I think (but not too hard)

I think Obama’s going to win in the fall. It makes me sick. We have a long summer to go and there’s a lot of mud slinging still left, but I think he’s going to win. In the 60’s it was Kennedy, 20 years later was Reagan and now 20 years later I think it’s Obama time.

I think that Obama, while appearing to be lacking in international experience, is a pretty savvy politician. He’s savvy and he’s got a good team around him. In saying that, what I’m also trying to say is that when we get right down to it, Obama isn’t going to bring anything new to the table. We’ll all feel so much more special when we’re being bent over, but the end result will be the same (crude analogy? Yes. Did I make my point? I hope so).

I think that the media’s fawning over Michelle Obama is, frankly, repulsive. Which received more coverage last week, Obama or Michelle’s sun dress?

I think that raising taxes is a horrible idea. I think that redistributing wealth via increased taxes is an incredibly poor formula to improving the economy. I also don’t understand how giving congress (who, by the way, has a lower approval rating than Bush, but who’s keeping track, right?), more of our money to spend, when they have done such a poor job with what we have given them so far, is such a great idea. If someone does a poor job, do you reward them for that? Is this what they teach at Columbia and Harvard? It’s my money, I worked for it, why do I have to give more of it to the government?

I think that anyone who doesn’t recognize that conditions in Iraq are improving is not paying attention to current events. Do you know what the leading, international issue headline on the WSJ is today? Zimbabwe. How many troops do we have there? You know why there isn’t anything about Iraq? Because there isn’t anything coming out of Iraq that major media outlets consider to be news anymore.

I think, that based upon the amount of rain and sun that we have been having in Upstate NY, we’re going to have a crazy corn crop this year. This almost has to be perfect weather for growing crops.

I think that my writing really doesn’t stand up to the writing of a lot of people here. I really like the way that Jack questions people and their assumptions and I think that if I pay attention, I can learn a lot from how he does it. I like the way that Adri writes, but I’ve told her that enough, so let’s not bang that drum any more.

I think that living your life for the next big thing, the next milestone or the next shiny new object, after a while, leaves you wanting more. I’ve really come to appreciate wearing stuff out, but I’m not really sure if the rest of my family is on the same wavelength. We have a 7 year old van with 135,000 miles on it, more rest spots than a cheetah, and you know what? I really like it. It’s been around, it’s been places, you know? It’s a trusted old friend, that, just like real friends, when I really need it, it’s going to let me down.

I think it’s sad that people get more comments on their blogs when there are pictures of attractive women at the top of the blog, than when there isn’t. And then, most of the comments (from both men and women, I notice) are centered around some sort of sexual reference, rather than trying to think up of something original to say. It’s like when Heather put up the picture of her sweating at night. There were so many comments along the lines of “Hey babe, how about I come over and get all hot and sweaty with you”. Just once would someone say “Hey, you looked like crap there. Go take a shower and clean up, ‘cause I’m not all into your body odor and shit like that”? Wouldn’t that be kind of funny once in a while? Anyone can tell you that you’re pretty, not everyone can make you laugh. Or spit milk out of your nose, which is really a good skill to have, if you ask me.

I think that I’ve beat this blog to death.