The Chicago Cubs will beat every team in the league
I just got back from celebrating. It was weird, because I was celebrating for an entirely different reason than everyone else.
My friends all expected me to be upset. Sure, it sucks to see the Republicans in the situation they're in, and it's scary to think what this Demcoratic majority is going to lead to. This is the biggest majority in decades.
However, to me, this isn't a loss. It's a necessary battle to lose.
The Republicans have fucked shit up for too long. We're supposed to be about the free market, small government, and fiscal responsibility. Sure, and to protect individual rights - like the fetus' right to life. Yet all we've been since Bush the Populist got into office is the party of intolerance and country music.
It's time for that to change. The Republican party didn't get the message earlier, and now they're going to have to. This is exactly why I'm willing to spend my time spearheading the Young Americans for Liberty. It's all about spreading more Libertarian (economically old-school conservative, socially moderate) views into the Republican party. They completely snubbed Ron Paul and the like, at the debates they wouldn't even let him in, even though he had higher numbers than a few of the other candidates (like Thomson and Hunter).
So I'm excited. When this radical liberal movement blows up in America's face, which I believe it will, people will look back to the Republican party. Hopefully, with enough people like myself, we'll be prepared for it. No more 'Mavericks,' no more Evangelicals. Some real, progressive conservatives that know what's up.
I have faith that not yet, but sometime soon, America will be ready for it.
Also, I kind of skipped this, but I suppose I should have it here somewhere. My maternal grandma died today, late this afternoon. She would have hated to see this election, so it's for the best, haha. It's been a drawn out death over the last few years, so it's a really a relief to have it over, and to know she's finally at peace. I was closer to her than really any of my other distant relatives. It hasn't really hit me yet, that I'm going to miss her. Hopefully she's in Heaven with Grandpa. She had a bitter way out, but the last time we talked...a few weeks back...it was nice. She wasn't too coherent, and she couldn't talk for long, but she talked to me like she knew her time was short. Something she'd denied vehemently. She told me she was proud, really proud. That I'm doing so well at UW, and that I'm on my way to being the first professional in the family, and that I'm still keeping the Catholic faith. I didn't really know what to say.
She was a strange woman. At times incredibly sweet, sometimes she could be harsh or cold, but she clung to her ideals and to life like the hardy Irish woman she was.
I never got to know her too well, nor her me, us living on the other side of the country and all. She's the one I knew the best though, and I do have a soft spot for her. It's really too bad she had to be as unhealthy as she was. I would have liked to see her at my wedding, at my graduation, too. I really hope she's in a better place. Her late husband, Grandpa Milan, was always my favorite. He died 10 years ago. His crucifix now hangs in my dorm room. It's why my clustermates thought I'd refuse to ever drink with them haha.
I just don't know if I should go to the funeral this weekend. I'd be gone in Chicago from Friday to Monday. I've got a terrible chem midterm on Wednesday. I really need my weekends, as selfish as that feels. I think I should go, but my parents are really insistent that I only go if I think I can handle school with it.
I was going to stay, but now I'm leaning towards going anyway. How many grandmothers do you get? Her passing is a big deal for small family.
My friends all expected me to be upset. Sure, it sucks to see the Republicans in the situation they're in, and it's scary to think what this Demcoratic majority is going to lead to. This is the biggest majority in decades.
However, to me, this isn't a loss. It's a necessary battle to lose.
The Republicans have fucked shit up for too long. We're supposed to be about the free market, small government, and fiscal responsibility. Sure, and to protect individual rights - like the fetus' right to life. Yet all we've been since Bush the Populist got into office is the party of intolerance and country music.
It's time for that to change. The Republican party didn't get the message earlier, and now they're going to have to. This is exactly why I'm willing to spend my time spearheading the Young Americans for Liberty. It's all about spreading more Libertarian (economically old-school conservative, socially moderate) views into the Republican party. They completely snubbed Ron Paul and the like, at the debates they wouldn't even let him in, even though he had higher numbers than a few of the other candidates (like Thomson and Hunter).
So I'm excited. When this radical liberal movement blows up in America's face, which I believe it will, people will look back to the Republican party. Hopefully, with enough people like myself, we'll be prepared for it. No more 'Mavericks,' no more Evangelicals. Some real, progressive conservatives that know what's up.
I have faith that not yet, but sometime soon, America will be ready for it.
Also, I kind of skipped this, but I suppose I should have it here somewhere. My maternal grandma died today, late this afternoon. She would have hated to see this election, so it's for the best, haha. It's been a drawn out death over the last few years, so it's a really a relief to have it over, and to know she's finally at peace. I was closer to her than really any of my other distant relatives. It hasn't really hit me yet, that I'm going to miss her. Hopefully she's in Heaven with Grandpa. She had a bitter way out, but the last time we talked...a few weeks back...it was nice. She wasn't too coherent, and she couldn't talk for long, but she talked to me like she knew her time was short. Something she'd denied vehemently. She told me she was proud, really proud. That I'm doing so well at UW, and that I'm on my way to being the first professional in the family, and that I'm still keeping the Catholic faith. I didn't really know what to say.
She was a strange woman. At times incredibly sweet, sometimes she could be harsh or cold, but she clung to her ideals and to life like the hardy Irish woman she was.
I never got to know her too well, nor her me, us living on the other side of the country and all. She's the one I knew the best though, and I do have a soft spot for her. It's really too bad she had to be as unhealthy as she was. I would have liked to see her at my wedding, at my graduation, too. I really hope she's in a better place. Her late husband, Grandpa Milan, was always my favorite. He died 10 years ago. His crucifix now hangs in my dorm room. It's why my clustermates thought I'd refuse to ever drink with them haha.
I just don't know if I should go to the funeral this weekend. I'd be gone in Chicago from Friday to Monday. I've got a terrible chem midterm on Wednesday. I really need my weekends, as selfish as that feels. I think I should go, but my parents are really insistent that I only go if I think I can handle school with it.
I was going to stay, but now I'm leaning towards going anyway. How many grandmothers do you get? Her passing is a big deal for small family.