Hey...Is it just me, or are all these
fringe liberals getting really crazy lately?
I generally tend to keep my political
beliefs quiet and tucked away until someone seeks them out (with a
few exceptions), but lately I almost feel I am being attacked left
and right by these wacky liberals. Then, when it isn't the crazies
– it's the people who thing that life is so horrible in America
and how bad things are because of “W” etc. People seem
to be losing their minds just because of the upcoming election. Of
course, I honestly don't believe it's the election itself. I believe
a lot of the democrats in congress and Mr. Obama are intentionally
planting these beliefs in the weaker minded individuals out there.
As far as the crazy libs - I'm not
talking about people who just vote democrat and have liberal
leanings, I'm talking about crazy fringe leftists flipping me off
because I'm in the military fighting Bush's war or whatever comment
they decide to drop on me. Seriously, this happened the other night
and is by no means an an isolated instance. One of the soldiers in
my team was basically verbally assaulted during a traffic jam outside
post recently, and I have heard of an increasing number of such
outbursts. Now, I'm sure people will just say there are always
anti-war anti-military crazies out there and I'm used to seeing the
protesters, but this is the first time I've been personally
confronted by them. Then when it isn't anti-military sentiment, it's
anti-gun or blame America first or something of that nature.
Anyway, the perceived state of our
economy and how people view their conditions is also really getting
on my nerves. It is as if everyone just realized how horrible
conditions are after Obama started telling them about it. I find
myself continually arguing with people over the economy and how
"horrible" life is right now. People have no idea how good
we have it! Everywhere I go I see people driving around nice
vehicles with DVD players and all that high tech gadgetry going on,
houses with big screen plasma TVs glowing in the window, everyone
with a cellphone and/or laptop computer, and I could go on. What was
that on the Obama commercial last night? The family didn't have
snacks or something similarly ridiculous. Hey, guess what? The
majority of the world lives off of rice, doesn't have clean drinking
water, maybe has a radio or similar if they have access to
electricity, and let's not even get into the lack of the freedoms we
enjoy in America thanks to our relative prosperity. That's just a
small list at that. I'm sorry a lot of people have gotten themselves
in to a hole with their ARM loans or lost money in the stock market.
Guess what? You're lucky. You're lucky you even had the chance to
invest some money. You're lucky you live in a country where you can
buy a $200,000+ house on credit. It really saddens me to see this
extreme misplaced anger coming out in my neighbors, friends, family,
and fellow Americans. It just shows me that as a country we've
become extremely spoiled and I fear we're about to make some horrible
political choices because of this emotional tantrum.