Political Frustration

I have friends who firmly believe that it is not the American people that elect the President or our officials, but rather a select group of men and maybe women who decide for us and that they in turn control the media, and ultimately influence their decision. I'm starting to wonder if they aren't right.

I've been watching the race between Obama and Clinton, and it just doesn't make sense. By all rights, Clinton should be the one leading. Take for instance, she won Oklahoma and had 55 percent of the popular vote vs. Obama's 35 percent. She just won Pennsylvania. But who endorses Obama? The Governor of Oklahoma.

Obama has made political mistake after political mistake but it seems just as he is on the verge of teetering on disaster, more endorsements are made to validate him. It's breathtaking. And yet it makes me sit back and think. Here is a man who isn't ahead of Hillary by all that many delegates if you don't count the super delegates. Hillary won Pennsylvania and yet party officials are still calling for her to step down.

And all the while, McCain is sitting back and waiting. Though I suspect that he doesn't stand a snow ball's chance in hell of winning against Obama who even I admit will probably be the Democratic nominee. And it won't matter how many mistakes Obama will make. Unless the conservatives like McCain more than Obama, I will be very shocked to see McCain win.

It's frustrating and I feel like we the American people are like sheep, being herded gently through the media to what we are supposed to think.

Oh What A Circus

I really don't feel much like writing today but I'm going to do so anyway. Even if it's for a few paragraphs. I've found that creating productive habits no matter how much you really enjoy doing something is difficult. For instance, I love to write so why don't I make a concerted effort to write daily?

I'll get back with you when I figure out the logic behind it.

I worked my 10 hours for the day and I go into work tomorrow at 5:30am. I hate the place I work at more and more. They've added two more "red" flags to our call quality. As if we didn't have enough already. Essentially a red flag practically guarantees that you fail the call. The turn over rate for this company has escalated by another two percent yet they make our jobs harder and harder by nitpicking on the little things. I've never worked at a call center like this before.

But then I suppose I ought not to be too surprised since this is a company that describes it's employee body as warm tushes in a seat. This is quite literally the hardest customer service job that I've had that wasn't certified nursing assistant work.

I will write happy notes tomorrow, I promise. Anyway it's almost 8pm. I'm starting to wind down for the night and maybe after tomorrow I can find a job over my two days off.

A Purpose!

After spending the last several months of writing on a variety of topics to a friend of mine just to not send the e-mails, I am going to start this blog. Hopefully, I will be more dedicated in the writing of it than I have been in previous blog attempts.

This is my forum of thoughts and ideas that are the premise of who I am. I do not expect to be popular. In fact, I expect to step on a great number of toes. But also there interwoven into the frabic of this will be my hopes, my fears, and sometimes my dreams.

I am Pagan. I really don't follow a particular path in my Paganism other than that I do tend to hang towards Wiccan and Celtic traditions. I have a very broad and encompassing view of politics, economics, humanities, and the life. And I base my beliefs on such things. Maybe, this will be the most honest blog that I write. Maybe it won't be. But as Popeye once said, "I am's what I am's.