Ok, so I know I prattled on this alot when I first started this blog, but I have recently felt that it deserves reiteration.

People in general are stupid. We all know it. We look on the news and wonder "what is the world coming to?". Everybody knows that it's only "me" and "my friends" who are normal (or weird, but..) and who aren't the same as all those idiots out there. That guy in his car next to you at the stop light is thinking it; that girl at the library is thinking it. It's especially apparent in people who are given to road rage. In a sense, however, there is truth to it. Groups of people are stupid. It is always the individual who is the sane one.

Now lets examine the government. Congress is full of Criminals. The members of congress are thieves, liars, adulterers, spouse abusers, felons, convicted of racketeering, and given to bribes. Hold on, I'll find a source for you: http://dda.wwco.com/~dda/criminals.php
But honestly, it is nearly impossible to elect someone good into high levels of government. It is. Why would we elect anyone to hold office who is diluted enough to think that they deserve to be in control of everyone? I submit that a huge majority, if not all of the people in office right now are textbook narcissists. The only way, with maybe an exception or two, we could get someone really good in office is to elect someone who doesn't want to be there in the first place. George Washington didn't want to be president, and he was great. Moses didn't want to rescue the Israelites, and he is one of the greatest, longest remembered and most widely recognized (that is, even among multiple religions) leaders of all time.

Ok. Let's take my first point from another angle. The world is evil. In a sense, thinking like that is just being street smart, but in another way it's a part of the problem. People abuse the system (welfare as an example); people abuse their wives or kids; people abuse themselves. What a sick world, right? On the other hand, we are all the same. I and that murderer on death-row are the same. You are the same as that boy who, with his group of confused friends, beats up strangers in the park. Even the Bible says "when you have broken one of my commandments, you have broken all of them". We are all equally evil. I am the same as the men in congress. I could do no better, given the opportunity.

What then? What can we do?

Nope. It's hopeless. There is absolutely nothing that you or I can do to solve the problem. We are all doomed to wander this planet without safety or real, complete and unwavering love coming from any earthly sources. Even if we got everyone in America united toward that cause, there are always fakers and liars and trend-followers who will leave you as soon as you run into opposition and then what will you do? Kill the people who oppose you? All we can do is live our lives and try to do some good wherever we can... hoping that it gets payed forward. Eventually, we will die and therein lies our freedom....... you know... that's not to say that you should commit suicide or anything. It's just kinda the way it is.

However, I have noticed that at a certain age, even people like me stop hating everyone else. Something happens to people around 26 or so where they just begin to accept everything and their lives are happier for it. In a way, I don't want that to ever happen, but knowing the hopelessness of the situation.... maybe it is the best thing.

"It's different this time"