Haven't done a blog like this in awhile... just some random venting and observations that have been on my mind lately. Not enough to blog about individually, but just fine to blog about with other randomness...
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First topic... political correctness is the biggest shelter we put on our kids nowadays. Shoot... we use it to shelter ourselves and it's complete BS! In my opinion, political correctness has completely bashed our Freedom of Speech. I seriously can't say something because it offends someone else in the slightest way? Really?? And have you heard the latest victim of PC... school tests in New York. Apparently, someone came up with a list of words to be banned from school tests because they might offend some of the kids. What kind of words could these possibly be?? Um, lets see... Birthdays? Disease? Dinosaurs??? Wow... really??
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I miss the days of things being named for their location or after something significant (like Deer Creek Amphitheatre or just The Murat Theatre). I HATE how everything has commercial sponsors now, and they get their name on the venue or the event. That does not in the slightest influence my decision to use services or products from that company. In fact, it has the opposite effect and makes me want to even go to the venue less! I think it just further proves how out of whack our economy really is when places have to rely on commercial support in order to survive/compete.
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I think society is starting to take on a mob mentality about EVERYTHING! Maybe it's the 60's protester regimen all over again, but it doesn't take much to get people to 'rally' for or against something and loudly voice their opinion as part of a group. Yes, we have that right. But sadly, so many of the 'mobs' seem to be misinformed about things and the loud voices start to sound ridiculously stupid when all the facts get thrown out there. Are we really just that unhappy about things in our society now?
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Politics are in abundance again with the upcoming presidential election looming once again. I'm starting to wonder who's influencing who, though... I used to strictly blame the idiot politicians for convincingly playing the finger pointing game, enough to influence their constituents to do the same. But I'm starting to wonder if it's actually the misinformed constituents being so loud and obnoxious about their opinions that the politicians have to reflect what the constituents are doing. Of course, they do so in order to stay in office. I still think politics have become a pure scam. We really need to go back to the drawing board on all levels and relook at what really works and get rid of the rest of the policy and procedure when it comes to politics.
For example, I think it should be required, that in order for and politician to be elected at any level, they must have lived out of that jurisdiction, whether it be that city or that state, in order to have a better perspective on how things work elsewhere. Might help with sheltered laws some of or politicians come up with. And if you want to get elected to a national office, you must have had some form of international relations, whether it be living overseas, military experience, or acted as a liaison/diplomat in some form to complete business with(in) a foreign country. Again, it opens up your perspective about things.
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I seem to be coming across a lot of 'chameleons' in my life lately. What I mean by that is people who literally change to fit in with their surroundings or change 'who they are' to attract someone. Granted, I know it can be tough to be yourself in an unfamiliar environment, but in the long run, it's worse if you change things up to fit in. And if you change FOR someone, what's the point?? Then you have to be this 'other you' for as long as you know that person. Unless you're a really good actor who can ultimately convince even yourself that you are actually this alter ego, then eventually it'll come out that it's not the real you. Then what??
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Okay... that's it for now. I feel somewhat better.
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