I know I haven't been posting here very long (but I have been posting to my personal blog for over 4 years), and I doubt seriously anyone will miss my occasional rant, but I'm still done. I just can't do this any more.
And it's not just the rain talking. This time I really mean it.
Yesterday was an enlightening time for me. Not only did I resort to writing about absolutely nothing (again on my personal blog), but last night, at a birthday party for a friend, I realized there is no hope. The US is doomed, and there is no reversing the course we're on.
People who I thought were relatively intelligent, and people who I would have thought had much more to lose should we continue down this path, have no clue in the world where we're headed. They have been blinded to the truth by their own hatred, and the lack of understanding of the true motivations of those skillfully directing us down this path of destruction.
Of course maybe I'm the idiot. Maybe they're right and I'm wrong. I just don't think so. I've never known my instincts to fail me, and I don't think they're failing me now.
So I'm done. No more politics, no more health care debates and no more pointing out the lunacy of others. It's just going to be bike riding, some wine, a little golf, travel [even work, as long as they want to keep me around], and all the other pleasures I can still enjoy while they last.
The plan now is to spend every penny I've managed to accumulate over the past 60+ years enjoying myself, until I bounce my last check.
My only hope is I make it that long.