I'm addicted to Diet Coke.
It's lunchtime and time for my daily addictions: Bill O'Reilly and Diet Coke. What is it about the two of them I find so delightfully addictive? Probably my penchant for an afternoon buzz. I used to think O'Reilly was over the top. This year, my thoughts have changed. This is a nasty nasty election year, and all the weirdos are coming out of the woodwork. I can't believe CBS was duped like it was. Even Mr. Abagnale agreed the docs are forgeries...
Who is looking out for the average joe schmoe? Honestly, I don't think it's any political party. I really don't think it's any particular faith or denomination. I think it comes down to personal accountability. For everyone. Period. In this world, in this time, in this place - you better believe the general attitude in the world is that nobody cares about the little guy. Sure, there are good people out there helping one another- and God Bless them - but just beware: Everyone has an agenda. Everyone has an axe to grind. It's great to be a good person, a good Christian, a good citizen or whatever but the world is an evil place.
Develop your own opinions. Think for yourself. Be a skeptic. I was, and this year I have sat back and watched the news with growing amusement, everyone is jumping allover one another. When it's all said and done, you're still the one that has to form an opinion, make a decision and act upon that decision. Nobody can do it for you, as much as they would love to.
Do what you will. Just be smart. Listen to all sides...question all authority and form your own opinions.
Remember: You watch out for you.
Who is looking out for the average joe schmoe? Honestly, I don't think it's any political party. I really don't think it's any particular faith or denomination. I think it comes down to personal accountability. For everyone. Period. In this world, in this time, in this place - you better believe the general attitude in the world is that nobody cares about the little guy. Sure, there are good people out there helping one another- and God Bless them - but just beware: Everyone has an agenda. Everyone has an axe to grind. It's great to be a good person, a good Christian, a good citizen or whatever but the world is an evil place.
Develop your own opinions. Think for yourself. Be a skeptic. I was, and this year I have sat back and watched the news with growing amusement, everyone is jumping allover one another. When it's all said and done, you're still the one that has to form an opinion, make a decision and act upon that decision. Nobody can do it for you, as much as they would love to.
Do what you will. Just be smart. Listen to all sides...question all authority and form your own opinions.
Remember: You watch out for you.
posted by BBKidd0 @ 1:10 PM
2 Comments:
At September 15, 2004 11:02 PM,
Darth Daddy said…
You watch out for you---very well said. I read a quote a while back that said something like "Believing that one political party was better than another was similar to believing that 2 theives would steal less from you than only 1 would". Every year, I find myself thinking "PLEASE let there be a third party candidate hiding somewhere!!
Shannon
ps. I havent read back on your blog yet - do you study Kung Fu?
At September 16, 2004 10:45 AM,
BBKidd0 said…
Hey Shannon
Sadly, no, I do not do KungFu. That was actually just a reference to Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill, my pen name.
I would love to study a martial art, but my knee was injured a year ago doing a stupid aerobic kickboxing move. I tore some cartilege, but avoided surgery. Since them I have been a little uneasy about flipping my wacky kneecap back out of place...that really hurt. I do some PT for it, but I really have to watch the kicks.
I recently watched a special on the Discovery Channel about different styles of martial arts and the physics behind the art. Amazing! Out of all the styles I observed, I was intrigued by Kempo because of the emphasis on weapons training. I have a few friends who have studied the Korean martial art (and I will spell this wrong please forgive) Wah Rang Do.
The whole Kill Bill movie was interesting because of her use of samurai blades, and of course the different weapons during the Crazy 88's fight. (If you haven't seen the movie, it's more than a little unbelievable, but still fun to watch - even with all the gore.)
Anyway, thanks for the response.
Have a spectacular day and best wishes with the baby!
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