It is time for a change

I don't write much on politics. As a matter of fact, I try to stay clear of discussing my views in public. I am not fond, at all, of political blogs. I find that they usually just preach to the choir or instigate meaningless diatribes which end up in personal insults.

Yet as this administration is coming to an end (and I am so damn grateful), I find myself becoming enraged. Beyond the rage is disgust.

I wonder to myself how anyone could want more of this? A recession, soaring gas prices, a war nobody wanted, unemployment, a miserable excuse for a health care system are but some of the legacies of this adminstration.

So many people wish to froth at the mouth, spewing their so called "values" without meaning or personal consequence. As though we can draw all these imaginary lines in the sand and designate some people as worthy and deserving of anything from rights to aid to social justice. And others...well they are out of luck because we wish to demonize segments of the population based on class, sexual orientation, the color of their skin, ethnic origin or anything else we deem as dissimilar to us. There are those who view the world as a cartoon with easily identifiable villians and heroes.

In the midst of all the verbal rhetoric and posturing there is real suffering going on. The country is falling apart. The response of this administration? I think Cheney summed it up oh so eloquently once with a simple..."so?"

Enough. It is time for a real change. And it can't happen soon enough for me.