Am I Living In A Different World....

from Republicans I mean. Am I missing something? Am I deluded? Maybe its the basic difference between Democrats and Republicans, Conservatives and Liberals, but I just don't see things the same way that they do.

Think about the sad and pathetic world Republicans live in. It's like a video game where danger lurks with every step you take. It's a world full of different types of people who all have one thing in common-they're all out to get you. They want to rob you, they want to kill you, they want to rape you and THEY are everywhere. Everybody wants to take your stuff and even the government is out to get you. Terrorists, immigrants, dark folks, all with nothing else on their minds but getting YOU.

What's it like to live in a world where you think you need to bring a gun into the rest room lest the lurking perverts get you while you pee? Lock you doors and arm yourself to the teeth because somebody is always ready to break into your house to steal your crap and rape the women-folk. The government is taxing you to death to give your money to worthless ne'er do wells living off your hard work. Instead of enjoying the $100.00 you made, you obsess over the $1.00 you didn't. Gays, Mexicans, Muslims, Liberals, what have you-all out to screw with you and YOUR world. Because that's just the way THEY are. Smarty pants liberals taking your freedom. You can't trust the scheming conniving scientists with their climate change crap-just another excuse for somebody trying to take your stuff. Even their God is out to get them. Fail to meet an impossible standard and you might get damned for eternity or maybe even some more immediate punishment like a tornado or flood to teach you a lesson. What kind of way to live is this?

I got a call for a political poll tonight while eating dinner. A lot of questions about the folks running for office in my county. The last question was "what do I fear, crime, drugs, terrorism or something else?" I told the person on the phone, I don't really fear much of anything to tell you the truth. Then I thought for a second and said you know what scares me-crazy people, mean people, stupid people who will do stupid things. They scare me to death. You have a category for that? Other than that I'm good.

That's what made me think about the sad world of the modern Republican. I'm not scared of anything. They're scared of everything. I haven't locked my door in 30 years. If you draw a 10 mile circle around where I'm sitting and typing this you'll find every race, every religion, every national origin, sexual orientation, political persuasion, every shape and form of person there is and it makes me feel lucky. It scares the hell out of my neighbors.

Don't get me wrong, I worry about taking care of my family, if the world is going to be a better place, things like that. But I don't live in fear. There's always somebody new to meet, something new to learn, something different to experience, something beautiful to see every day. I sure as hell don't worry about who's peeing next to me. So maybe it's just me living in a fantasy world-but I don't think so.

It's amazing to me that the folks who love to talk about our country as the land of the free and the home of the brave all the time are so willing to give up their freedom because they're always afraid. Maybe I really am afraid of something. I'm afraid that these small-minded, small-brained cowards might end up in charge. That's pretty frightening.