I’ve been really, really turned off by the thought of blogging for the past few weeks. It’s not because there’s nothing interesting going on. During my recent soul searching I’ve realized that politics usually makes me very anxious. And combined with all the other anxious moments in my life, a lot of potential personal happiness has been wasted. Thus, I’ve been trying to divorce myself from the news, the political horseraces, and the hopes that politicians will someday make the right calls.

Two situations of note (and a lot of little things) have led me to where I am at this time. The first, is a recent ballot access petitioning project that I worked on that took a toll on my health and emotional stability. That will more than likely be a topic of discussion sometime in the next few days when I’ve fully gotten up the nerve to face my demons. The second situation was Barack Obama’s recent vote on domestic spying. It’s becoming obvious as to what he means by being the owner of the “change” meme. Other than changing his positions, ala triangulation, his vote to give immunity to telecommunications companies for breaking the law represents a level of change that we haven’t seen since… err, umm, George W. Bush ordered telecommunications companies to break the law. Obama’s vote prevents us from ever knowing to what extent American citizens’ rights have been violated and what specific role the President and his men had in this conspiracy. In a response to a follow-up question during Libertarian Party’s Presidential nominee Bob Barr’s testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Barr voiced investigation of Bush’s wrong-doings in order to send a message to future administrations that such abuses of power wouldn’t be tolerated. But that requires the House Judiciary Committee to make the right call.

Anyway, I’m sorry that I’ve ever said anything nice about Obama. He’s no different than McCain. Well other than, of course, being a black guy. Otherwise, he’s doing the bidding of the “techno-slavery” establishment that runs this country. This action is the clearest signal possible that the day is coming very soon when the decision to put men in slavery and chains will not be based upon the color of their skin, nor the content of their chracter, but by the vast technological resources possessed by the slave master. For this, I truly hope Jesse Jackson changes his mind about cutting off Obama’s nuts.