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When did we forget our dreams?
The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.
And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of some day easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve tempering my life to better fit someone's expectations. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
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Tag Archives: poli-drama
A New Paul to Drag the Tea Party into the Light of Reality
You’ve got to hand it to the Tea Party people – they know how to get organized and get things done when it comes to trying to put their people in places for getting elected. It’s a smaller version of … Continue reading
A ‘Jack Bauer’ Republican, except this is the real world
While we are still months out from the midterm elections in the United States, at this early day there are some rather intriguing races setting up. Some of these races involve incumbent Senators getting upset by radical-leaning constituents showing up … Continue reading
Somewhere to the right of ‘insane’ we find The Opposition
TheDailyBeast brings us an interesting set of poll data from Harris, giving us an interesting insight into the mind of the average member of the opposition to the Obama administration. Actually it would be interesting if its implications were not … Continue reading
The Ron Paul Teabag Singularity Observed!
The 2010 edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, transpired over the weekend of February 18 – 20. Typically a gathering for conservatives to drum up some excitement for the party, this year the conference became an epicenter … Continue reading
Don’t help the poor: They breed!
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed,” Bauer said, according to the Greenville News. “You’re facilitating the problem if you … Continue reading
From disaster to political fodder in 48 hours (or less)
…American politics: they deliver. In yesterday’s post I mentioned that noted religious man/serial nutcase, Pat Robertson, suggested that the 7.0 earthquake that destroyed Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday evening was in fact God’s revenge for Haiti doing a deal with the … Continue reading
When do we mature to talk about “dirty” things?
This story starts and finishes easy enough, with some kid from some college asking a dumb question of the President that he should have already known the answer to. For this we reach back to a town hall discussion held … Continue reading
At least we can all agree rape is bad?
Senator Al Franken (D-MN). The existence of that tagline still sends shivers down the spines of conservatives who still fume over a 302 vote loss in the 2008 election. The ranks of people wish those shivers, and that annoyance at … Continue reading
All aboard with failure this good
The meme against Obama by those who are of the mindset to be against him & his policies is already set in stone, and it is to repeat what have you done for me lately as often as possible, while … Continue reading
“Chicago’s Olympic Bid Fails” is a pretty sad straw to grasp at
In 2005 and 2006, five cities in the United States were vying for the opportunity to host the 31st Summer Olympics in 2016: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. The United States Olympic Committee would narrow this list … Continue reading