Politically Correct Patriot

The following was an email that was sent out to everyone at my workplace. What stands out to you?

Good morning to everyone. I've never really done something like this before & I hope my comments do not offend anyone. I usually only address the educational staff but this year I felt compelled to do more. As everyone knows, Memorial Day will soon be upon us and I continue to think (as the years go by) that more and more people tend to forget about the true meaning of this holiday. Thoughts often lean more toward picnics, Bar B Q's, the pool, or even vacation plans. Many years ago, I made a commitment, especially to my buddies whose names are now on a wall in DC that I would never forget them or let this particular holiday go by without giving honor and respect to the service men & women who have served our great country and are serving now. To my three closest friends, I will truly never understand why you are there & I made it back. Perhaps, it is so I can send a message such as this. Memorial Day is more than just a day off of work, it's a time to reflect on what we have as individuals and as a country. Again, I hope I have not offended anyone. This message comes from my heart and nothing more. Name omitted for confidentiality.

How have we come to a place in our society where a person can risk his life for his country and he feels he has to appologize TWICE for bringing it up?

Anyone who's offended by this man's comments should keep it to themselves and this man should never have to appologize for honoring our fallen heroes and more importantly his fallen friends...UGH!!!

Helplessness...

...is that feeling you get when things are completely out of your control. I'm a therapist and sometimes I get a dose of reality. I just can't help some people. Today was one of those days. So much of therapeutic success is dependent on what the kid is willing to do it's scary. This kid I was working with had almost no concern for himself and less for others....really sad situation.

I guess it's a chicken and egg argument...Do you have to care for yourself before you can care for others or does your care for others make you care more for yourself? I believe that when we put others first our problems shrink and therefore they have less of a negative impact on our lives. If we get caught up in our own pity party it's all over.

Ahhh Politics

On Tuesday night I decided to watch the Republican debate. You know...the one that me and 5 other losers tuned in for. Sometimes I come to the startling realization that I really have no life. Anyway, I decided that I was going to begin testing my new theory that the candidate who actually answers questions will win the nomination. Well needless to say tracking this was like tracking the rate of illegal immigrants that poor accross our borders. This leads me to another rant..How do we know how many illegal immigrants there are in the country if they're UNDOCUMENTED! But I digress. Back to my amazing theory. Surely you've noticed that a politician almost never answers a direct question...the following is a hypothetical scenario.

Moderator - "Mr. Guliani is it true that you favor gay marriage?" (Please note that this is a YES or NO question.)
Guliani - "I believe this country is a place of opportunity. Our founding fathers were men of great vision and integrity. I believe that all people deserve the right to pursue the American dream. When I dealt with security after 9-11 I worked to ensure that right and when I become President I'll work tirelessly to keep those rotten Islamo-fascists from ever attacking us again."
Moderator - "Are you going to answer my question?"
Guliani - "I did."
Moderator - "I must have missed it."
Guliani - "I'm glad you mentioned that. As the Mayor of New York After 9-11 I ensured that no security breech was missed. After the Islamo-fascists murdered 3000 innocent people I rose to the occasion and stood in the gap for all of my fellow Americans."
Moderator - "Um...Yeah."

So my theory is that Americans are tired of politico-babble and want a president who is clear and direct in his approach to issues. I'll do my best to test my theory over the next 18 months. Remember I have no life so you can.
Good night and God bless America.

I decided to blog....

...because I'm tired of yelling at the radio or waiting on hold with a talk radio show for 45 mnutes just to have the topic change or the show end before I can vent or offer a common sense perspective. I've also been ahead of the curve (or at least ahead of my favorite talk show guy Glenn Beck) on a couple of analogies or insights lately.

1) About six months ago I was listening to Hilary Clinton screech about some issue, probably the war, when I thought to myself "She'll never get elected because she sounds like every divorced man's ex-wife". Mr. Beck said the same thing about four months later.

2) About a month before the VT shootings I commented to my wife that our society has become narcissistic. Again about a month later Mr. Beck is saying the exact same thing.

If I'm that far ahead of Beck who's probably pulling down at least seven figures then I can at least try my hand at blabbing to others and see where it gets me.