I'm beginning again

for the umpteenth time! I'm not making excuses, I think about writing often but I procrastinate. It's just another of my many bad habits.
What am I thinking about now? No surprises.
Patti and I are feeling bummed today because Russell's Babe Ruth All-Star team lost a double header in the District tournament yesterday and were eliminated from further competition. Truth is they didn't just lose, they were drubbed by both teams they played, 6-0, 16-4. I don't know if they were good enough to win the championship but they were good enough to be competitive, and that just didn't happen. This marks the end of Russell's Babe Ruth playing days, next year he will be too old, and it's too bad it ended on such a sour note. We weren't going to send Russell to a baseball camp this summer but have changed our minds. He's going to go to the camp at Central Washington Univsity at the end of this month. It should be helpful in preparing him for high school baseball next spring and he's already dreaming about on a traveling team or maybe an American Legion team next summer.

Next issue: Patriotism, the last refuge of _______. I am convinced it will be, excuse me, is the root cause of the end of whatever is, or was, good about this nation. It amazes me how otherwise good people can be led around by their nose if they become convinced that in not questioning the nations leaders they are being patriotic. This god damned war is the most unpatriotic and immoral action that has been foistered on the American people, still a large majority who agree with that premise are afraid to speak out because they might be accused of being unpatriotic. And the stupid lengths we go to to prove we are patriotic; plastic yellow ribbons on our cars, flags on everything, flags in church sanctuaries, one of the teams in the baseball tournament yesterday had little flags sewn on the backs of their jerseys. What bullshit!!! We have to sing the national anthem at every public event or people might think we aren't p_____, Bullshit.
I'm not patriotic, I am convinced the world would be a better place if my country weren't a superpower, much less the only one. I am convinced our nation would be a better place to live if we lost all our military power.
I think George Bush, Dick Cheney, and a whole lot of others who are benefitting from the suffering they cause in the world should be in jail, or maybe doing hard labor in Iraq.
I'm not a patriot, I am and would much rather be called a Christian. As far as I'm concerned they can stick the flag up Cheney's ass, while they are singing the national anthem.

End of tonight's rant.