The Electric

Had a discussion with some friends who are staying over this weekend about the trouble with the Democratic Party.

Now I’m a very low level Democrat (a poll judge) and I’m so low that I don’t even get the newsletter but I try to stay informed on the party as best I can.

Yet the conversation reminded me of one of the major issues I’ve had in the last few months since the election.

Many on the left and even a few in the center have looked at the GOP with the sense of envy, hate and fear as they hold control of two of the three branches with the ability to take the third now with the retirement of Justice O’Connor.

This comes out in book after book, show after show, email after email and in the end it’s just intellectual whining that doesn’t do a thing.

We have become a national of analysts but not of doers. The too many good people have sat back and did nothing. The result is the government that we as a nation deserve.

Shasa Wood died this week.

She was 14 months old and there is just nothing you can write about the idea of losing a child that young other than to ask for prayers for Tracy, Bob and Xander.

Last few weeks have been just one big blur for me which is part of the reason I haven’t been posting as much.

In the month of June, just at work mind you, the director over my group was let go, I was asked to help organize a symposium on library services for the blind, our Admin left to take another job and then my training registration process came unhinged while try to get everyone trained by Aug while folks are out of the office for vacations and membership gatherings.

Home was spent working with the city for a variance for putting up a fence (which we got approved after finding out our survey was wrong and that the planning commission thought we were going to put up a wall rather than a pool style open fence.

Needless to say, I’m stressed.