Human beings. A somewhat social bunch of creatures with an antisocial side. We live with each other and find living with each other impossible! Yet, we do not want to stop living with each other because it is lonely living alone. So we continue to live with each other for whatever reason and continue to get on each other's nerves.
I like to have my world organized and predictable. Now this does not in any way mean that I am organized and predictable! But I would like my world to be. I want my house neat and tidy. I want my clothes clean, folded and put neatly in their proper place. I want the dishes clean and placed in an organized fashion in their proper place. I want the towels clean and folded and placed in a neat stack in the linen closet. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that I want to be able to find things in my world when I want them and I don't want to stumble over things all the time because the place is cluttered.
I like to use objects that I purchase for my world in the manner to which they were intended. If I wanted to use them any other way, I would not have purchased the darn thing in the first place. Case in point: the dish drainer. Dish drainers are made to hold the plates and bowls vertical so that the water drains off from them and minimizes water spots. The flatware have a location designed to keep them vertical as well and keeps them from falling back into the sink or on the floor. Cups, pots and pans, etcetera, can be placed pretty much how they will fit because with space available, you have to be resourceful. What drives me literally CRAZY, is when another person occupying my space, piles the dishes willy nilly along with flatware and everything else in a heap and expects everything to stay put without something ending up on the floor.
Now the tension brought about by my wants for my world to be organized and the carrying out of another person being very willy nilly, if not an outright slob, can be overwhelming! This will lead to my pointing out how I would appreciate a little better cleanliness and organization, which leads to retort how I should be happy with any cleanliness at all (a defense mechanism, I'm sure). At this point, murder begins to take on the aire of being a viable option!
So who is right? Should I demand that all humans who occupy my space work toward my common goal? Mind you, I am cognizant that my organization is not perfect, rather a goal that I aim toward. Or should I be accepting of people how they are even though it drives me CRAZY and builds up gradually over time and causes an eruption similar to Old Faithful? Should I give up and live alone? ( I don't like that option very much.) I would really like to know how to handle this. I am basically a logical thinker but there seems to be no logic in this one. So who is right?
Friday, June 8, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
New York Times and George W. Bush
Yesterday was a very annoying day for me. The details are not important when it comes to this post so suffice it to say, yesterday was very annoying and I'm still mad as hell!
But in the course of the day, I was reading a copy of the New York Times and came accross an article that analyzed George W. Bush and drew some comparisons to Richard M. Nixon. Now I recall Mr. Nixon being in the Whitehouse very well. I was in high school when he was first elected in 1968. He was ever present as I finished high school and entered the military. Yes, you may extrapolate from that that I am a Vietnam Era Veteran. Vietnam Era I said, not Vietnam Veteran - the war ended while I was in basic training but the era continued for about 2 1/2 more years, so that makes me "of the era." Now I was never a big fan of Mr. Nixon and as his troubles grew larger from his involvement in the Watergate break-in, I was not unhappy to see him leave office! But I always maintained over the years, that Mr. Nixon, the "crook" he was, was not really all that bad for the United States of America. He opened doors to China, he drew down Vietnam, he at least tried to do something about inflation by ordering a freeze on prices for a length of time, and didn't make any BIG mistakes, save for his blunder and insecurity over being reelected. But as was pointed out in the article in the New York Times, he was very cognizant of his blunder. Mr. Nixon did not come from wealth so he was not a priveledged child.
Now take George W. Bush on the other hand; this guy is anything but good for the United States of America! And the problem is that he comes from priveledge and is probably too stupid to ever realize just the awful things he has done! He single handedly started an endless war over trumped up reasoning that was more self-serving than anything. Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have gotten very rich over this war. Mr. Bush has made a target of the USA and injured our credibility abroad. He took a balanced budget with a surplus that was paying down the national debt and created the most enormous deficit in history! I could go on, but it is painfully obvious that this guy is NOT a good guy! What is even more difficult to swallow is that he THINKS he has devine guidance and is working as a hand of God! This is idiocy!
Anyone who lived through the times of Richard M. Nixon and saw the change to Gerald Ford, heard the chatter of how Ford was a Ford and not a Lincoln. The obvious parody, he being his own man and not Honest Abe while drawing from the automobile company names. I recall how there was further chatter in hope that he wasn't an Edsel! Well, time has been fairly good to Mr. Ford as was evidenced by the accolades he received in his recent death.
But then we have George W. Bush! Republicans and Democrats alike are distancing themselves from him........and with good reason. Nobody in their right mind would want to associate themselves with his policies. He has the lowest rating in history! 72 percent of Americans polled said they wish his presidency was over. We need someone new to clean up the mess. Even an old used Hoover would do! Here here! As much as I like that last line, it is not mine but of the author in the New York Times.
But in the course of the day, I was reading a copy of the New York Times and came accross an article that analyzed George W. Bush and drew some comparisons to Richard M. Nixon. Now I recall Mr. Nixon being in the Whitehouse very well. I was in high school when he was first elected in 1968. He was ever present as I finished high school and entered the military. Yes, you may extrapolate from that that I am a Vietnam Era Veteran. Vietnam Era I said, not Vietnam Veteran - the war ended while I was in basic training but the era continued for about 2 1/2 more years, so that makes me "of the era." Now I was never a big fan of Mr. Nixon and as his troubles grew larger from his involvement in the Watergate break-in, I was not unhappy to see him leave office! But I always maintained over the years, that Mr. Nixon, the "crook" he was, was not really all that bad for the United States of America. He opened doors to China, he drew down Vietnam, he at least tried to do something about inflation by ordering a freeze on prices for a length of time, and didn't make any BIG mistakes, save for his blunder and insecurity over being reelected. But as was pointed out in the article in the New York Times, he was very cognizant of his blunder. Mr. Nixon did not come from wealth so he was not a priveledged child.
Now take George W. Bush on the other hand; this guy is anything but good for the United States of America! And the problem is that he comes from priveledge and is probably too stupid to ever realize just the awful things he has done! He single handedly started an endless war over trumped up reasoning that was more self-serving than anything. Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have gotten very rich over this war. Mr. Bush has made a target of the USA and injured our credibility abroad. He took a balanced budget with a surplus that was paying down the national debt and created the most enormous deficit in history! I could go on, but it is painfully obvious that this guy is NOT a good guy! What is even more difficult to swallow is that he THINKS he has devine guidance and is working as a hand of God! This is idiocy!
Anyone who lived through the times of Richard M. Nixon and saw the change to Gerald Ford, heard the chatter of how Ford was a Ford and not a Lincoln. The obvious parody, he being his own man and not Honest Abe while drawing from the automobile company names. I recall how there was further chatter in hope that he wasn't an Edsel! Well, time has been fairly good to Mr. Ford as was evidenced by the accolades he received in his recent death.
But then we have George W. Bush! Republicans and Democrats alike are distancing themselves from him........and with good reason. Nobody in their right mind would want to associate themselves with his policies. He has the lowest rating in history! 72 percent of Americans polled said they wish his presidency was over. We need someone new to clean up the mess. Even an old used Hoover would do! Here here! As much as I like that last line, it is not mine but of the author in the New York Times.
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