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Reluctant Republican
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« on: January 19, 2008, 10:16:15 PM »

Well that's a bit pessimistic. Think optimistically, I always say. Alot can change in just a few years. I mean, would anyone think we'd be in this mess today back in 2000? Not really. So who knows how much better off we will be in 2016? Then again, the world could always end in 2012 or whatever, but why bother thinking of that? Glass half full, glass half full.
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 10:22:25 PM »

you people don't get it...  it's not about Obama or delegates or 2016...  but I'm alone, I realize that, until one day when I'm not

Well look, personally, this last year and a half have been the worst time of my life, by far. It used to really get me down, and seeing the world going to hell and watching America seem to be a declining power was not helping me feel any better. But you know, I keep getting up every morning because I believe, as Ronald Reagan, a man I will admit had flaws, said, I believe our best days are still ahead of us.  You just have to believe that the world will turn out alright. Remember, if it’s not alright, it’s not the end. And the good that is in most people's hearts will win out in the end, I firmly believe that.
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 10:31:11 PM »
« Edited: January 19, 2008, 10:32:42 PM by Reluctant Republican »

the choice isn't between "center-right" and "right" not is it about "left" and "socialism" and "taxes" and "Nazis"...  there is no choice because of chronic apathy...

think about this...  a majority (MAJORITY) MAJORITY  of Republican primary voters in SC (also known as, Americans) support the deportation of undocumented immigrants.  they get off on the fantasy of police barging into ghettos, shoving Mexicans onto boats at gunpoint, and dumping them on a hill back in their Old Country...  I suppose we could be sympathetic and say, they don't think it through in their minds that way, or are too dumb...  but as much as it may be true, they don't care enough to think about it...  I share the title of American with millions of these people, and, their presence is the reason why I'm not proud to be an American, and can't foresee ever holding to the cliche, nor should anyone who can think...  or cares too...

"destroy first, and construction will take care of itself"

Well, in the past a majority of SC residences hated Catholics, and wanted none of them in the country. Then of course a majority of SC residences supported Jim crow laws and keeping African Americans down, and I don’t honestly think most of them feel that way now. Anti immigrant rhetoric is pretty popular in parts of America at the moment, but if we as a nation were able to overcome our past problems and prejudices, I say we can overcome this one. Look at the young people, they don’t share this illegal immigrant backlash nearly as much as older folks do, so that’s one area to be hopeful in, right?

I don't believe everything's rosy in America, by far, but I believe we've come along way, and while we still have a ways to go, the progress we have already made gives me hope that we can continue to move forward.
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 11:03:49 PM »

I go through these fazes where I become obsessed with girls in my school who I don't know for a few months, and I do weird sh**t about it and it becomes a running joke until it fades away...  and most of the time, people don't even think the girl is all that hot...  but I do.  it's not like there's much of any emotional component to it, besides what I make of it...

originally there was Claire, and that has faded out...  now there's Mari..  last night I "poked" her on Facebook...  and she has poked back... and now we're in a poke war...  I don't even know if she knows who I am...  but it satiates me, as crazy as it is...  the only things that exist, are the things I can FEEL...  and I can feel that poke war

That reminds me of the guy I liked. I really loved him tremendously, but of course I screwed it up, and I remember the exact date [the 11th of January 2007] and last words he said to me. “Dave, leave me alone, don’t talk to me again."It hurt me terribly, of course, and for this last year all I’ve been focused on is trying to get him back. But you know, I came to a realization a few days ago, it’s over. I’ve done all I could but he simply has no interest in even being my friend anymore. It’s hard to move on of course, and I still can’t say I’m over him, but there has to be someone out there who I can be happy with, and I intend to not give up no matter how hard it gets. And who knows, I’m a hopeless optimist and romantic. Perhaps some day, out in that vast eternity that lies in front of us, I’ll get another chance with him. But until then, I will settle, and I will do everything I can to be happy in doing so.
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