First, I just realized that it has been almost a month since my last post (on election day). I know I was thinking about posting some things, but I guess I just never got the gumption. That gumption thing is slippery, hard to catch, and sometimes just plain dumbfounding.
I have been thinking about my tone (aka my tune). I don’t want this blog to feel whiny, bitchy, or complainy anymore. I’m going to try to stay more upbeat, but I’m not really sure it is in my character. I’ve tried keeping a more upbeat attitude lately. Not like super cheesy, but less cynical and more positive.
Basically, the idea is to put more good out into the world. It seems like the media always wants to make things sound worse than they are because drama sells and the general population feeds off the drama to make things worse and then the media comes back to report that things are really worse then they initially reported, that things are more dramatic, so people get more worked up and on and on and on…. I don’t want to feed the drama machine. Life is dramatic enough.
Many of my friends, family, and associates seem to think that the U.S. is just going to crumble in on itself on January 20 and ask what my opinion is and for my insights into how Army folk think about the President-elect. This is where I started my move to be more positive.
President-elect Obama is not the end of life as we know it in America. Things are probably going to be different, but I’m not sure that is necessarily a bad thing in many cases. Obviously some things need to change for Wall St., Detriot, the housing market, etc. I’m not sure that the government needs to have their fingers in all of them, but there definitely needs to be some legislation or statement to help fix/motivate/beat-the-crap-out-of some of these corporations. I don’t know who to assign the blame to and I don’t really think that it matters too much. Everyone is going to point the finger at the other guy and say (insert whiny or belligerent voice) “It wasn’t my fault.” My personal opinion is to let some of this “recession” crap work itself out. There can’t be up without down. There can’t be an economic slump without an economic boom and vice versa. Some people are probably going to lose everything. Lesson learned, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Isn’t that something we learn as little kids listening to stories that finish up with “Moral to the story….”?
I’m starting to get into the whiny/bitchy/complainy voice again, so I’ll stop now. I guess I had more to say for this post then I initially thought. The bad part is that now that I’ve started writing, I don’t want to stop. Something about “objects in motion…” comes to mind. I think this is enough for today though.
