Wednesday is over, and it couldn't have ended any faster. Work was very difficult the last 3 days, but maybe that helped distract me from the latest from The Decider. I suppose he thinks he drew the line in the sand with his veto. Well, I know what happens to sand sculpture. The tide or the wind blow it away. I'm very sad to realize that the media is accepting and promoting his position on all this. Will the Democrats give away too much in the "compromise" discussion. I'm afraid they could. I keep trying to remember- WHO won the last election?

It's hard to know where to start with this. Setting up the blog was the easy part. Now, I have to speak my mind. What a day to start this off! The 4th anniversary of Mission Accomplished and Bush celebrates it by adding another line of shame to his resume.
But before I launch into that, let me just say a little about why I'm doing this. First, or maybe last actually, a very special man suggested that I do this. I'm sure it was because of my constant ranting about the state of affairs in this country. At first I thought that I had no interest in blogging, but then it dawned on me that I actually did. So many things currently going on in the US anger me greatly. I feel like I need to say how I feel, even if no one ever reads it. I've heard it said that blogs are principally for the writer himself. I think I understand that.
I've had 2 lives in my years. The first part was as a husband, father, church-goer, straight arrow. I played that part for many years, but it was all an act. After a painful life change, I am now an openly gay, atheist white male. In our country, only the last part is "ok". But, I AM OK. I don't need anyone else's approval or acceptance to be happy with myself. That's a very liberating feeling. But being gay AND atheist sets me up for hate speech from 2 different directions. I want to address that in later posts, as well as my dissatisfaction with all politicians, more especially the Republicans, whom I falsely aligned with for many years.