Posts Tagged: holidays

It’s finally Independence Day. It’s one of the most important holidays to me, and yet has long been one of the most depressing. I’m forced to remember our nation’s history, and the realization that we hold almost no ideals originally found in the Declaration of Independence is more saddening each year. Rather than talk about how there is a problem challenging our Independence, I decided instead to talk about seven specific threats to it. From Wikipedia: “Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or….

I don’t usually do this, but it’s my blog, so I can make up the rules as I go. Here’s a video from the YouTube: This is apparently from a group called The Whitest Kids U’Know. The video is brilliant. After watching it, it made me upset that the Pledge is still a mandatory thing in most public schools. This isn’t about the “Under God” thing. While that certainly has no part in the American Pledge of Allegiance or mandated in any public schools, my….

A few years ago the world was introduced to a woman it had no business knowing. A small-minded beauty pageant winner turned governor enthusiastically hopped onto the political stage. She was as unpolished as moose excrement and nearly as popular. That didn’t stop the GOP from making a shameless appeal to the worst of their base by choosing Sarah Palin as their 2008 nominee for Vice President. She lost. Going Rogue Despite her failure, she went on to quit her job as governor. That would….

Black Friday

The Thanksgiving holiday has been getting me down. It’s depressing to see people thankful for things and not being truly thankful for anything myself. Thanksgiving is over, though, and today starts the Christmas season. I think I can take some comfort in that. Thanksgiving requires one to reflect on the joys of their lives. I don’t have joys. It’s not like my life is terrible, but there needs to be more. What I do have could probably make someone content, but I am not satisfied….

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