Crawling From the Pit of Despair

Sometimes hostility can wear on one's soul. As the pillars of tyranny climb higher toward the sky and the enemies of freedom gain strongholds against its champions, the hostility seems an exercise in futility. When the warriors see their countrymen aiding the enemy in their conquest of freedom, it is hard to fight the tempation to lower your weapons and retreat to the safety and peace of your homes. You turn to ignorance and apathy to comfort you. No more 24 hour news, no more newspapers, no more blogs. Just the pleasantries of a simpler life: pulling the arms off a lego stormtrooper, watching Gene Simmons get a facelift, plotting along with Stewie Griffin, scouring the web for interesting videos, making salsa, whatever floats your boat. Then reality comes knocking when McCain announces his running mate, Sarah Palin. An actual conservative who seems to want the same thing I want: a government that will leave us the heck alone. At that time, I started paying a little more attention. After her speech yesterday, I became interested in the campaign again. After McCain's speech tonight, I'm practically excited about it. I still don't belive for a second that the government can solve our problems. But I do believe that Obama is more of a threat to freedom than is McCain. In fact, it seems that McCain/Palin could possibly restore some of it back to us. So after two months in the pit of despair, I am crawling out of my hole to renew my efforts to express and promote my hostility to the world. I have no expectations to change it, but I will fight to keep it from changing me.