent friendship. I now Know that things are not as bad as they seem. Why should I limit myself to only one company and expect everything to come of that? I have come to understand that life is limited in time and time shouldn't be a difinitive of 30. I'll allow myself to show myself depression and now come out on my own. Life is what you make of yourself and what you allow your talents to be realized. I may never find my own self as a history teacher, but I will be able to express and interact with people that understand that my opinion matters. I may never be a master carpenter, but I do have the skills to question them. I may never be an expert salesman but I do know the right and wrong way to approach a customer. The point is life is not simple and life skills are sometimes non-quantitative. The true question is qualitative value of the person in question. Any one of us could be me in a different way, but what is your different way?

The world of pet unemployment

Does a pet deserve unemployment compensation? They give you love and affection. But does the love and affection become adversely affected by your own compensation? Do you cease the much desired treats of cat nip and dog bones? Considering that we own these pets, what is our obligations? To remain true and obedient servants of pets, or unemployed sacrificial lambs of society? My guess is that to remain optimistic in our troubled times, we will continue to look for the pets that love us, and that they have a simpleness that we adore of them that we will overcome. But the social experiment between pets and unemployment will nonetheless be a conundrum of pet owners given the financial situation we are in. Pets are a feline and canine sense of self reassurance in these difficult times. Sometimes your flush and all clean (cat), working for your next nap (vacation), and sometimes your a canine (dog), always looking to go outside to shit or pee, sometimes in the neighbor's yard. It's an analogy of life. Cat's are always care free and satisfied, Dog's always want to go even further. The cat will always forgive and come back, but the dog will always want to piss on someone's territory and then come back when things get tough. In my opinion pets will not be sacrificed in this economy because of the fierce allegiances that we gain with them no matter their wrong doings or injustices. So Wrigley, I tell you sleep 16 hours a day, and be my friend only the remaining of the 8 hours that your willing.