It's mifdnight, and I'm pretty sure I should be sleeping...

But something inside says "Perhaps you should write something before people stop checking..."

It's midnight and I'm pretty sure I should be sleeping. I've not seen my office in two days, and I should be making preparations for day ahead. There is business to be done and all, I've got 4 or 5 dozen clients that truely do rely on me being in the office. As trivial as it may seem to some, I gave these people my word that i'd be there for them, and that isn't something you take lightly.

Of recent, I've been constantly annoyed and/or upset. I know the holidays are coming, and theres really nothing ever joyous about them. I'm not broke, but the rent is due tomorrow, and i've grown tired of sweating the small shit. I'm tired of being in a place where i'm under appreciated. Overall, hell i'm just tired most of the time.

I'm tried of hearing our president lie to us, I can't stand to watch him insult or discredit anyone who disagrees with him. Since when did liberal become such a horrible thing?

As do we do so often, once more we fall back to dictionary.com

lib·er·al ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr-l, lbrl)adj.
1.) Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
2.) Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
3.)Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
3-A.) Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Honestly, what seems so evil or weak about that? Let's compare it to... Conservative?

con·ser·va·tive ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kn-sûrv-tv)adj.
1.) Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2.) Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3.) Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4.) Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
4-A.) Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
4-B.) Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.

Very well then, seems innocent enough, until you consider the fact that this world doesn't slowly turn.

We're at a point in time where the world is evolving at such a pace we can't have some leader who stands resolve in an old world mentality...

Guess what? Some people are gay, yeah, and most of them are really good/kind/open hearted/open minded people. They're not the victim of some plague or illness, and you turning your brow down to them only makes you their bitch. That's right, gay people own on republicans. For those who don't happen to know me, I am in fact straight and all, but it doesn't mean that other's shouldn't be able to live how they care to. I almost slapped Jay the other day, he and I get a little heated about the debates. See, I'm independant and open minded, liberal as they call us these days... And, he... He's wrong, ignorant, and confused... Republicans as they're commonly known...

He had the audacity to say to me "The bible says homosexuality is wrong"... I literally almost slapped him, if it didn't draw such a strong parallel to the discussion I've been having for a good year and a half now. As Reilly mentioned, our political view points are multiplied in an election year, and exponentionally so in a swing state. It's 2 AM, I wanna see Girls Gone Wild and Hot Chat Line commercials, not some political rhetoric. Anywho, back to Jay and the bible dogma... My reply... "Yeah, no, the bible is wrong on a lot of things."

I'm going to rant about the bible here, then the electoral college idea. The bible, the bible as you and I know it, is just about the 20th rendition of a work of fiction, which has been translated about 6 times, and was written recalling a story 120 years after it occured. Yeah, it's a nice story, and it's intended to teach people to live well. Actually, let's just come out with it... The functional view of religon, It's intended to control people. That's it, the bible, and your religion are intended to keep you in line. Obey, obey or you'll toil in the heated depths of hell forever. Sorry, but it's unrealistic. The only reason it stands, is because it's impossible to disprove, and it's following is too strong.

Another short rant, morality. There's only one absolute in the world, and that's it. The other night, I was enjoying a nice evening in with the family. And, they suggested that murder was wrong... I of course disagreed. Well, I do, sorry and all, but that's my opinion. Some people deserve to die. Hell, here's one for you... We'll hunt down the terrorists, and kill or capture them all. Does that not sound vengeful? How about a shock and awe campaign that kills hundreds of innocent women and children? Does this not seem like mass murder to anyone else? What, so we can install some government that'll eventually betray us? Sure, call it an election, hell we have elections, doesn't really mean a damned thing when you look at it. Do you have any idea how strong incumbency is?

How about the Electoral College? Again, in therory, it sounds good. It seemed like a good idea on paper... much like republicans or socialism. But, it's long been dated. The idea was that if we didn't assign each state a relatively equal ammount of votes, candidates would only campaign in the most populated areas. Conservatives, i'd like to welcome you to the 21st century, it's a nice place, you should stick around when you realize you're wrong. We live in a world of active media. Everyone has access to politicians these days. You can turn the TV to any station, and become misinformed by republicans. Without a massive media and communications network, it would seem reasonable to force the candidates to focus their attention in all areas. But, why now? Why do we allow the electoral college to make our descisions for us? Why not create a proprietary, sealed, and secure electronic system that worked by fingerprint, which tapped into a massive database to perform our elections for us? You say there is too much room for corruption, you say you need a paper ballot? Do you not have any conceptual understanding of how corrupt the system is already? I'm sorry to say this, but i have in the past, and I will again now... Your vote doesn't matter, my vote doesn't matter, those in control only allow us this feigned extension of our will so we don't rise up against them.

Speaking of corruption, I wanted to mention something that struck a little closer to home. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, which infact is a public utility company, which does in fact function off our tax dollars, just spent 18.2 million dollars on a new office. This might not seem bad, but the excess in spending is outrageous. They installed a water fountain in the lobby, which retailed at $130K. You know how many people you can feed for $130K? We are a city who has been struggling it's way out of debt for lord knows how many years, and this gross misconduct is allowed to occur? Someone, somewhere, of some power, had to sign off on this budget. God damn, I should just run for public office and get this shit in line.

Hell, if Dick Chenney can tell the United States Congress to fuck themselves a dozen times in a day, I'd be more than happy to do so to any elected offical that stood infront of me.

That's all from me for now, as i'd mentioned earlier, we've a long day ahead of us.

-Rys4K

p.s.- How many democrates do you know in the KKK?

p.s.s- The apathy of the American public is demonstrated every four years when the rich and religous decided who leads this nation. And there is nothing unamerican about standing up and saying so.