Always Reforming

Boy, has it been a week!  If you involve yourself in the world of Facebook or other social media outlets, you have been unable to escape the onslaught of liberal whining and conservative retorting. They're is no shortage of ignorance on either side, I assure you.  Democrats have particularly been lamenting what they think this means for our country, sometimes reaching levels that could rightfully classified as hysteric and depressed.  They're saying that hate has triumphed over love and bigotry over inclusion.  Evil, they assert, has triumphed over good. Is that really what happened here?  Did a bunch of racists choose Trump because they're racists and he's a racist and they all want racism institutionalized in America again?  Maybe they're homophobic?  Now, there are probably a few rednecks out there that voted that way, but that's not what cost Hillary Clinton the election.  Here's what really happened: The mediocre triumphed over the inesti...

So, Donald Trump won the election.  Like, holy crap, man!  Though I refused to vote for him, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy that he won.  Hillary officially conceded, so that means it's time to look towards the future.  What are the implications of Donald Trump's victory?  Let's take a look at a few of them. First of all, Donald Trump will be our president.  Let that soak in for a minute.  Breathe.  Don't scream.  Process.  Process.  What?  Yeah, Donald Trump is the President Elect of the United States of America.  That's crazy. Secondly, Melania will be our first lady.  This, alongside Donald's election, signals the end of an era in America.  We're officially post post post modern, or whatever we're on these days.  Think about this: you can go and see lewd photos on the internet of our next First Lady (don't do it, you perv!). Gone are the days of propriety.  Politicians have long suffered f...

Voting.  Some people do it religiously.  Some people make fun of the people who do it religiously. Some of us have no faith in the system but vote just for the heck of it.  So, yes, I intend to vote, but, no, I will not be voting for any of the names on the ballot, Republican, Democrat, or Third-Party.  I am voting for Jim Harbaugh. "Who is Jim Harbaugh?" you might ask.  Well, Jim Harbaugh is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines.  He has them currently ranked #3 in the CFP standings and sitting at 9-0, just three wins away from their first B1G championship game.  Go Blue!  Now, you might say that that doesn't necessarily qualify a person for a position of civil authority, and you'd be 100% right.  So let me go ahead and explain my thought process on why I am voting for Jim Harbaugh. 1) I have always liked to go against the grain.  I'm sort of a prick sometimes, I guess.  Mainly I just like to have fun and, you see, voting f...

    But if we don't vote for Trump, our economy is going to fall apart?  Does that sound familiar, friends?  Yes, it does, and that's because it is the resounding chorus of fear that has been emanating from middle class Americans afraid of losing their lifestyles.  Now, to be clear, I don't necessarily want our economy to fall apart, nor do I think it's wrong to pray that God would prosper our nation through Godly leadership.  I am not prepared, however, to compromise my principles to secure my financial freedom.  It's the same sort of logic I use when, say, choosing not to be a thief or a drug-dealing pimp--it's wrong to get money in immoral ways.  Voting for a man like Trump (who is basically a drug-dealing pimp/thief) because it makes economic sense is certainly not as egregious as pimpin' hoes or knocking off banks, but the same principle comes into play.  Is it okay to compromise our principles for the sake of financial stability/advance...

    This election cycle seems to be leaving most people dissatisfied, to say the least.  It is difficult to find a voter who is excited about either the Republican or the Democrat candidate (hence the recent revealing statistics ).  Most have simply resigned themselves to the reality that one of the two will almost certainly be occupying the White House this time next year.  How did we get this far?  How did it come to this?  How did we get to the point where millions of people are at the mercy of the ruling-class elite?  I think America's government education system shoulders some of the blame.  Now, of course, there are numerous factors that have contributed to the joke that we call an election, but the education system has certainly played a role.  Here's a couple of reasons: 1) Government education has contributed to America's moral slide. We are choosing between a philanderer and a compulsive liar.  American's no longer belie...

    I recently wrote a blog entitled " Hillary Clinton and the State of American Politics ."  In it I wrote of the implications of having a Clinton and a criminal (those words almost seem redundant at this point) as the Democratic front-runner.  In the interest of being balanced, allow me to do the same thing for Donald Trump.  It may sound pretty familiar, as there is little qualitative difference between the two candidates.  Here are 3 implications of the fact that Donald Trump is the presumed candidate for the Republican party.     Firstly, Americans are pretty dumb.  Pretty much every argument in favor of Trump has a commonsensical rebuttal.  "He's a businessman," they say.  Yeah, he's gone bankrupt multiple times. "He says what he means!" they insist  Yeah, so does my four-year-old.  They fall back on, "He's not part of the establishment."  Right...he has just financially supported the establishment for decades...