Politics and Weblogs

I am sick of brown, so I'm changing up the looks of this old blog. I had considered changing the name, too, but I'm a follower of the path of least resistance, so Fledgling Times it shall stay.

We had a great weekend. The weather was perfect, we went to Maggiano's for lunch one day, and the Crafty Squirrel came by with recording gear to begin our next project. (There was cake and ice cream, too.) We made it to the farmer's market on Saturday morning, even.

Talking to my dad this week, I realized something about the allegory between our ideals, and the ideals of the two political parties. My dad came from nothing, went to church his whole life, got a few lucky breaks, but worked very hard to earn a good living and provide for his family. He retired early and watches his retirement fund pretty carefully. He has lots of reasons to be careful and protective of what he has.

I grew up with him already pretty successful, and a whole support group of grandparents and extended family available to help out at any time, too. You could say I've lived a "privileged" life. Never having worried about my next meal (and also willing to work hard), I have a slightly different outlook on the future. I'm more concerned with making positive changes for everyone than protecting what I already have.

Anyhow, I feel like the current presidential race is pretty parallel to our positions. You've got the older, conservative guy espousing the "protect and defend" mentality versus the younger, liberal guy promoting change. (The young guy is right, of course.)