Before I do some real posting, I thought I’d take a moment to personally address the “people who could be spammers”. Let’s get that going on.

contestant one: from Depression Girl… i believe that Barack Obama is the president that the US needs in these hard times. I do not like the local and foreign policy of any Rebublican.

You know, I could almost agree with this. I believe that our current president is one we need in hard times like these. I’m not sure I like how the grading system works for him currently, because he hasn’t been in office a full year and has a Nobel prize to his name. I don’t know that I would have gone that far to applaud his efforts so far. I’m not being offensive, I’m just saying that I think he needs to spend more time in office and accomplish far more before bestowing the honors. Does this make me any LESS of a democrat by stating this? No.

Let’s touch the “local and foreign policy of any….republican”. It is republican, by the way, but I make spelling errors all the time. I won’t hold it against you Depression Girl. I can’t agree with your statement. I’ve met some truly interesting Republicans both locally and nationally and some of what they have to say, I could agree with. I just tend to sway MORE democrat. Thanks for stopping by and voicing your opinion though, and let’s move along.

contestant two: words from a Stanley Mackem. Have you ever considered adding additional videos to your page to keep the visitors more entertained? I just read through the whole post and it was quite good but since I learn visually, I find videos to be more helpful. I like what you guys are always coming up with. Keep up the good work. I will check out your blog on the regular for some of the latest post.

Videos are something I’m just not into. Correction, I’d like to host more videos of things, but you know, it slows down my site. If I honestly wanted to keep visitors entertained, I’d tell them to watch my Twitter account in the sidebar or just visit my Twitter account. You learn visually, you say? Hmm. Time to break out more pictures. I’m quite adept at taking pictures of things and people and events. Duly noted. As for “you guys” well, thanks but it’s just me writing. I’ve offered in the past to let people “guest blog” and I’ve had one person take pictures of events on my behalf and used their photography with their permission. If I quote from someone else, I pretty much make sure that they are given proper credit. Again thanks for stopping by.

final thought: Yes, I should write more often. I’ve had three ideas come and go and I’m trying to figure out which would be the best one to talk about in terms of relevancy and interesting thought. Oh believe me, it’s 2010 and there’s lots to be said and talked about. It’s coming, but just a bit slower because of medical issues but you don’t really want to hear about that. I have another year of hanging out with surgeons and praying for a miracle to happen in my case, but honestly, that’s not important. What’s important to me, and should be to you as well, is making sure that you’re registered to vote, that you’re keeping up to date on candidates during this election cycle and if they’re really doing the job that either you elected them to do or wished that they would do, and actually vote this year. We’re all strapped for money these days and are the cuts we’re having to make, the things that we’re sacrificing, is it all going to balance out in the end and make us a better community, county, state, country? Your vote is your voice.

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This morning, I woke up in excruciating pain. I have no clue what it is, or why it is, but don’t worry, I have an appointment with both my surgeon and my regular doctor today, and hopefully we’ll come up with some answers. In the meanwhile, since I voted, and I hope that you have as well…I realized that after election, are we really going to have much to talk about? It’s all been this heavy push to hear about candidates that are super great, and those we’d rather not ever cast a vote for, and yes, even some that I’d personally cross a party line for because you know, even with our “party” differences much of what we say and what we see are the same vision. Get in trouble with “my” party for even saying such a thing? Oh I’m sure I will hear the “whispered comments” of how much of a traitor I am, or the attempts at a public lynching for saying such things. And for those of you who fall under *that* category, have I got a little something for you to read. I’m sure you won’t agree, I’m sure you’ll find that I’m nuts, but here’s my belief.

Everyone has a story to share and ideas that come close to their heart, and it doesn’t matter what party you represent. I have many friends that we’ve come to the conclusion that we’ll “agree to disagree” and we have great conversations on how we can, collectively, get our country back on track, even our state moving in the right direction. So today, we’ll talk relationship advice. And why not?

No, I’m not dating anyone, but this sounds like an interesting primer in which to start. Because, should you start that “more than platonic” relationship, you should at least be able to come to some sort of compromise when it comes to your beliefs. Even I can honestly say that if you agreed with me 100% of the time, I’d find you boring as hell. And if all you wanted to do was to argue with me all the time and not listen to what I have to say, I’d walk too because you know, I’ve lived that life before and all it really accomplishes is dragging down your self-esteem to the bottom of the barrel. No one either needs or deserves to be there…especially when the heart is involved.

So take a good gander at the article I just dropped, and think about how it could or would apply to you. We can all talk to relationships, good or bad. But when we speak to political affiliation, and how it affects the relationships that we have, now we’ve hit a whole different area. Many of my friends, believe it or not, are republican (GOP) however you’d like to call it. But we agree to disagree, some of us even make party jokes, and we’re still the best of friends, even as I write this. Now let’s hear *your* spin on this.

(Thanks to all of you who read me for putting Jan Angel to the top of my list of things you read about on my blog. I fervently hope, while you’re reading away, you see how she can give away or sell longtime Kitsap residents who didn’t need or deserve her type of “justice” in the name of “helping pedestrians” which to her really means, more unneeded development and more traffic. Do we need that representing us in Olympia? I think not. So thank you for reading, please keep reading and passing it along, and just say *NO* to her. Please be sure to say *NO* to Marlyn Jensen while you’re at it. She has no comprehension as to what saving Puget Sound is all about, and in fact would have no problem handing over special breaks to businesses who could potentially pollute more of our body of water. Puget Sound is polluted enough, and I can even show you pictures of the dead things that wash up on this stretch of beach to prove it. Again, I urge you to think about what’s really at stake here, and vote to save what we have left, before it’s ALL gone. Thanks again, and remember to vote.)

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