Freedom

Maybe I am writing this for me more then anything else. Today I read an article in the HUffington Post talking about the stigma attached to mental illness. Specifcally it was about changing the name of schizophrenia. On facebook I liked this fan page that said Boeing is not giving the same rights to gay employees as heterosexual employees. Then there is immigration. Not to mention high student loans. Depending on where you go wether it is the south or north or in between people have their own opiinions on what their America should be. People question when exactly the government should step in.
Probably the most hated group are rich conservative white guys. Some of which did not get their money from working hard or investing smartly but by being born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
This election proved to me that you can't buy it.
What can we tell our future? By the future I mean kids. The 'have nots' are my biggest worry.
I personally think I was born into being middle class. However, there are decsions I have made that prevented me from being my view of successful. There has also been things that have happened to me that I had no control over. KIds will have to be stronger then ever.
I have been some what pessimistics about persuing dreams. Why do dreams often have to be fame and fortune? When I was a kid I wish I had done a better job at persuing brains. I wish there could be a flipflop between public service jobs and professional athletes, movie actors, rock stars to name a few.  Weird thing is sometimes the people who you think have it all are unhappy. With success maybe the grass is always greener... And with freedom do unto others...

A child's paint brush

Is the sky half full with blue, or half empty with orange
still a page to be filled by a child's paint brush

dotted and solid lines
for a child to write the story
that captures the sky

arms extended for mom to hold on

the orange rises
and the blue grows faint

the tree struggles to hold
on to their yellow leaves but can't

they shed their skin
to show the fall's skeleton

the child can't figure out
how to draw the cool
restriciting air

so he signs his name
and hands it over

About Shane

I was in a band with three other guys. We would make up our songs, and living a small town with not that much to do this was our purpose. I don't remember how long we were togehter but I ended up quitting the band because of writer's block. As a kid I didn't know how to handle writer's block. I also got tired of playing the same set list or the same songs. Writer's block made me feel worthless and stupid.
The THree other members invited Shane to be a new band. I was immediatley jealous. I asked Will the lead singer if he was a good guitar player. Will said yes and I could tell he ment it.
Jealousy is not the best way to get  to know someone.
THen I saw them live. Shit he is a good guitar. It made me feel worse because he was better then me. During the show I did my best to figure out the chords. I had never seen them before. I told Will this at the waffle house. "Yeah, he makes up his own chords." What the hell.
The band was True Solar Holiday. I guess it was an emo indie kind of thing. Shane could rock.
Dear Shane,
It is really shitty that we had the same illness but I never got to tell you what I have learned on my end. I feel there is unfinish business here that I can't do anything about. Now I have time on my hands which I try to educate and share my illness with others through publication and other things. I can't share with you. But I undertand what you were going through because I went through the same things. LOve Peace and Music 

There is such a thing as left nut jobs too

Like me you are probably glad the campaigning is over, all the emails, telephone calls, and what not are over. I am a democrat and even I got tired of the left, Even on facebook. I liked this fanpage. I won't name it but one day they had a post saying that one of Romney sons bought some voting machines and he gave it to Ohio or something like that. With the results of the election last night obviously this is not the case. But if Romney had won, can you image some left nut job harassing this poor young man. Obama won Ohio. Do you understand what I am getting at? We as Americans have to question the media. And what is the media it can be pretty much anybody.
On here I have mentioned Fox News and Right nutjobs. But the left can be extreme too.
If your guy won last night don't be a sore winner. Do you remember Al Gore? HOw about JOhn Kerry? I will admit this though I had a huge sigh of relief.

THe Storm

Sandy pumled the north east with wind and rain. A ray of sunshine was when the president and the governor of New Jersey shook hands bridgeing party lines. Meanwhile Romny looked some what out of place at red cross. What a gymp.
We are still being  bombarded by both parties with emails, commercials and social media. This of course is mainly happening in the battle ground states.
I know who I am voting for. In fact I knew who I was voting for during the republican primaries. Either way both men do not have the balls to say enough is enough. Personally, I think if one campaign said that they would put the money that is left over in their campaign towards the national debt even a little, there would be  a push in the polls.
There are people donating millions and millions of dollars so that their taxes would be cut or there would be a lacks in business regulations.
I have more respect for people doesn't matter what party their in that worked their way up to millionare status. I think people that had money given to them should spend time in the military. Romny's sons will not have to work a day in their life. THey won't even have to go to college. I think one is running for general assembly. How can Romny relate to us. I would like to say that every politician puts on happy face no matter how fake to relate to voters, and with the polls at  a dead heat I beleive your vote will mean something.  

Update on Waiting

Last night Obama said that New York Times aligations that Iran is willing to talk with the U.S. after the elections was a rumor or it was false. I personally would have gone along with it this. It would have stopped Romney's argument about Iran cold. All politicians lie. Sometime they lie to protect the country. I am sure republicans and democrats have different interuptations when the truth can be straight. THey lie just like your parents ied about Santa Clause. THink about it. Enough of politcians lying how about the media. Should the New York Times disclose their source or maybe apologise. They probably won't because, hey, it is the TImes and they can do whatever they want.

Waiting

Last night the New York Times posted a news story talking about that Iran was willing to talk about their nuclear program after our election. This makes since they want to know who they are dealing with.
A couple minutes after, a news oragniazation called reuters said that the U.S. didn't approve the nuclear talks which totally contracdicted what the Times said.
I did my best to research reuters.com maybe they were a more conservative news organization or something that tend to bend to the truth.
I read both stories and figured the truth will be heard from the horses mouth on MOnday during the debate or the next day. You can see the New York Times article if you do a key word search in the past 24 hours.
Now I am freinds with conservative and liberals on facebook. Conservatives would say it is just the lame stream media. Liberals would say fox news are liars just look at the fact checkers.
We can atleast agree that this story affects us all.
Another issue are the different revolutions and protesting going on in several Arab countries, I say let them have their revolution. We shoulds stay out of it.
You are probably thinking about the embasy in Libya. I didn't know what exactly to make of this, because, in my opinion, the truth hasn't yet come out yet, or both sides liberals and conservatives have their own side of the story. I thought of this idea, why not, give Al queda their own country. A country that can be govern how ever they see fit. This is country can be made by the surrounding areas. With their own country and with their own governemnt I personally think they would hang, in so many words, themselves.
Even though Bin laden is dead they apparently are a strong force in NOrthern Africa.
We can agree that not all Muslims are extreme. They are loyal to their religion and will stand up for it.
We should not be the caretakers of the world. Let the revolutions happen and give AL Queda some space, and, of course, get out of Afghanistan.
Then there is the truth about Iran. I don't think it will take military action. Military action will put us further in debt. We don't need to declare war on Iran.
We can also agree that we have our own problems here.