Mean-spirited Musings

In the last 5 years I have gone from believing that religion is a matter of personal choice to believing that certain kinds of Christians are a cancer that could destroy our country. I have also started to believe that Republicans are dangerous and irresponsible people. I never wanted to be a closed minded liberal and I blame Bush and cronies for making me this way.

So, here's what I hope. I hope that when America wakes up from this awful nightmare, we will wake up a wiser and better country.

I also hope that the Bush administration is revealed for what it is. I hope that people are held responsible for the tragedy in Iraq. I hope that the Republican party dies forever. I hope that liberals learn how to stop being so damn fuzzy in their thinking.

Here's the mean spirited part. I hope that there is a hell and that it is chock full of hypocrites and liars and selfish people who caused innocent people to die. I hope that it is even something like the Christian version. I hope that there are a few places warming up for when the members of this administration go to meet their great reward.

Because sometimes there is not enough justice in this world.

Hipsters

1. I'm reading "Hip: The History" by John Leland. It is witty, funny and only occasionally wanders into super-heavy theory land.

I theoretically sympathize with a lot of what hipsters stand for. They're into mixing things up, rebellion, individuality, and they're usually basically liberals. The problem is that standing for something is very uncool. And verbalizing a logical belief system--that shows that you are not authentic, not hip.

I blame the Beats. They're pretty easy to blame if you live in San Francisco. They managed to create a dead end street right here that a whole generation of lemmings ran right down. But the created a set of problems for young liberals. Like, what about women? Should women be consigned to being grumpy house fraus? And what about politics? They never really left their Benzedrine haze long enough to figure that one out.

To be fair, it was never about the future. And the modern day hipsters are the same way. They carve out a small corner of the world, put their blinders on, and enjoy themselves.