I’m busy studying for Thursday’s criminal procedure exam but I have to have a quick b*tch about something.
Oliver will walk around or over anything that is in his way. That is anything except the laptop and the dvd/vcr player.
My notes suddenly say “Gerstein hearing ffffffffffffffffffdfffffffffffffffffffffffffdfffffffff”….
Not to mention the fact that he has turned the computer off on more than one occassion.
Can’t step on a damn sock or a book or anything else but he can attempt to knock out a legal document.
sigh
I have been wanting for some time to write my opinions regarding the current presidential hopefuls. As I began writing, I realized I have more to say about the issues and the current climate of our country than I do about the candidates themselves.
I think the United States has gotten very lucky for a very long time - the last time our country really hadto ban together on an issue in order to make progress was during World War II. People sacrificed in thier daily lives for the greater good of the country and the world. The war wasn’t something that was going on in a far off land that only the military and the government was affected by, the whole country was affected by it and knew it every day.
My point (which has NOTHING to do with Iraq by the way), is that the entire country was moving forward on an issue because everyone was in support.
We keep looking to the politicians to make changes for us and then bitch when they don’t. Hasn’t anyone else noticed that the country is split nearly 50/50 on every single major political issue out there right now? How can anyone make changes when there is no majority regarding anything?
I am convinced that the only way for any major changes to take place at this point in time is for it to happen grass-roots style. If every person in the country set out what they would like to see for themselves, their family, and their country in the future and then acted accordingly, maybe something could get done.
It is the “acting accordingly” bit that is the problem however. When I say people should look to what they want for themselves in the future, I don’t mean what car they want or what zip code they want to live in! I mean what kind of values you want your children to uphold. I mean what kind of career you want to follow in order to make yourself feel fulfilled – not rich! I am talking about being able to say one day “I made a difference”, not “I own a 1/2 a million dollar home”!
I think about what I want for the future. Of course money comes into the picture. I want enough money to send my children to college if they so choose. I want to be able to pay the bills. I don’t want to ever be thousands of dollars in debt and look around my home and realize that if I hadn’t been so greedy, maybe I wouldn’t be in that position. I don’t ever want my children to think they are better than anyone else for any reason or vice-versa, and I certainly don’t want them to base any such idea on material possessions!
I wonder what it would be like to work for the satisfaction and not for the money. I hope one day to find out.
And in the end I realize it isn’t about politics or the next President. It is about me and what I can do for myself and my country.
