Blog? BLOG!

A blog is a place that I can share my opinions and thoughts on the touchy, right? So after I gather my thoughts and get them in an order that I can coherently share them, I plan to do just that.

And away. We. Go.

As I said in my previous post, social networking really is a lot of fun. Until it's not. I know. Cryptic as well. I'm trying to express my frustration with things without getting too personal. I have been trying to avoid posting my political views as my status updates. But then I post the link to this blog on my facebook. Therefore, I open myself up to criticism. I am ok with that. I got to witness a discussion on budgetary reform tonight that really was astounding. Both sides were passionate. It did start over a carbon tax. I know my feelings on this are irrelevant (but I will share them anyway, just how I roll). I think that I don't like the idea of breathing the crap some companies pump out. Nor do I like the idea of drinking it. Responsibility. I have to take it, why not big business? And it seems that the Almighty Dollar is the only thing that businesses seems to understand. So... draw your own conclusions from this. I dunno about the climate change dimension to all of that.

I also said that I was a bleeding heart liberal. I really am not. I am what I like to call moderately liberal. A cop out, you say? Perhaps. But... That's my story and I am sticking to it. I genuinely think that extremism is dangerous. Either way. Left or right. Glenn Beck personifies the worst of this extremism. As an entertainer, he is mildly amusing. As a historian, as a political pundent... he's dangerous. To hear lots and lots of people quoting him as an expert makes me CRAZY! (Seriously, I run around yelling "Snail phlegm ice cream trucks" cause I have no idea what I can say otherwise.)

I am getting off topic... Back to the original discussion.... I don't know what happened after the discussion I saw on facebook. All I know is that the discussion started to be really uncomfortable and personal. I am glad that it ended. And it allowed me to write this blog. Which, to be honest, was escaping me.

:D

Also, Something else on facebook has prompted me to state a few more things about me. I support many causes. The two that are nearest and dearest to me are HIV/AIDS research and breast cancer research. I will NOT, however, be posting any mass status updates about this. I have personally known people who have suffered from both and two (one AIDS and one cancer) who have passed away. So I felt the need to make this public. These are my causes. I don't believe that they are in opposition to each other. I think that good health and prevention is a great thing to promote.

My two cents for this week. Venting. And I am sorry. They can't all be winners.

GGC