It wasn't always like this. A few years ago I could write something in depth nearly every day. I guess that was before I gave up.
Sounds a lot like my inner dialouge. A few years ago I let my anger out on the internets, writing volumes - I something definitive to say to the world.
Now I post pictures and YouTube videos. Like Frederick's recent post at MCCS1977 mentioned, all this shit starts to take a toll...
How did I miss this whole post?! I've been working too much. But I am staying away from the tee vee, so I guess it can't be all that bad.
When I heard about the torture tapes and perhaps more importantly the whole Iran-never-had-nuclear-capabilities-lying-debacle, I figured that it was all finally going to be over. I was both angry and elated, the second emotion relating to the final nail that I was sure would be put in the Bush administration's coffin. It was big news! Hearings would be in order! Impeachment proceedings possible! Heads would roll!
But I made a fatal mistake. I got this news from NPR, where they reported it with the intensity and attention that it deserved. I remembered rushing my naiive self to a friend's house to watch CNN (I don't have a tv) to see what else had unfolded.
What I saw was Barry Bonds. He had apparently been using steroids. Riveting.
I figured that maybe this was a brief distraction, a small headline that just happened to hit when I turned on the tv. So I kept watching.
And I kept watching Barry Bonds. A lot.
But wait! There was mention of a "special report" on the never-to-be-appropriately-labeled "Iran-gate". This surely would shed some light on the topic and finally inform the American people that they had been blatantly lied to about Iran for nearly 2 years.
Alas, my heart sank. The special was to be conducted and hosted by Campbell Brown, the most conservative piece-of-shit to hit the news since Sean Hannity. This is the woman who called anti-war protesters and members of MoveOn "American Insurgents."
I made myself a bourbon and rocks, sat back, and pretended it was November 2008.
Agi,
It indeed takes a toll. I fear it is a ways from being over too.
Fred,
Work sucks. I am sorry that you have been so busy.
Jules,
It is greatly demoralizing to watch the boob tube. It forces you to face reality, the reality that you are in a nation of uninformed people who all get their information from overpaid trained monkeys. I hope that Nov. 08 will change things, but I am not confident and I am not getting my hopes up.
I am starting to think that we will never see that "final nail" come to fruition.
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