Oops, Lazy

A lot has happened since I last checked in. The most superficial primary and fall presidential elections ever to be held in the United States are over. Despite this fact we may have elected an amazing candidate despite the superficiality of the process. It's that moment where you wake up after a bad dream and you're not sure if you're awake or still dreaming. It could be either. Everyone here in my new state of Minnesota reminds me that even Paul Wellstone voted for the Patriot Act. Whoa! Definitely still asleep. I'm going to wait till 2012 to see if its time to wake up yet. Most of the true seem to be in the same state of mind: mild caution. But then there are all these people who aren't politicos and they're all celebrating. All the politicos are calm and watchful. Its not yet time to wake up. As superficial rhetoric moves towards action and results, then we'll finally see what we've got. Until then, this lazy patriot will only stick his neck out of the cave long enough to duck back in when we become the Fourth Reich.

On the other hand it's not going to be hard to impress me. If we can make it out of these next 8 years without a significant portion (over 100,000) of the population being rounded up into concentration camps or declaration of martial law, I'd be willing to step out for a night on the town again. Until we make it through a modest 8 years while avoiding my modest caveat we really won't know if we're the Republic or the Empire.

I'll try and check in sooner rather than later for all those fans who've waited so long for this post.