An imperfectepoch Christmas

Hi everyone. Sorry it’s been approximately forever since my last update, but I rarely have any idea what to talk about in a political blog since I often have my television turned off and rarely visit news websites. Anyway, I decided in the spirit of Empire’s wishlist for Obama that I’d make my own wish list about what I’d like to see happen this year or in the years ahead in the political arena. Before I start, I’d like to acknowledge that “I’m wrong,” so thank you in advance to everyone thinking that for helping me figure it out:

5) It’s possible that rich people aren’t the source of everyone’s problems!

This one is something I struggle with a lot, but it really makes sense in a lot of ways. I think as human beings we often resort to complaining about what other people have and refuse to do much about changing the position we are in. Yes, you can sit around and be jealous of people with money all you want, but do you really want to be just like them? People with money often have to deal with a lot more stress because either their position/job affects many more people than we can ever think of affecting or the guilt they might feel about helping one person and not the other. There are positives to having money, but there are often a lot of problems that most people consider. Also, would you honestly be happier? I’d doubt it. Most of the problems we face as human beings are completely physical or emotional and money is often of little to no help. Plus, isn’t every person in this country technically rich compared to families that rarely see more than $1000 in a year? Should we feel guilty for having that money? Politically, this comes down to a taxing issue – does one tax the upper class more or less? I really don’t have an answer because I think either way the people who aren’t in the upper class wouldn’t be particularly better off. I guess the important thing is while sitting at dinner this Christmas to be happy about who you are and what you have, because no amount of money will ever really change who you are inside.

4) It’s possible that each party has good points – amazing!

Imagine this – both parties are wrong sometimes. It’s hard to imaaaaaaa…

(imperfectepoch was captured by Democratic/Republican leaders and forced to become vegan/kill a rabbit with a gun against his will. After hours of hardship, he manages to slip away by stating that global warming is over there/Obama decided not to be president after all.)

Well, I’m glad that’s over. It’s hard to believe that either party, often seemingly the tools of either incredibly rich people or companies, is completely right on any issue. It’d nice to see some breaks from the incredibly partisan politics we’ve seen in the last few years. Obama is a nice start, but he’s not the entire congress. I think we need to get back to clubbing people on the floor of the Senate with canes. That might inspire some emotion in the legislators.

3) Switching to renewable energy is not only good for the environment!

It’s rather simple really. I know some people see the environmental movement as a group of hippies who enjoy all sorts of illegal drugs forcing their Mother Nature religion down the throats of Joe the Plumbers everywhere, but it’s only partially true (the part about drugs – um, no, actually I mean that I sort of agree that the environmental movement is often a bit too pushy). It turns out that switching over to renewable energy is a cost saving measure in many circumstances. If you hate the environment but love saving money, at least you’re helping to save the environment in the end I suppose. Also, we can do better with those light bulbs people. I’m sure we don’t need mercury in the energy efficient ones, right?

2) Maybe we shouldn’t be afraid of traditional American businesses dying – OMG!

Yes, I feel bad that the people in the auto industry are losing jobs and such (any industry that I forgot please don’t feel overlooked), but should we really be that worried about it? American cars have not been great in the last 20 or so years and it IS possible that companies in other countries might make better cars (impossible!). However, shouldn’t we be excited about other industries that might be rising in front of our eyes? I’m sure the environmental movement will create many jobs in the next few decades, and surely all of the things happening with computers and the internet offer many opportunities as well. Whenever an industry dies, another tends to fill the void. The railroad industry didn’t last forever, but eventually that void was filled. I’m sure there are countless other examples, but I’m too lazy to research that. When you’re a color commentator, you can basically say anything. Example: I like you.

1) We can talk to other nations without being friends with them, I promise!

This one really gets to me. Apparently, by talking with leaders from Iran we’re giving in to them. This is very similar to the kind of feuds we see in families. “Oh, Eddie (Rendell) really made me look like a loser yesterday, I’m totally not talking to him ever again!” Those types of things usually turn out well and often involve duels (card game or otherwise). Seriously, just because we talk to Iran doesn’t mean we’re idiotic. For those of you who don’t follow me, think of it this way. If we were REALLY smart, we’d convince those countries that we were their friends only to stab them in the back when they aren’t looking. Isn’t that much better than fighting them head on? Also, do we really need to be worried about some of these countries? It’s like David vs. Golia…oh right. Nevermind.

So those are the five I came up with. Anyone else have other ideas as to what should have made the list? Let me know! A Merry Christmas to everyone in advance.

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On the first day of Christmas, iepoch gave to me
A list of five things that he’d like to see
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