A new beginning...

Sometime in between football games this weekend, tune in to MSNBC. Watch Rachel Maddow or any show that still allows Keith Olbermann on it. Then, flip over to a rerun of the Glenn Beck show. You won't help but ask yourself: how can two news programs talk about the same topics from such diametrically opposed viewpoints? How can you tell who is telling you the truth? You may not feel as frustrated as I do about the current political milieu, BUT I HOPE YOU DO. These are strange and exciting times. When I was in my late teens and early 20s, I was very interested in politics and worked for George H.W. Bush's campaign and the campaigns of several Texas and U.S. Congressmen. Then, I went to law school, started working a real job, started a family, and had other things to do with my time. At some point during the last President's administration, I began to sense that something was wrong with our country and not just with the Bush administration. I was reminded of a poem by William Butler Yeats, my favorite poet. It is called The Second Coming and here is a portion of it:

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

Doesn't that sound a lot like what is happening now?

Then, something happened that brought me out of my complacency with regards to politics: the American people elected Barack Hussein Obama as President. I will admit that I admired the man's charisma, speaking ability, and that certain je non sais quoi (sp?) that he had. But, I knew something was wrong when I saw just about EVERYONE, viewing him as if he were the Messiah. The reactions to the guy were mind-boggling: remember the video of the lady who said that she didn't have to worry about her mortgage and that Barack was going to make her car payment? What????

Since the election, I have read a considerable amount of literature and materials on fascism, socialism, progressivism, and the background of those in the Obama White House and it is frightening.

This blog is about opinions, both my own, and those of the people who follow it. If you are an Obama supporter, you are more than welcome to participate. No one will be persecuted, excluded, or personally attacked because of their participation on this blog. I can say that because I have the power to control it (MUAAHAHAAAA!). Plus, I don't want a bunch of Glenn Beck clones spouting off stuff already know. So, challenge me...