Fire hazards and how we became a 'Bushy' nation
Okay, what to blog about...
How about those people who want to move to Canada or New Zealand now that Bush has been re-elected? What the farg is up with that? I can understand dislike of a regime. I disliked it a lot when Clinton was elected (and my vote for Bush, Sr. wasn't enough to sway the election). But I didn't want to move. I love this country, even if I don't like who's in the White House. I absolutely do not understand how disapproval of the government totally translates into hatred of your homeland. If Kerry had been elected, I certainly would not have moved. I would have wished him the best term possible, even if I hadn't voted for him. This whole America-hatin' attitude from people within and beyond our borders is ridiculous. It's like the kids at the playground who just won't play if you don't want to use their ball...then if they leave, they want to take the ball with them so no one can play, either. Childish...to say the least. There's always another election 4 years from now...sheesh...
Well, to talk about something less political (I'm sure we're sick of politics by now)...
Averted a potential fire at church tonight. When we got done with practicing "This Fragile Breath" for the 100th time, I leaned over to put my mics away and noticed a very pungent, burnt electrical odor coming from the stage area. Noting that my shiny new amp was there, I quickly stuck my nose over the air vents to make sure it wasn't an amp malfunction. Whew...thank God that wasn't it. By now, Eric noticed the odor, too, and we both started looking. I found the culprit when I reached down to unplug an AC adapter (used for my chorus pedal) and it was so hot when I unplugged it that I had to throw it on the floor to keep from burning my hand. Whew...I'm glad we're all committed to unplugging stuff when we're done...I hate to think about the potential for fire had that device remained plugged in. Oh, well...so much for Labtec universal A/C adapters....it just crapped out, I guess...
Band practice went pretty well, all things considered. The new song ("This Fragile Breath") started out very rough, but started to come together in the end. Hopefully, a bit more practice on our own before Sunday will help polish out the rough spots...
KEY PHRASES: "If that hadn't grabbed your attention, I would've thought you to be a eunuch." "Why can't you play like that on Sunday? That rocked. Are you afraid of the crowd, Kyle? Are you? If I can get my balding, overweight butt out there to sing every sunday, you can pour out some screaming leads like that...wow."
How about those people who want to move to Canada or New Zealand now that Bush has been re-elected? What the farg is up with that? I can understand dislike of a regime. I disliked it a lot when Clinton was elected (and my vote for Bush, Sr. wasn't enough to sway the election). But I didn't want to move. I love this country, even if I don't like who's in the White House. I absolutely do not understand how disapproval of the government totally translates into hatred of your homeland. If Kerry had been elected, I certainly would not have moved. I would have wished him the best term possible, even if I hadn't voted for him. This whole America-hatin' attitude from people within and beyond our borders is ridiculous. It's like the kids at the playground who just won't play if you don't want to use their ball...then if they leave, they want to take the ball with them so no one can play, either. Childish...to say the least. There's always another election 4 years from now...sheesh...
Well, to talk about something less political (I'm sure we're sick of politics by now)...
Averted a potential fire at church tonight. When we got done with practicing "This Fragile Breath" for the 100th time, I leaned over to put my mics away and noticed a very pungent, burnt electrical odor coming from the stage area. Noting that my shiny new amp was there, I quickly stuck my nose over the air vents to make sure it wasn't an amp malfunction. Whew...thank God that wasn't it. By now, Eric noticed the odor, too, and we both started looking. I found the culprit when I reached down to unplug an AC adapter (used for my chorus pedal) and it was so hot when I unplugged it that I had to throw it on the floor to keep from burning my hand. Whew...I'm glad we're all committed to unplugging stuff when we're done...I hate to think about the potential for fire had that device remained plugged in. Oh, well...so much for Labtec universal A/C adapters....it just crapped out, I guess...
Band practice went pretty well, all things considered. The new song ("This Fragile Breath") started out very rough, but started to come together in the end. Hopefully, a bit more practice on our own before Sunday will help polish out the rough spots...
KEY PHRASES: "If that hadn't grabbed your attention, I would've thought you to be a eunuch." "Why can't you play like that on Sunday? That rocked. Are you afraid of the crowd, Kyle? Are you? If I can get my balding, overweight butt out there to sing every sunday, you can pour out some screaming leads like that...wow."
