Ha....Ha...and Ha

Everyone is so full of it, it's crazy. So just so I understand what's happening. The taboo (but really only) reason this chick was selected is because we describe her as "she". That has to be the case, because of the criminal record, the lack of experience, lack of experience with a large population, child with health issues, another child being pregnant out of wedlock (this it the GOP we're talking about)...she's 5 steps away from "Kwame" territory.

I guess women are supposed to jump at the chance of being second fiddle to a man...because that's a new concept, right? I've always thought that the Republicans were somehow smarter and more cunning than the Dems...guess I was wrong.

McCain's advisors - So here's the gameplan..we're gonna go after Obama's inexperience...then we'll bring up arbitrary things that have no bearing on his presidential potential, like people he has no control over that simple speak harmless words...While we're at it, we'll bash Hillary, just in case she wins the nomination. - who are we kidding, she's a woman, fat chance. But for good measure, we'll attack her and then say she's hiding behind the fact that she's a woman when she responds...

So it looks like we got rid of Clinton, It's just Barack now. He chosen Biden to run with him - didn't he bash Obama earlier? Good stuff, won't be hard to work around that. Now we have to pick our running mate...my gosh, these dudes suck. Where are their morals? You can't be on the fence with abortion. What's this "rational thinking" about? If you get raped, you're darn well gonna keep that kid, and you better not ask for help with it either. No one told you to get raped...Sorry McCain, I digress - WAKE UP McCain! Anyways, these dudes are losers you ran against, the other potential running mates have terribly large grey areas as conservatism goes. What to do, what to do?

All of this had to go on in their conversations, and to choose Palin (when a slight typo - that really isn't one - gets you to "Stalin"). Apparently, babies having babies is less bad than abortion (abortion and pre-marital sex both are sins, last I checked). Plain and simple, this idea sucked. The second she opens her mouth about experience, McCain himself should tell her to change the subject.

As the days pass, I'm realizing that I'm one of the smartest people I know. And that's a sad state to find yourself in.

So I've been a person that's grown to like Obama, the person, over the last 2+ years. When he announced he was running for president, I thought it was too soon. Throughout the campaign, I never changed in my opinion of him as a person - the things he's been through, his families story...a respectful, eben inspiring life. Until maybe 30 mintues ago, I couldn't say I knew what his plan was. I knew ideals, what he stood for, what he was against, but didn't really have a clue of what he was going to do, were he voted in office. I didn't know if he'd make it through the rigors the Republican party would throw at him. Like I said, Obama, the man, is great, but I wasn't sure about Obama, the president. (I was voting for him regardless...McCain...)

I feel much better about things. Well, as much as one should feel about a speech...it was just a speech. He finally said what he was going to do, how he was going to do it. The many flaws that follow McCain around finally came out of his own mouth. Actual figures came out of his own mouth. The ambiguities were removed. Again, it's only a speech...but that's all there is to gauge until late September.

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The other thing...my boy gave me a copy of "The 48 Laws of Power" to read just as the heavy campaigning began at the beginning of the year. Listening to speeches and debates has been much more interesting. I don't know how much I'll be putting them to use, but I'm very aware of how they've been in action since. Obama transformed Hillary from front-runner to little kid taking her ball and going home. It was funny. Watching the wheels fall off was...I don't want to say "great", but don't want to trivialize - ok I do, it was entertaining.

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(I haven't written in awhile, if u couldn't tell). So people are pretty selfish these days. I have PLENTY of examples over these summer months, but I can't fully diosclose them all for reasons out of my control. Give me a week, and I'll be running down the list. What's bad, I'd say all the stories will comes from 4-5 people tops (if that many).

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I haven't been to a Tigers game this year, but I still want my money back

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The truest lesson I've finally embraced is to pleasure myself in the people I have, and not give thought to those that take themselves away from you. I'm not talking about the simple "___ is gone, so I'll work with what I have". It's deeper than that. Some people are around you all the time, and may as well be 5,000 miles away. My favorite television show by a mile is Heroes, and the premise of the story is humans evolving into.....more (Couldn't help it. I keep thing about Neo...I mean, Peter, saying it like he's impersonating Keanu). Not to digress any further, these characters all have vsrying abilities that showed up in an instant. We all evolve over time, less obvious than reading minds or teleporting, but when people are around you can't seem to do the same you look at them a little differently. What's worse is when those around you can't see that you've become...more. When either of those two circumstances arise, it's probably time to cut bait. There are other heroes for you to be associated with. "Pick their brains", if you will. Speaking of, my favorite character is Sylar (to the chagrin of some people who will remian nameless). I've pretty much decided that I'll work like he does. His ability allows him to see how people work, normal or evolved. If he finds something he likes, it usually ends up being something he takes with him. If it's powerless or not useful, he wastes no time with it. I'm moving along that same vein.

My friends with intelligence, character and goodness within them. When I hear or see certain things that occur with them it raises a flag. When it happens repeatedly, I back away. After that, I leave them alone all together. There are people that I chose to live with that I only speak to every blue moon now. There was no fight or anything aggressive, I just decided it was time to walk away. There are some people now that I'm stepping in reverse with. I don't know who made the change, but things don't work for me the same as they did before. Whether it is an issue of being self-absorbed/dillusional or being petty and making mountains out of mole hills, it's old. Like I said, some of it I'm experiencing first-hand, and some through the pain expressed through other friends.

Where I am with my life, I'm a lot more aware of being a blessing to a person, in whatever form they need. I don't have a bag full of dollars (95% of the time, that's not what a person REALLY needs anyways), but I'll do whatever I can. Some people honestly just need for you to let them chill out. Some people need to be able to just talk...no advise, just have someone hear them out. Whatever the case, we all will need something from another human. I feel that if I can make the sacrifice to do those things, and I know I can do better, others can to. That's not being said in a "scoreboard" sense (I did it for you, you can do it for me), but more like an info-mercial since (I did it, and you can too). I'm not a special person. If I can go five mintues without talking about myself, I'd think everyone could. If I can have friendships with countless people for years and never pick a petty fight with them, you can too. I guess I refuse to believe that I'm the anomaly that is capable to think about more than William. I think I AM part of a small group that thinks about others when people are "supposed" to be thinking about me.

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I suppose I shouldn't wait 3 months for the next blog...we'll see

What happened to "the benefit of doubt" and innocent until PROVEN guilty"....or at least accurate reporting (as opposed to sensationalized reporting...but bloggers are supposed to be bad for sports). Sportscenter leads their show with "HARRISON INVESTIGATED"...They then go into about how someone got kicked out of his Harrison's bar and how shots were fired from his gun. You'd think that they were going to follow this up by a witness that saw him shoot the gun, or at least the officer calling him a suspect. Far from it. The officer running the investigation OF THE SCENE says that he simply interviewed him, like you would do anyone the was at the crime scene, and had no charges. After all of the hub-bub, they give u 3 seconds at the end of the segment saying he hasn't been charged, or even accused, of anything. I'm not saying he's innocent, I'm saying I don't know, and neither does anyone else at this point, specifically the people at ESPN.

***Keep in mind, this is not Pacman Jones, Randy Moss, or Michael Irvin. It's not even Chad Johnson (who hasn't done anything wrong besides have a mouth that works a little too well). If he weren't a hall of fame WR, you wouldn't know he was alive***

And yes, this is one of my favorite athletes...but that's not the point. I'll point to this for the rest of my life. CLEAR signs were evident that McGuire and Clemens were juiced, and no one uttered a word. The sniff of something on  someone with the pedigree and class of Marvin Harrison and they're on top of it...