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The bill passed.

I can’t believe the bill was passed in Wisconsin taking away the public employees right to collectively bargain for better working conditions.  It seems unreal that something so bad could be happening to the United States.  Something that is so obviously detrimental to working families and ultimately for the greater good of our society.

            I wanted to start a blog about politics for a while now.  I know that sounds really fucking boring and if the idea of reading politics turns your stomach, I can’t help but agree.  I have long considered politics to be just another form of entertainment.  Another smoke and mirrors example of allowing people to think they are engaged in the inner workings of society when in fact it’s all just public relations BS. 

        I’ve been disenchanted for so long I’ve come back through the other side.  I’ve never been 100% behind any real politics.  I can only be honest in my tendancy to lean to the left.  Sometimes far far left.  But I’ve never been a slave to any dogma or ideology. 

       I realized something about my “opinions” a long time ago.  I don’t know if it’s ever been documented as a personality disorder but I believe I have a Socrates complex.  I question everything.  I don’t see any solid foundations on which to build an ideology.  There are too many holes everywhere you look.  I don't want to act like a philosophy major on you but I think it's important to constantly look for TRUTH.  It's an abstraction.  It's subjective.  It doesn't really exist.  It's the most important thing in the world.

       I have always looked long and hard to try and see, try and understand the truth.  It might be slippery eel that you can never pin down but I know it exists.  We all know it exists.  We have seen it's shadow as it dodges the light.  We can hear it knock over paint cans as it scurries around in the garage.  We know it's out there.  It's changing.  It's evolving.  Maybe it never should be known for sure?  Maybe we can't handle the TRUTH?!?!?  

      My search for truth has made it impossible for me to declare total allegiance to any bullshit code of understanding about the world.  The Left is ultimately as much folly as the Right.  I lived in Las Vegas for 23 years.  Almost every day I was a representative of lefty politics because the left was so severely under represented I needed to be the devils advocate.  But I only did it because no one else would!  I defend nazis if no one else wants too!  I will forever stand by the underdog.  The oppressed.  The voiceless.

     Moving to Portland I remained as left as ever.  But it wasn't until I encountered fascist liberalism that I saw the hugh discrepancy.  Liberal means open minded right?  Well there were certain "liberals" who were offended by my off color jokes.  That made me want to go right just to make them wince more.  

       It's here that I have come to understand who I am politically and philosphically.  I have only an allegiance to the truth.  But what is the point?  The truth rarely sets you free.  In fact it makes you an asshole for pointing out the holes that we as a society can't smooth over.  And here is the truth about me.  I am only looking for the laughs.  That's right.  It's as simple as that.  If I hear laughs after my smart ass comments be they far left or far right, then that means the truth got noticed for a second there.  And that's all I've ever wanted.  I know you can't hold the truth down like it's something you can own.  It turns on you and bites you in the ass.  I just want to catch glimpses of it.  I want people to laugh.  I want to laugh.  I want to learn.  I want us all to learn.  I want to offend people.  I want people to applaud.  I want this goddamned world to change for the better.            

     Having said that I have to disclose my real political identity as if you couldn't tell from the title of this blog.  I am a Socialist.  The party that Martin Luther King Jr.  most closely identified with.  The ideology which starts from a basic assumption that all people are created equal.  I do believe that the ideas of democracy and socialism are opposed.  In fact it is an obvious fact of life that if we do not eventually rectify this fallacy and do it soon we will soon the shit is gonna hit the fan.  

      I have always been a Socialist deep down in my soul and it's only recently that I started taking the ideology seriously and I have launched myself into the study of all the different facets of Socialist thought.  While I held these strong beliefs I was among the many who felt the ideology of Socialism was dead.  The collapse of the USSR seemed to mark the "end of history" as we knew it.  While I believed in Socialism it seemed pointless to study something that had no chance of taking root in America.  The truth is it still has a chance to take root.  It's about education.  

      It is my hope that this blog can help in someway to spread the word about the true benefits of socialism and how it can help change our country for the best.    Using my smart ass demeanor, educating myself slowly about the issues,  remembering our history, and acting instead of just observing I hope you will join me to help change the world.