Politics, Priorities, & Relationships, oh my!

Alright tons of stuff to talk about today. But we'll start out with the inevitable, Election '08. Ugh and a half. And while the majority of Cleveland disagrees with me, I have to get this out. I voted for McCain for several reasons. First of all, I lean towards the conservative side of the spectrum because I believe that it's about self-responsibility. The United States of America fought for it's independence and fought hard, and finally achieved it. People come to the USA to make better lives for themselves. So, why do people insist on living off the government and sitting on their lazy asses. This is not true in all cases, I am aware. However, if America is the "land of opportunity", why doesn't anyone want to take advantage of that? Regardless of the economy being shit, there are opportunities here. For the time being, we are still the greatest country on Earth. Let's not let laziness ruin that for us. I work my ass off, going to school full time and working 2 jobs. If I can do it, anyone can. I don't think we need a President who is eventually going to have us all living off welfare, because the employment rate will skyrocket after the employers get taxed so bad, they have to cut back labor. Another thing, the war is not going to end so simply. It can't. We got ourselves way too far into this. My personal opinion on the war is not so conservative but my feelings on what to do about it now leans that way. Personally, although I think the US should ALWAYS defend itself, I do not think we have any business trying to make a less evolved country accept our ways of living. For a place as evolved as the USA, look how long it took us to recognize women's rights and minority rights. We can't expect them to welcome our ideas with open arms, considering the main religion over there is very stuck in the past. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of friends who are Arabic, and lots of friends that are Muslim. But the US needs to stop being so ethnocentric and look out for ourselves above all. We can only help those willing to let us help them. Other than that, it's not our business. However, we are in this war now. We can't just leave, too much has already been done. Leaving now would most likely set us up for another attack, and we have to defend ourselves. Although McCain is for staying there and never really mentioned an end, he knows what it's like. I can't honestly believe that a man that went through all that would let Americans die for absolutely no reason. He knows what war is. With the exception of crazy rednecks, I don't think anyone from either side or party likes war. And a former prisoner-of-war knows what it is like to suffer. Not to mention, there has got to be a reason that troops in Iraq were supporting McCain. I would like to add that I wasn't a big fan of McCain anyway, and I think that we could have found better candidates for both sides. There it is again, sides. Parties. George Washington warned us against having a two party system, but no one listens. We so need a leader who best represents America, more on the moderate side. But that won't happen because of course, we are a very opinionated people. Because we can be. But the worst thing is having one party control the Presidency and the Congress, regardless of which party it is. Oops.
Okay, political ranting over.
Let's move onto something else. Priorities. I just don't seem to have them anymore. They have just gotten so screwed up. I have a test to take tomorrow that I haven't even looked at the material for. I called off work on Saturday to continue my Halloween weekend after the whole money debacle. Ended up probably being good because it was a crazy night full of tons of unnecessary drama but whatever. I have like three assignments to catch up on for my online class. No clue what's going on in Accounting lately. No internship offers. Haven't even thought about scheduling classes yet. No desire to work or do homework. Maybe it's just almost end of the semester craziness. I just want Christmas break to get here. Not because of Christmas though, that doesn't even seem to interest me lately. I just want to get the fuck outta here and go to Florida for one glorious week of fun in the sun. It's terrible, I don't even have any desire to go to Mom's and Dad's for Thanksgiving/Christmas. I feel like I left that part of my life behind me and I don't want to get sucked back into it. I moved out. That's not home to me anymore, it feels more like getting stuck staying in a strange place. I don't know.
I may have some idea of why my priorities are going out the window. I maybe, may, might, perhaps be tired of being single. Tired and a half. It's not like I want a good fuck or a trophy boyfriend. I want someone who gives a shit. Who goes to sleep at night thinking about me, and wakes up the same way. Maybe it's for selfish reasons, wanting someone who fucking cares and is around. But it's not just that. It's just...I don't know. I want to know what it's like to be in love and be loved I guess. Kills me to admit that though. I have never really put myself out there, probably for fear of becoming my mother. But I have realized I'm not her. I can be whatever I want to be. And alone is not what I want to be right now.
Anyways...I guess that's the end of this post.
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