There are a lot of people in this country that truly believe that every Democrat, liberal, progressive, or whatever you want to call yourself is nothing more than a baby-killing, Communist, fascist, snobby wackjob. Well, they’re right (for the most part). The other half of the country things that every Republican, right-wing, tea partyist is nothing more than a war-mongering, Capitalist, polluting, racist redneck. And you know what, they’re right, too (for the most part). There was a time when I disagreed with a lot of that, but then I actually had time to listen to these morons that we elect every even year.

Ok, the oil spill in the Gulf is a big story, right? How is this not the biggest story of ALL TIME? We’re still talking about the Euro, and the stock market, immigration in Arizona, Greece. Obama hears BP’s newest plan to cap the leak, and says, “Go for it.” And the plan fails. If this had happened in the Bush years, would everyone be reacting the same way? Wouldn’t we be hearing about how Bush is single-handedly destroying the world? Wouldn’t John Stewart stroke out with the limitless opportunities for taking down a Republican? Seriously, why is the oil company allowed to try and ‘save’ the well over and over again, while the oil destroys everything? Obama’s all, “Let BP stop the leak.” And that’s all we can do? How about we bring in the Army Corps of Engineers and all the badasses that stopped the Kuwait oil fires? Drop a couple of megatons of high explosives and blow the hole closed!

The sad thing is that even if Bush had done exactly that and closed the hole days after it opened, he would be getting more flak from the left that Obama is for leaving it open for weeks.

So you’re thinking that I’m a right-winger, right? Well, not quite. I’ve paid enough attention to know that the politicians of both sides are just lying to us. What really changed for having Bush around for eight years. Weren’t we promised a smaller government that worked better and was less oppressive. How did we end up with a much larger government that deregulated by just not watching anymore. Deregulation was supposed to be about making it easier to do business the right way, not about bribing your way to no oversight and milking the stock market for a couple of billion dollars.

Some of you may say that this is the way that it’s always been, and that may well be true. It just took me a little bit longer to see it and realize where I stood with things. Most people view themselves as belonging to one side of the political spectrum, just like I used to. But just like my time with 80′s cartoons, aligning yourself with a political viewpoint is silly and unwatchable.

We continue to Star Wars and the NBA and some more politics too.

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