I have to let politics go for a while. The first reason is my health. The second reason is that our politics has become so infuriating that I cannot even tolerate wading into the toxic climate.
Why?
More below...
I watched Obama take shit for his birth certificate until our shameful media ran the story 24-7 and Obama finally released his long form birth certificate. That, of course, wasn't enough. Conspiracy theories abounded.
Oh well, my spirits were lifted when I watched President Obama skewer Trump to his face at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.
And then Navy Seals, brave men that serve their country, upon Presidential order, killed Osama Bin Laden. The implications of that, I thought, were HUGE! The country could put this racist birther shit behind us, and all of us--liberals, conservatives, whatever--could come together and reflect on the sheer magnitude of what happened.
God, I'm stupid sometimes!
You know, I remember after 9-11 the entire country, it seemed, came together. Albeit under poor leadership, we came together nonetheless. Except for poorly covered conspiracy theorists, that is.
I thought somehow we could do the same for a while under this President. Because for two and a half years we have been divided more sharply than at any other time in my memory than the 1960s, and perhaps even moreso now.
Come together?
No. Apparently we can't. Today I heard every stupid conspiracy theory ever imagined. I heard people opine on NPR that the President was a war criminal. I saw Bush administration officials claim this as a victory for Bush. I read comments here, well recommended comments, that actually condemned the President for giving the order to get rid of Bin Laden, a terrorist that killed thousands with his money and his plots.
I don't know. I know I'll continue to post to my Kos groups, Personal Storytellers and Cooking With Kos.
I also know that I'm taking a break from politics in general. I'm not sure how long this break will last, but I need a break--not just from Kos--but from politics in general. The political climate in this country has been very toxic of late, but I've not seen anything like what I've seen in the last few weeks in my entire life. The media saturation of racist birthers, the conspiracy theories around Obama's birth certificate, the cowardly republican politicians that make half-assed statements like "I take the President at his word, BUT...", as well as the Deathers and those that somehow think killing Bin Laden was immoral; the republican politicians and analysts that refuse to give the President ANY sort of credit for this...
Taken together with my health problems, the sum total is that I need a good long break. Again, I'm still running Personal Storytellers and I may post a few recipies here and there, but other than that I'm gonna be MIA for a while.
Just a breather.
Thanks, guys.