Something is wrong with me, I'm bored. Really, I have lost my desire to read about politics, to comment about politics, to write about politics..... I'm finding it a chore to sit at this computer and try and write a good blog post. I'm having a hard time putting my thoughts into words. I still get upset when I'm watching my news shows, like now, listening to Lawrence interview Bill Maher, it's such a good interview but I'm half listening because of this stupid computer. Maher is saying Obama has always been a president governing from the center, look at his policies geared toward big business, tax cuts, etc.... He was elected by a majority of Americans but the right is relentless in their need to degrade him and accuse him of being "the most liberal president this country has ever known". Oooooh scary liberal Barack Obama! The right treats our president with utter disrespect like the way Bill O'Reilly did Sunday, they won't give up their quest to paint him as an illegitimate president.
I'm feeling so guilty for not visiting my friends blogs. Maybe it's Facebook, I spend too much time there too. I don't have the time or energy to do it all. I'm not deleting the blog, I'm very proud of my blog, but I need a break and I have to force myself to take this break. Not just blogging but computers in general are ADDICTING. I've said these words before, I know. Some of you have taken blogging breaks before too, so I know you'll understand.....
While I'm on my break I'll be reading the Thomas Frank book, The Wrecking Crew...
Casting his eyes from the Bush administration’s final months of plunder to the earliest days of the Republican revolution, Thomas Frank uncovers the deep logic behind the graft and incompetence of conservatives in power. He shows how leaders dedicated to a doctrine of government by entrepreneurship proceeded to sell off the state, channeling the profits to cronies and loyalists. He surveys the federal agencies doomed to failure by the inept and even hostile staff appointed to run them. He charts the practice of wholesale deregulation and the devastating results now clear for all to see. From political scandal to mortgage meltdown, Frank documents the consequences of enshrining the free market as the logic of the state.
As conservatives retreat to lick their wounds and a new administration prepares to undo the years of misgovernment, The Wrecking Crew makes clear the challenges before the nation. A brilliant and audacious stocktaking—now thoroughly revised and updated—this is Frank’s most revelatory work yet.
I can't wait!
You'll see me around, until then I bid you adieu! xo
