A grateful heart

I am thankful God created me to exist at a time and place to experience life in mankind's most successful experiment of individual freedom.

 When I'm old, gray, feeble, and deemed worthy by a bureaucrat of only pain management, I'll tell wide-eyed children "how it used to be," when government didn't control and plan every aspect of daily life.

 Of course, they won't have a clue what the crazy old man is saying, because they wouldn't be able to imagine not having their basic needs provided in return for blind obedience. Them not speaking English as a first language certainly won't help the communication, either.

 I marvel at the world around me and the history of humanity, because what we had was truly unique. By the evidence, the normal condition of homo sapiens is to be at war and to be oppressed by power-hungry egomaniacs that believe they have a better way. -Thank you, God, for allowing me to see that it's possible for us to rise above our natural state.

Because I believe people, not government, should help people

One of the blogs I regularly visit to maintain my sanity in today's America and recharge my snark reserves needs support in the face of impending medical bills.
MArooned has a summary:  http://www.ma-rooned.com/2012/11/fundraiser-update-additions.html

Donations via the paypal link at booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com

We're all on this boat together and a few voluntary bucks from many go a long way.

Thanks.

Summing up the perfect world

Something I put on facebook, when asked why I didn't keep something valuable that had been lost by an unknown someone else:

"Despite the crumbling of America around me, I choose to live in the perfect America in my head, where the fedgov stays the f___ out of anything not in the Constitution's enumerated powers, unicorn farts are pure fantasy, and "I deserve..." means something I worked for, not whatever I want and/or voted for the government to steal on my behalf."


I guess that pretty well sums up my feelings on being an American.  Period.
(although I'm sure there's something more catchy and appropriate than unicorn farts)