The OFFENSIVE Blog

I no longer feel the need to sugar coat things for the sake of all the insecure, hypocritical, folks with fragile egos that can't handle an alternative opinion other than the construct they've formed in their own minds. This little razor's edge that we dance on isn't to a new song, but the same one playing for a long time; to the same drum. 

I'm not easily offended most of the time, but I've been rubbed the wrong way a bit recently and I have officially hit the wall. I've been taking it and taking it and taking it for most of my life and I am DONE.  I'm done with the hypocrisy of others that have been allowed to push me around, bully me, and insult myself and my friends and family members. 

This isn't the end, just the end of this chapter of my book of life. I'm done being the whipping boy who has to bear the emotional burden of everyone else's insecurities, shortcomings, and apathy. 

Am I full of hate, anger, and bitterness? A little. This however, has much more to do with me than anyone else. I am giving myself more value and forethought and removing myself from toxic situations where I am forced to deal with the double standards of others who do NOT hold my best interests at heart. Only I do that. 

I also don't feel the need to respond to the empty chatter of my haters any longer. Not if, but WHEN you find yourself excised like a tumor from my life, you'll KNOW that I'm finding happiness one past mistake and one life lesson at a time. 

There may have been a time in the past where I would have lied and told you it wasn't personal, but... it feels kinda personal. It feels VERY personal. And who would know better about how I feel than I, myself? 

Now here's the offensive part. For all my haters and critics... keep doing what you do. You're good at it. Much like others do with their cognitive dissonance, I'm turning the channel to something better, happier, and certainly more entertaining than dealing with stupid drama from fake ass people who THINK they know what's best for everyone else. 

I don't spend my days telling you how to live your life, so I'd appreciate you staying out of mine. (This isn't for everyone, but for a few people in particular) That being said...

I'm going to focus now on finishing my schooling. I'm gonna focus on my family, my career, my life. 

In fact, I'm gonna do myself a favor. I'm not gonna be a hypocrite, instead I'm just gonna do it. Like a ninja, you won't see me, but the job will get done. And I'm out. 

The DIVIDED States of America

Namaste and welcome my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers to another posting for the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back. Today I want to briefly talk about the state of our nation. I am only speaking as a concerned, patriotic citizen. This blog is not intended to start a fight, cause I know how passionate and sometimes violent folks get about politics. So let's get started, shall we?

It pains me and I am supremely sad to admit defeat. I am supremely sad at how angry, violent, and negative this presidential election has become. It's not just the candidates that are behaving ugly, but the supporters of those candidates as well... and I think this is only the tip of the iceberg. I'll explain why.

In this election process, the GOP has secured their candidate in Donald Trump. On the flip side, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are slugging it out for the Democrat nomination.

Let's be honest for a moment, if you will. I think honesty, especially in politics, is supremely under-rated, but the truth is that many people just want a constant reassurance of what they already believe... even if it is half-hearted, prejudiced, and coming out from a dishonest person's mouth. As much as it pains me, I sadly believe that a few things are going to happen that will lead to a bad outcome.

So here it is, my boldest statement to date, not something I like or am proud of, but...
The next President of the United States will be Donald Trump.

Let that soak in for a second.

I am in NO WAY EVER in support of the current GOP candidate, but...
I think Donald Trump is going to be the next POTUS.
Now I'm going to explain why.

I'm personally a Bernie supporter and consider myself fairly liberal on many issues.  I've followed this election process going on now; for most of my life, and certainly from the voting age of 18. I've voted in every election I could, even for Dr. Ron Paul and George Bush, once each... but also for Gore and Obama, respectively.
anyway...
1) The democratic party is fucked up right now, there's no denying that. The party itself is split, just like the nation supporting it. You can't win an election with a split party.
2) There have been many allegations made concerning the delegate process of this current election. The Democrats are facing a crisis due to fraud, criminal charges facing the "lead" candidate, and this super delegate horse shit that leads citizens to believe their votes don't matter; I certainly don't blame anyone for feeling that way. It would be yet another political tragedy for Hillary to not win the popular vote, but still get the nomination over Bernie Sanders  due to super delegates. How pissed would folks be over that?!?
3) Bernie Sanders has pledged that he is going to contest Hillary Clinton as the democratic nominee to represent the party, based upon the allegations above. The Trump platform is already jumping on the bandwagon of bashing Clinton, which will continue throughout the election in November, no doubt. This will only further divide an already divided party.
4) It is highly likely that Hillary Clinton will be indicted on charges from the DOJ and/or the FBI. She never should have been allowed to run for office while under investigation to begin with. It would be extremely embarrassing to the Democratic party if their nominee was arrested or jailed. Even if Obama happens to pardon her to avoid prosecution, the allegations alone are more than enough for most voters to steer away as she continues to sink in the polls faster than the Titanic. How could someone with such a low favorability ranking become our President?
5) IF Hillary Clinton does manage to avoid jail and makes her way to the election, she's facing a split party where Sanders has pledged to run as a 3rd party candidate/independent upon not receiving the Democratic nomination. This will split the votes even further with no hope of a unified party to combat Trump and the conservative agendas... unless they were to strategically make a truce between Clinton and Sanders and put up a unified front. But this is unlikely and matters little to the overall blog.
6) Even if it were a close to even split, each candidate receiving roughly 1/3 of the general population vote, this would leave approximately 2/3 of the voters left unhappy at the end of this election, NO MATTER WHO WINS!!!
If Hillary wins, the Trump and Sanders supporters would be unhappy.
If Trump wins, the Clinton and Sanders supporters will be unhappy.
And if Bernie Sanders wins, there will be Hell to pay from the Clinton and Trump supporters, likely to end in violence and civil unrest.
So no matter who wins, 2/3 of the nation (or more) loses. And this is a direct result of years of bad administration of this nation; forcing the public to choose who to vote for as a choice of the "better of 2 evils" or "lesser of 2 evils"... but from where I stand I don't understand the concept of voting for evil ANYTHING, yet here we stand regardless.

So it pains me, but it really looks like Trump is going to be the next POTUS. This fact should be an embarrassment to our nation. Many people I know (including family members) or have met are planning on voting for him based upon, mostly, his comments of racism, sexism, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, and bigotry, which gets folks all worked up, patriotized, and (unfortunately) militant, in many cases.

We are sitting on a ticking time bomb of misplaced anger, prejudice, and economic inequality that is close to a boiling point. I'm afraid that when 2/3 of this county's needs are going unresolved, this is the recipe for revolution, violence, and martial law/reduction of civil rights.

Don't confuse realism with negativity. Regardless of who becomes the new POTUS, he/she has to face off against a congress (bunch of baboons) with one of the lowest public opinion favorability ratings EVER since the inception of this nation and it's 3-part legislative system. Whomever wins, she/he will face a MOUNTAIN of defense against ANY and ALL bills the new President tries to get enacted into law. No doubt it will be an important decision for this nation. Trump, Clinton, or Sanders... either way we have a long way to go in fixing the problems of this nation, which are systemic. All the candidates have their own merits and they all have their own problems which are going to be hard to swallow for 2/3 of the citizens, post election.
Against my personal desires. Against my own ideologies. Against my own vote, even if I have to pencil it in. I'm saying now that Donald Trump is the next President of the United States. And it scares the Hell out of me.