Politics (it had to happen eventually)

So I don't particularly like discussing politics because I feel 1. it's an argument waiting to happen and 2. it's a last resort topic that's too overplayed. Unfortunately I do think about it and therefore I'm going to quickly get this out of the way. There is a big chance I will not be voting this year. I've been saying this all year, and I still pretty much feel that way, especially since Cox and Kucinich were dropped out of the running. My reasoning is I'm not going to vote for people who go against what I believe is the direction this country should be going. Sure it would be great to have a black or female president, but it would not be great to have bad black or female president. Plus theres no way I'd vote republican. I feel to strongly about a change in how this country acts and thinks. My biggest one being to officially separate church and state. We live in a country filled with diversity and we need to start thinking for everyone, not just a select few. Ok, I feel like I'm getting into a rant which is what I did not want to do. I'm just saying I am not confident in our given candidates therefore I'm not going to vote for someone I'm not sure of. And please don't tell me that if I don't vote then I don't have a say on the outcome because I do. I can tell you right now that I am going to have a lot to say no matter the winner.

That aside... I'm moving out in less then 3 days! I'm mostly excited to get out of this jewish center. No more kids running down the hallways on weekends during Sabbath! And no more kids screaming outside from the preschool! And no more shitty shared bathrooms! And no more setting off the fire alarms because I am trying to cook a wholesome meal on my makeshift stove top! Pretty much... no more cheap ass crappy living conditions! This next year is going to be awesome with all my roommates and everyone living so close!

Also, Bonnaroo is in 2 weeks today! We already have a lot of booze and other substances to keep us busy. I'm trying some things for the first time which I am excited about! And we are camping out at walmart the night before which I hear is one of the best nights the whole weekend!

Pretty much, these next few weeks are going to be AWESOME.

Thomas Kin Chong

A lot of people see Tommy Chong (from Up in Smoke and That 70's Show) as an old man worn by drug use. Well I totally see him otherwise. As you may or may not have heard, Chong recently spent 9 months in prison for the selling of bongs. That's right... bongs. Something completely legal to sell here in the United States, but the government decided to put this man in jail for it because they felt that his fame for roles as a stoner promoted illegal marijuana use. Yes, I'm sure he has in some ways promoted smoking, but that isn't a crime that I'm aware of. There's actually more to this story. It was actually Chong's son who the charges were for, but the government, convinced that Chong was the greater evil, gave him the option of paying his sons time. Tommy figured his son, Marcus, was young and 9 months would be of more worth to him then an aging man. This is all discussed further in depth in the documentary A/K/A Tommy Chong. I'm actually ordering this movie Friday if anyone would like to borrow it sometime.

I, being obviously fairly interested in this story, decided to youtube Tommy Chong hoping to possibly come across a pirated version of the movie. Instead I just came across more gold. I first found this interview with Chong and Neil Cavuto from Fox News. This interview made me very furious. Not necessarily because of the topic and the very small minded views expressed, but more for how absolutely rude Cavuto was. As someone in news, you don't interview someone to argue with them, but rather then to get a person's opinion, not overwrite your own. It's fairly arrogant to have someone on to express their thoughts only to interrupt them countless times and not even listen to what they are saying. What was the point of the interview if he wasn't going to take in Chong's remarks? Chong brought up some very good points that I feel were shot down quickly by a very defensive Cavuto. There's nothing I dislike more then someone with a closed mind. At least listen to what the person has to say. In the end, if you still don't agree, well then you don't agree. Leave it at that.

Also in the midst of gold I found another Chong interview by Contessa Brewer. What's up with the short tempered, defensive news reporters? Notice how both reporters (Brewer and Cavuto) try to put words into Tommy Chong's mouth in their defense to make him seem crazy, when in fact they're really just having a personal battle on what they now believe after hearing some really good oppositions. And as if these reporters don't already look dumb enough, they go a head and ask if he had smoked before the interview. Really, can you make yourself look anymore ignorant? So what if he had smoked? If you knew anything about pot, you would know that some of your most clear and brightest thoughts come from smoking. You would also know that caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol are far worse then marijuana, yet all three are legal whereas marijuana obviously isn't. I bet both of them voted for Bush and to make their decisions seem ok, they go about their day to day living in extreme ignorance, focusing on dumb pointless issues.

Take 2

So I haven't really been writing in here, and I'm sorry to those who have brought this to my attention. I know you'd like to know what's going on in my life, but that's more of what the phone and facebook are for. I know I keep making new blog/journal sites, but that is because I change them I guess when I feel a change in what I want to write about. For example, I made this one as kind of a self reflection I guess you could say. I was also kind of tired some of the old sites I had where people from high school would find me, and try to be interested in what I'm up to. Let's just be honest... if you didn't find time to be interested in my life then, theres really no point in trying now. Especially since I have no care about what those people are doing. On that note, this is mainly for family, friends, and people I completely don't know to read. It's mostly me thinking out loud, so if you also get to thinking, you are more then welcome to also share those thoughts.

Anyways, there's a lot I've been wanting to share here, but right now I only have the stamina to share one thing. As most of you know, I consider myself agnostic. I am however very open to other people's beliefs, and like to take as much in as I can to hopefully try and form some of my own. However, what I don't agree with is when religious people act as radicals, and try to press their beliefs onto others, sometimes for the worst. I just read an article about a group of Baptist clergymen who are trying to rid the sea of a type of anemone that are considered transgendered.

"For God knows how long, this twisted sea creature has been running rampant in our oceans, spreading its unnatural, bisexual lifestyle. And it's high time somebody took a stand."

I'm hoping I don't have to explain why this is so crazy. I mean I try to be as unbiased as I can, but this is absolutely ridiculous. Why would you ever think it's ok to go into an environment that's impossible for you to live in (therefor useless to you), somehow kill off an entire species, and in the end fuck up an entire ecosystem I'm sure. Don't these people have better things to do like... I don't know... live life maybe?