Surly's Soap Box

Borrowing a line from "Cheech and Chong": "Dave's not here." Instead, I'm over here.

"Surly's Soap Box" has run it's course. A lot of my perceptions and convictions have changed over the last few years, and it's time find a new format. I thought about reformatting The Soap Box, but decided to move to an other entirely.

While it may seem to some that I have totally gone off the deep end, I want to assure that my Christian faith is still intact and I still hold fairly conservative values. I'm just moving into a different realm of expression.

I'll keep this powerblogs account open until the end of the year, but then...

Anyway, I hope to see you all over at "My Quiet Revolution"

One of the greatest joys of being an anarchist is the lack of emotional involvement with the on going election cycle. No heart burn over "He said/She said", no sleep lost over whose behind in the polls, laughing through the debates. It's great! The most annoying thing about it is the constant barrage of political adds from people who ultimately are looking for you to validate their choices. Face it people, to the government, people are votes and revenue. Once the government figures out how to keep taking money from us without the votes, they'll be set. Hopefully, by then I'll be out of the revenue stream, making enough to cover property tax and basic expenses, trading and bartering for everything else, as far below the radar as possible. Ahhh... It's good.

Caution! Some profanity Here.

Never mind: I was going to post something about how "Entitled Victimhood" has taken root in our society, and how people expect the government to bail them out when ever something bad happens to them.

Why doesn't the Government just pay off the mortgages of people who are struggling, but trying, to make their house payments? That way, the banks get their money, and the folks who at least try to make their payments get real help. It's almost like the government doesn't trust people with their own money, like there is this big club of politicians and business men who move in circles far above those of the common people, just using us. It's just insane. Give the people the money, let them pay off their credit cards, their mortgages, buy new cars. Then there will be an economic rebound while the industries get their act together.

The reason why the House didn't pass the initial 700 billion bail out bill is because they weren't spending enough! It wasn't enough to just give a bunch of money to the stupid, irresponsible bastards in the banking industry, but they had to tack on a couple billion in other spending!

Whoa. My brain hurts.