Michele do you think we're stupid?

OK I’ll admit it.  I haven’t been paying much attention to the political race taking shape.  I don’t like Obama but I don’t think the Republican Party is putting up anyone who can beat him.

I will also admit that I am a registered Republican, though I rarely vote the party line. I am a conservative.  I own a small business and am for small government.  I am pro choice even though I chose life.  I am for gay marriage and equality.  I am a Christian and I am for freedom of religion.  In other words, I don’t fit with either party!

Now I also have to admit that Michele Bachman lost my vote as soon as I found out what her husband does for a living.  Anyone who thinks that someone can be counseled straight is clueless! Besides raising a son, who happens to be gay, I have many friends who are out and proud as well.  One of them admitted to me that he gladly would have “chosen” to be straight.  “It would have been easier,” he said.  In fact we dated for a time and I could easily classify him as one of my “first loves.”  Obviously I didn’t have a clue and it was during a time when he was “trying” to be what people “wanted” him to be.  He also admitted to me that he knew at the age of 5!! 

So I have a question, does Michele Bachman think we’re all stupid?  In a recent interview with a young woman in Iowa she was questioned about her stance on gay marriage.   Mrs. Bachman gladly responded that all people have the same right to marry, gay or straight.  She went on to state that a man can marry a woman and a woman can marry a man.  Huh?  Does she really think that is an answer?  How dumb does she think we are?

Unfortunately Mrs. Bachman isn’t the only idiot running for political office (or in political office if the truth be told!).  I’m beginning to think we need a third party.  One with a brain! 

Let’s get this straight, sexuality is not a choice.  It is not a decision.  It is not a “life style.”  This is how you were born.  It is in your DNA.  It is how God made you!

Birth of a Baby

It's amazing to me how stressful the holidays are.  Heck, just the word family is enough to create hives!  We're so wrapped up in the hustle and bustle.  Surviving the mall.  Finding the perfect gift.  Not breaking the bank.  The parties, the presents, the parking lots!

Somewhere we've totally lost the meaning of the season!  Think about it.  We've gone 180 degrees from the first Christmas.  No fanfare, no parties, no real plan even!  Just a baby born in a stable.  Yet it was the perfect present! 

No strings attached, no guilt, just the ultimate gift!

Change

What's so scary about change?

Change means new.  It means different.  It means exciting!  It means challenge!  It means adventure!

But change also means stress!  It means leaving our comfort zones and being open to something new.

Mark Twain once said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did."

Take a chance!  Try something new.  Walk across the street and see what you've been missing.  There could be a whole new world just waiting to be discovered!