2 Comments:
maybe because they see a president that lost the popular election, used power to get into the white house, and then lied to all the american people to a lot worse degree than, "i didn't shag that girl." yet, "christians" stood by him for enormously moronic reasons. and somehow he actually won this election, ulike the last one, and they probably fear what the man could do with this country in four years since he made us look like lying vengeful idiots the past four. i sympathize with those people that want to move.
BUT, i'm not one of them. although i might be, but not cause of bush, just cause canada is like a dream....
just saying. if they are right or not, if you believed that, you would want to move too, unless you just didn't care about anything.... but then you would just be an....american.
oh well.
seriously though. not trying to be a smart ass, and i am actually truly tired of politics. as you probably noticed i didn't blog about them lately.... but just letting you know, the reason they want to move is because they see (even if it isn't the case) a leader that LIED and the end result was people died. and that is a lot more serious than Clinton saying "i didn't get any" and yet somehow bush is backed my these "moral" people that wanted clinton out previously.
i know some frustration, as i am a liberal person who is a christian. and unfortunately, especially here, people look down on me because of that. so right wing people, and the presidents attitudes and ideas have led people to the point of "talking" about moving. they aren't going to, obviously, but i am just defending them. as they are just as childish as the people who want the government to just "work" and them not have any part in it (that would eliminate the democracy part of it). but that is what we as americans have slowly become.
ah, a comment that i'm sure will be unwelcome. oh well. summary: i know, it is childish. shut up. try to learn to at least cope, as there is nothing you can do for the next 4 years.... BUT, don't be so hard on them. you are just lucky enough to not have their mindset, and have grown more. some might not actually be that stupid, or childish - just hurt and not expressing it well.
later, eh. the politics will all be over by the end of the month, right??? i can just wake up in december and read about santa? no more i hate bush, or i hate those who hate bush? hmmm. i hope so. i like santa. he brings me toys........
Disagreements over politics abound in any election. Controversy has been a part of our history. Think Nixon and Watergate. Nixon and Vietnam. Think Harry S. Truman and Hiroshima. Think Reagan and his arms buildup in his first term then his disarmament pact in his second one. Think Hatfields vs. McCoys...The Roadrunner vs. Coyote...
Sorry, but quick, "poorly handled" emotional responses like wanting to just get out of the country is a mark of immaturity, IMHO.
Vietnam might be the best parallel politically. A very conservative "right" that supported the war effort with little real knowledge of the quagmire we'd gotten into. A very liberal "left" that went so far as to spit on American troops and produce a hatred of Vietnam vets that persisted into the 80s. Controversy about that war persists today.
Here's the problem for me...whatever the 'political' issues are, then or now...
We can talk about the issues all day. We can and we should. As you suggest, taking more 'active' roles in politics and the government of ourselves. But the often 'extreme' hatred of those with opposing viewpoints (on both sides)...the "poorly-expressed pain" that's even developed into a desire to go so far as to migrate to another country elevates already 'heated' issues into a much more divided area. Elevating the tension doesn't help anyone. It's like when a couple is arguing on the phone, but before they can reach a resolution, one hangs up on the other. That doesn't solve anything, it just elevates the tension even higher.
Sure, the country's divided. But I blame the people and the politicians on both sides (mainly the politicians...I personally got a kick out of Kerry's and Bush's call for 'unity,' after much of both of their campaigns were spent dividing people on the issues). No one's looking for common solutions. Instead, our 'internal' national divisiveness continues. No one ever makes progress in any setting without real dialogue.
On a more positive 'extreme' stance, there are a group of students holed up in a Boulder, CO high school who say they won't leave until they get a chance to talk to GOP officials.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137700,00.html
Of interest in this story is that the students are seeking dialogue...they're not just throwing a tantrum about an election that turned out the way they did not like. They simply want to talk.
That's what I want to see more of. Unity. Not quick-easy-agree-with-me-or-you're-not-a-team-player sort of unity...but a willingness to dialogue without letting tempers and closed minds (on both sides) shut the dialogue down as quickly as it starts.
But then again, I'm a closet idealist...
AAAAAGGGGHHH! Politics! Enough...Yes, let's talk about Santa. So what if he's an iconic symbol of consumerism and obesity, it's for the kids, man...the KIDS!. I'm still ready to shift gears to Santa. I still believe he can fit down our chimney, even though we don't have a chimney. Now that's magic. Santa is cool. Just don't tell Eric. He hates Santa. But that's okay...:-).
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