2 posts tagged “politics”

Wow, I have not written in quite a while on this thing. Whoever actually reads this has probably been sitting in a dark room somewhere waiting for me to come back to this. Luckily for them, and even for the the people who don't read this, I'm back from a slight retirement.

I haven't really been up to much, kind of just looking for a job. I did have an interview and an offer, but I cannot sell things on the street anymore. I've tried it, and it's just not my style. Currently, I'm leaning toward Peace Corps, writer, or just anything until I figure out what direction I have in life.

Let's see what my interests are:

peace, books, history, the Beatles, politics, languages, music, the '60s, large cats, American Eagle, ending the War in Iraq...

Oh, and I'm currently rooting for Barack Obama. My only worry is that no one is paying attention to the Republicans, and then the Rove machine will start up again. Also, though I want to see an African American or a woman as President, I don't know how the rest of America feels just yet. I mean, it's only been a couple of months since the Jena 5 incident. However, as I talk to some other people, I guess it would give the U.S. some credibility points in the rest of the world, since we kind of lost all those with Iraq.

Regardless of the political atmosphere of the U.S. currently though (which I honestly haven't been paying attention to b/c of the job search), I feel that it is all of our responsibility to help the less fortunate. I think my blog exudes that to the fullest extent, and if it doesn't, well then I haven't been doing my job.

So my friend had a dream the other day that I had died, which surprised me and made me think twice about driving anywhere for the consecutive days afterward. I know this sounds crazy, but I have felt in the past that I could die at any moment, hence the fear once my friend called me. However, he said according to dream studies (a pseudoscience, I know) that his dream means that I will live a long life. Who knows what will happen to me, but I've given a lot of thought about death lately. I've realized I am going to live life to the fullest from this day forward, that I am definitely donating my organs when I die, and that I want a substantial portion of whatever I have to be donated to the needy. I know I should take care of my own first, but the needy don't have anyone else, so why shouldn't I help them out.

Wow. Complete ramble of utterances here. I think I'm gonna get started on that novel I've been meaning to write.

Oh yeah, and peace and love are great. Ciao!   

So this is what will become my first post in this blog. For most of my life I've always felt that I have a lot to say about issues in the world, and though people nod their heads and seem to agree, most of what I say will be dismissed as pure bullshit or bunk. I've tried to write what I honestly feel about different events or issues I feel passionate about in my myspace blog, but I've felt I had to censor a lot of it and tone it down for some reason. Henceforth, I will try my best to convey exactly what I mean with words that I truly feel.

One of the main reasons I decided to start this blog was to state my views on different things I witness, regardless if they seem offensive, overly judgemental, or just plain wrong. However, I am the first person to admit that I am ignorant of certain issues, but in saying that I am an extremely open-minded person who does not find it prudent to judge ideas or people simply because I may feel that way. No one really knows how anything in the world works, and we shouldn't pretend to know what we honestly have no clue about. Yeah - one of my pet peeves is close-mindedness. I don't dig it, and I don't know anyone who is just in being not open to new experiences.

I guess you can say that this blog will run sort of like that Family Guy skit where Peter does the news segment on "You Know What Really Grinds My Gears." Ideas or issues pop into my head as randomly as they pop into other peoples' minds, and it's hard for me sometimes to just sit back and relax without thinking about the latest idea that's running through my mind.

Lately my biggest concern has been with religion. Though raised a Roman Catholic and going to a Catholic college, I still feel that there is nothing that anyone actually knows about religion. I mean, I must state my own ignorance on that fact that I have no clue what goes on in the cosmos or why Earth runs the way it does. With that said, I also have to say that no one in the world knows the true answer to all these theological questions, and those that say they do are pretty much pitting themselves into the "My God is Better Than Yours" dilemma. No one definitively knows if there is a heaven; no one definitively knows that there's a hell. No one knows about the divinity of people, and no one truly knows if God even does exist. I'm not willing to make the leap either way to say if these things do or do not exist though, because I just don't know. I guess you could say I'm an agnostic, but the thing is that all I am is me. My personal struggle or views toward theological issues is completely individual and genuine, as are the views held by everyone else in the world. No one alive shares the same beliefs on religious issues because again, no one actually knows anything about that stuff to a definitive truth. Having gone to a Catholic college for four years, I became irritated when even my philosophy professors, who were teaching us about the "Is There/Isn't There a God" question would presuppose that God does exist. I think it behooves them to say that, since their object is to teach a class and show both sides of an important philosophical argument - not convert students to Christianity.

And there is yet another thing I cannot stand about religion. It labels people upon the bare threads of their personal beliefs and then tries to convert everyone else, with no regard to what some people hold to be true. I recently read about the early Muslim communities that would let Jews and Christians worship freely, since those three religions all share the same religious roots, and I was happy to hear of tolerance with religion. I thought it was just idealism to think that all religions could co-exist! But what happened to make all these problems in the Middle East nowadays, which different sects and religions fighting each other? Sadly, religious wars will never end, since there will always be a person stating that their god/faith is the best. The same goes for civilizations. It's all the same fucking thing and I'm sick of it.

Alright - I have to go to a meeting. I will be back later though.

10 God

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