contemplation

what i'm knitting ~ just finished my beanie visor
what i'm listening to ~ Phenomenon by Thousand Foot Krutch

So i finally got my snowboard payed off and put it in the back of my car and as i had time to kill before work i tried putting the boots in the bindings (which i hadn't done yet)... it turns out that my bindings are too narrow for my boots and i have to wait for Gene Taylor's to get large bindings in. Annoying, but they're willing to work with me. I may have to pay more, but at least i have time to get some money together as they won't be getting more bindings in for a couple of weeks.

I was listening to Rush today and really miss hearing him. Right now i'm actually intrigued by Boortz and a bit bored with Hannity and Beck. Savage annoys me to no end. But there was a caller today (i only caught the end of the call) that said he didn't understand how Republicans can be pro-life but also pro-death penalty. Rush said he wasn't going to argue with idiocy because he believed his audience was smart enough to recognize stupidity when they hear it. Later a woman called in saying she really got irritated at that caller and Rush explained a bit, the same stuff that i believe about Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness, and Due Process. He said that if someone dies from the death penalty that they've been convicted by multiple juries/have had at least seventeen years to appeal and have been repeatedly been found guilty. Murderers don't respect life and being killed is a just punishment in his opinion. Which i've always agreed with because capital punishment is Biblical.

But i've just been thinking a lot lately about how defensive i am. If someone disagrees with me i really slam them hard (as evidenced by the latest comment). Rush was saying that liberals think that they understand conservatives, that they have a clear but false view of what we're about. That was really apparent in that one comment. The thought they knew me, were forcing words into my mouth, and they didn't understand what i was saying at all. So i'm going to have a page that outlines how i feel about the issues and i'm going to try to stop responding to idiocy like that. He's never going to read my response or listen to what i was saying, right? And i want to try to respect differences in opinion; i have several friends who have different political beliefs than i do and it's no big deal, we agree to disagree.

Anyways, i don't want to be supportive of Bush without calling him on stuff that i disagree with but at the same time i'm sick of being pessimistic all the time. Once upon a time i was the eternal optimist but right now i'm trying to find a balance. I'm upset that Bush is expanding government in regards to hurricane relief but i can't say i'm surprised. A bit burnt out right now, trying to regroup. Still, wanted to mention this article that i read briefly: U.N. Wants $845 Billion From U.S. Gotta go to my physics lab.