Everybody’s Biased

September 5, 2009

Because of perspective, history and associations, everyone has a certain amount of political bias. Hence, another reason to steer clear of too much political talk. Every so often, though, you can get a fresh perspective on the whole mess if you open your mind and read something that was written by someone you don’t normally [...]

Visiting the definition of “liberal”

September 3, 2009

liberal
adjective
1 open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values : they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people ['some people?'].
• favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms: liberal citizenship laws.
• (in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty [as long as your views conform] in [...]

Political Detox Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to
accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting politics as a necessary evil on the planet.
Trusting that He will make all things right
If I surrender to his will
That I may be [...]

Step One Discussion

September 2, 2009

Step One: [We] Admitted we were powerless over politics – mostly with regard, but not limited to, stressing over daily news media accounts and opinion.
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We twelve-steppers have resolved to simply get out of the game. Oh, we’ll be good citizens and refrain from causing trouble, mostly, but don’t ask us to agree with big government nanny-state [...]

Fell off the wagon today

September 1, 2009

Hungry for news, I decided to see what was happening in the political world. How depressing; they’re still hashing out the same tired, gloomy stories -and bad news is all there is. No wonder I wanted to quit!