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Have I? Haven’t I? The jury is still out.

What is this in regards to? I sent out a resume today. I know, I know, what was I thinking?

The very thought makes me want to start vomiting. I guess the up side is that the job market is so bad here that my chances of getting the position are slim to none despite the fact that I am extremely qualified for it if they manage to overlook the fact that I have no record of employment at all from Oct 2005 to January 2007 at which point we started our property investment business -which technically lately I do less than diddly squat for other than give moral support and the occasional “are you really sure this is a good idea?”

My husband wants to be rich and I really couldn’t care less about being rich which makes the motivational aspects of doing something that makes me want to weep less than zero, like possibly -13²¹⁷. Sure, I can think of some possible benefits to being rich such as building my mother a cabin complete with solar power and making sure she has food so she doesn’t get down to 100 pounds again -though having food is really no guarantee that she will eat it but the fantasy of her not looking skeletal is valid-. And there are plenty of other things that I would like to do for her.

I wouldn’t mind being able to pay off my brother’s land for him either or to be able to buy my sister everything she needs to help with the homeschooling of her children.

I won’t even get off on a tangent here about paying in taxes to help support a public education/indoctrination system that isn’t, in most cases, even coming close to doing an adequate job of educating young people. And I certainly have friends online and in real life who I would love to be able to assist. And I won’t even get started on all the charitable work that I would like to be able to do starting with, but certainly not limited to, helping all of the innocent civilians in countries where our tyrannical government insists on waging war for profit.

In fact, when I think of the things I would like to be able to do for people, I begin to feel like a Democrat in that there would never be enough richness to provide everything for everybody so one must always acquire more. And strangely it seems that the more that one has, the more they fear losing it and perhaps the less generous they become. Plus I figure if they tax my husband and I to the tune of about $15K annually now, how much would they be taking -by force- if we were rich? Wouldn’t that just mean that I was, in actuality, supporting all those things that the government does, that I loathe, even more? So anyway, why then would I apply for a (gulp) j.o.b? I have a sudden need to get some extra funds together.

A Rant (as if the last section didn’t qualify as one)

Ok, this is the part where I probably make some people here angry at me. This is in response to some people that I have spoken with on other internet sites, or blogs that I have read and some people in real life.

First of all, I want to make it clear that I am not a McCain supporter but this rant is in regards to some Obama supporters that I have come across. This particular post is not an Obama bashing. I seem to run into a somewhat large number of Obama supporters who say things such as, “I give Obama my 100% support” or “I give my unquestioning support to Obama.”

Say what?!?

I can’t possibly have heard/read that correctly. But I did. I definitely do not ever give my 100% or unquestioning support to anyone. Unquestioning judgment is bad judgment. I tried that once when I was young and it has had life-long consequences. Blame that on naiveté but I grew up.

Does that mean that I am not naive now and could never fall for anything? Hardly. That’s the thing about naiveté, it doesn’t stop at adulthood. It doesn’t stop at 20 or 30 or 40. I will let you know about 50 when I get there. But I do my best to check things out and research and take precautions. I know it seems easier and more expedient to just go on someone’s word but look at where that leads things. In the long run it isn’t easier and it isn’t more expedient but you have to be able to link effects to causes in your mind.

Unilateral, unquestioning support of the current administration has led to a loss of liberties in this country of astronomic proportions. We were losing them anyway but this took a giant leap forward into a dictatorial government deadset on spying on us in every way that they can conceive of. Gullibility is equal opportunity and to have no gullibility would mean to have no trust. I don’t advocate not trusting anyone but I do think that you shouldn’t have 100% trust in anyone. 100% trust leads to war started because of non-existent weapons of mass destruction. 100% trust leads to signing your name on legal documents because you trust the person that you are married to only to find out later that that person truly only cared about benefiting themself. 100% trust leads you to believe an alcoholic when they say, “I will never have another drink” or a smoker when they say, “this is the last cigarette” or a dieter when they say, “I will never eat another cookie/ice cream/fried food…:”

Get real.

And yes, I am out, free of charge, out spreading the word about a local candidate and giving him my support. Do I support him 100% or unquestioningly? Not on your life and not on mine! He has about 35,000 words on his website on the issues and I have read every single one of those words. Do I agree with all of them? No way, but I agree with a surprisingly large number especially when compared to how I have felt about nearly every other candidate for any position ever.

But my biggest problems with this candidate are superficial ones. I wish he would comb his hair once in awhile because it always looks like he just woke up but does that in any way influence what kind of role he could play in Congress? Well, yes and no. I suppose it could lead some people to not have the kind of respect for him that they might for someone more slick and dapper -a lawyer for example- but on the other hand, it lends him a genuine, real people kind of credibility. The thing is that there are just far more important things to him than meticulous appearance and always making sure that he impresses the masses with how professionally he can look and dress. And honestly, there are a lot more important things. I would go so far as to say, in reality, most things are more important. But sadly, we do place an awful lot of our trust in people just based on how they look. Doesn’t that seem ridiculous?

Sure when finding a mate, appearance is very important. You should find the person attractive to you. But do “the suits” with their $250+ haircuts really do a better job of running the country? Considering the economy, I think I actually prefer to give my trust to a person in a t-shirt and $35 jeans who looks like he doesn’t spend a lot of money on his hair. And it isn’t like he can’t dress up. He’ll put on a shirt and tie for tv interviews and press conferences. So I won’t rule him out just because he might offend my somewhat obsessive sense of order when it comes to hair combing.

The other thing that bothers me about him is that occasionally he can come off as arrogant. He says things that leads one to believe that he thinks he is better and more intelligent than anyone else and would therefore be better at the job. And maybe that’s what it takes in an interview with NASA, where he used to work. And maybe he is even correct, up to a point, about his intelligence and abilities, but how smart is someone really, if they alienate the very people that they need? I certainly don’t like it when someone implies that they are more intelligent than me based on a specific degree. Sure, they may have say, greater understanding of aerospace engineering but greater intelligence, I doubt it.

And perhaps that is because I am bit -ok, a lot- egotistical myself in that regard, but I am pretty sure that even people who aren’t do not like to have their intelligence level questioned. A truly smart person running for an office must, at the very least, pander a bit in this regard if they truly want votes. Anyway, blah, blah, blah… unquestioning support- bad. Researched support- good. Lecture over.

You may leave your harassing comments now. ;-p Supportive ones would be greatly appreciated and ones that indicate that you actually really read my tirade would leave me forever in your debt -see rant #1: I will never be rich enough to pay you back- with appreciation for your time,

Serena