When I was asked to do this blog I was quite honored, then confused, and then scared. Then again, that’s how I feel every time a waiter asks me what I want to eat. I didn’t know what I had to say. It seemed too many people were yakking about politics all the time, anyway.

Election years are turning into election decades, candidates run around saying all the right buzz words and polling focus groups about which hairstyles make them look forceful. I’ve grown quite tired of the whole thing. Worse, I’m just plain cranky about it. I wish somehow we could all take the burden off our shoulders and go back to kings and emperors. On the other hand, those guys had very short fuses and cut off a lot of heads. And that’s if you were just married to them.

I realized I’m probably not alone on this. I think a lot of folks have grown tired of the process. Maybe it’s time for a little overhaul. Or a big one. Nah, a little one will do.

Let’s start with the two-party system. Unless you’re the staff at Chuck E. Cheese briskly moving one group of nine-year-olds out for another, the two-party system is archaic. I like folks on both sides of the fence. Sure, I can go Independent, but they have goofy names like the Green Party, which rhymes with too many insults, or even goofier candidates like Ralph Nader, which also rhymes with too many insults. They also attract the porn stars who decide to run for office, which doesn’t rhyme with anything, but actually makes the TV smell a little. Read the rest of this entry »

What ever happened to gay marriage? People don’t really talk about it anymore. I fear the issue has just gone away. With all the excitement about a Bush-free world, everyone sort of forgot that we don’t really have equal rights for gays and lesbians yet. I am just as excited as everyone else that Bush will be out of office soon, believe me. Bush wasn’t a bad President. He was the WORST President. But just because he’s leaving doesn’t mean all our problems will be solved automatically. Read the rest of this entry »