The new baby...and some other stuff
This post is not witty. It is, simply put, the basics.
Alexander Blake Johnson was born 11/19/05 at 3:04 in the morning. He weighs (or weighed) 9 pounds, 4 and half ounces, and measured 22 inches in length. He is healthy and adorable. I have much to write on this subject but that will come later.
For now, I would like to respond to Nacho Intolerant's question about what kind of party would I nominate for the much coveted status of third. Well, that's a problem and that's where we all get a bit stymied. I want a third party, but I know that no one else would want MY third party. What we hope for is that the people trained in this sort of endeavor, i.e. politicians, would describe the third party, but they have a vested interest in there not being a third party so what are you going to do?
I will say this though, third party values are not hard to generate. Look for places where Republicans and Democrats agree with each other. Both parties believe in corporate cronyism (they simply disagree as to which corporations), so the third party would be against corporate cronyism. In my world, American corporations are taxed 50% of their earnings if they post a profit of 10 million dollars--and if they restructure in another country, we bomb that country in order to keep jobs and money in America. Moving a plant to a place where labor rates are cheaper is a terrorist act. See, I don't think you want my third party.
Both Democrats and Republicans are for war in Iraq...okay, third party is against war in Iraq. Both Democrats and Republicans are for putting drug ads on television...third party is against. I think if you continue this out with all the shit that you see as wrong with this country, very little of it depends on whether the nation is controlled by Democrats or Republicans. Things like welfare and tax breaks sure, but real things like jobs or the growing difference between the rich and the poor or the guy who can't speak English trying to troubleshoot your $2,000 PC that broke the day after it arrived, or the way the media has all but destroyed the ability to deliver justice, or whether we get food to victims of disasters, or whether our food is food at all or just pretty stuff that's chemically engineered to taste like food. Any of the big things that might actually bother somebody with a job will remain untouched by Democrats or Republicans. Basically, our two party system is the system of the unemployed. Either the poor unemployed (democrat) or the "rich beyond the need to get a real job" (republicans). What we need is a party that looks out for people making between $20,00-60,000 a year, which is the major bulk of Americans. But we're working and we're paying our taxes and we're voting for one kind of unemployment or another, so who cares about us.
Well, I'm on little sleep, and I'm done rambling for now.
Alexander Blake Johnson was born 11/19/05 at 3:04 in the morning. He weighs (or weighed) 9 pounds, 4 and half ounces, and measured 22 inches in length. He is healthy and adorable. I have much to write on this subject but that will come later.
For now, I would like to respond to Nacho Intolerant's question about what kind of party would I nominate for the much coveted status of third. Well, that's a problem and that's where we all get a bit stymied. I want a third party, but I know that no one else would want MY third party. What we hope for is that the people trained in this sort of endeavor, i.e. politicians, would describe the third party, but they have a vested interest in there not being a third party so what are you going to do?
I will say this though, third party values are not hard to generate. Look for places where Republicans and Democrats agree with each other. Both parties believe in corporate cronyism (they simply disagree as to which corporations), so the third party would be against corporate cronyism. In my world, American corporations are taxed 50% of their earnings if they post a profit of 10 million dollars--and if they restructure in another country, we bomb that country in order to keep jobs and money in America. Moving a plant to a place where labor rates are cheaper is a terrorist act. See, I don't think you want my third party.
Both Democrats and Republicans are for war in Iraq...okay, third party is against war in Iraq. Both Democrats and Republicans are for putting drug ads on television...third party is against. I think if you continue this out with all the shit that you see as wrong with this country, very little of it depends on whether the nation is controlled by Democrats or Republicans. Things like welfare and tax breaks sure, but real things like jobs or the growing difference between the rich and the poor or the guy who can't speak English trying to troubleshoot your $2,000 PC that broke the day after it arrived, or the way the media has all but destroyed the ability to deliver justice, or whether we get food to victims of disasters, or whether our food is food at all or just pretty stuff that's chemically engineered to taste like food. Any of the big things that might actually bother somebody with a job will remain untouched by Democrats or Republicans. Basically, our two party system is the system of the unemployed. Either the poor unemployed (democrat) or the "rich beyond the need to get a real job" (republicans). What we need is a party that looks out for people making between $20,00-60,000 a year, which is the major bulk of Americans. But we're working and we're paying our taxes and we're voting for one kind of unemployment or another, so who cares about us.
Well, I'm on little sleep, and I'm done rambling for now.