Swing State

So this is what a swing state looks like. Dusty. Hannity and Colmes is on the radio--railing about something ridiculous. The politics here are much like the weather; drive an hour in any direction and things change. I've spent time in a town that recycles everything, has no Starbucks, and encourages walking. Not far away is another town developing agribusiness, supporting the war, and building a Wal-Mart Supercenter on Main Street. Bumper stickers and lawn signs are everywhere, touting one candidate or another. There are some things I will never understand, and my family's political views is one of them--near the top of the list. (Nascar, speed-dating, and low-carb diets are a few others, but I'll save that for another time). I will never understand how my own sister can support a politician that revokes her overtime pay, cuts education spending and food regulations for her child, and sends her youngest brother to a war based on vanity and money. Is it his oh-so-charming idiocy? His bumbling daughters? Those pretty ties he wears? I simply can't figure it out. How can educated people be so blind? Is this what is being taught in our schools, homes, and churches? I cringe every time I see one of those bumper stickers with a big fat 'W' on the back of some gas guzzling Range Rover. These people are the modern day 3 monkey: They hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil--and allow the Axis of Evil to take over.