The President controls few things that on a day to day basis affect my life. He is largely a figure head, scapegoat at times, and poster boy for a political agenda that is barely radical or capable of stimulating mass “change” in our country. This is why I did not vote.

It’s astonishing to me that people in California have chosen to revoke rights granted to their fellow Americans. It’s like a recall on freedom and equality - a very messed up one. It’s my opinion that the Presidential race for office overshadowed the issue going down with Prop 8 and it didn’t receive nearly enough press and awareness. I’m disappointed and still having trouble grasping why time and time again history has proven that there are no human rights unless explicitly granted to you on a piece of paper.

I’m not a proponent of religion, or blind believer - but I do believe that Christians have largely overlooked the fact that when Jesus came about, his only commandments were to love god and love others. Throw out that old testament crap and stop hating. Get out of people’s bedrooms, accept that not everyone thinks and believes the same thing you do, and realize that you shouldn’t have the right to make decisions that place one group of people as lesser or not worthy of rights you have.

I’m really hoping for a recount or something.

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Browsing the channels and coming across the Democratic National Convention was the biggest waste of the last 30 minutes of my life. I’m still astounded by the unnatural, insaneness that occurs when Hillary entered the stage. I understand that she’s still trying to unify the party, but seriously, it’s crossed over into just theatrics. It’s also events like this that really brings up my root problem with politics - it’s overblown during elections and the rest of the time we’re completely in the dark about what’s going on in our country and the rest of the world.

We get to judge candidates based on a very limited knowledge of who they are as people and instead have to decode pre-written responses and past choices. Realistically it’s like Carlin said, “they don’t give a shit about you, they don’t give a shit about you.” Politicians play the game and it’s difficult to really connect on any level considering their position. 

So no voting, that’s my short reply. I’m disappointed at the system and I don’t believe that anyone working within it really can do what’s right. I find it entirely ironic that of all the “democratic” nations, ours - which seeks out to install “freedom” in other countries - cannot even institute a voting system that says whoever gets the most votes, wins. No - we’re still too stupid to make our own decisions and therefore big business and banks will continue making them for us and thinning the middle class out until we’re back to the haves and the have nots and no one in between. 

Alright, I’ll turn off the tube, as usual it’s rotting my imagination and depressing me.