By Mark Saleski
In the past handful of years, I have jettisoned a few distractions: namely, sports and television, which are sort of related. Rounding out the list is politics. I have decided that, because my thoughts on “the right thing to do" are so far outside of the mainstream, it's just not worth bothering with the daily catfights, arrogant proclamations, and other such buffoonery. I've come to believe that the two-party “system" in the United States is fundamentally broken and so I have walked away. Sure, I was a part of the 2010 “massacre," mostly because I did not vote. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The choice was between the shivering cowards or the ugly loudmouths. I sat it out. There was music to be listened to and words to be written. Please, don't give me that crap about how voting is my “sacred right." Sacred? Seriously? The events that have transpired in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya have been truly inspiring. The difference between those protests and what some here label as “grassroots" makes me wonder if we haven't lost our minds. Years and years of spouting and ingesting the drivel that passes for political discourse has made us look like fools.
Most of the people reading this aren't familiar with Christine Hayward. She's a singer/songwriter from my area. Me and TheWife
In the past handful of years, I have jettisoned a few distractions: namely, sports and television, which are sort of related. Rounding out the list is politics. I have decided that, because my thoughts on “the right thing to do" are so far outside of the mainstream, it's just not worth bothering with the daily catfights, arrogant proclamations, and other such buffoonery. I've come to believe that the two-party “system" in the United States is fundamentally broken and so I have walked away. Sure, I was a part of the 2010 “massacre," mostly because I did not vote. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The choice was between the shivering cowards or the ugly loudmouths. I sat it out. There was music to be listened to and words to be written. Please, don't give me that crap about how voting is my “sacred right." Sacred? Seriously? The events that have transpired in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya have been truly inspiring. The difference between those protests and what some here label as “grassroots" makes me wonder if we haven't lost our minds. Years and years of spouting and ingesting the drivel that passes for political discourse has made us look like fools.
Most of the people reading this aren't familiar with Christine Hayward. She's a singer/songwriter from my area. Me and TheWife
