Hi folks.

So I just got home from a rather strenuous day of managing the organized chaos that makes up my pupils.

I've kind of developed a routine of reading (online) all of the newspapers, sports news, etc that happened the day before in the World (please remember that when I'm sleeping you are busy being awake, so I sleep right through lots of the important stuff) when I get home from work. Today, while reading my stuff, I came across yet more Obama-bashing stuff.

Articles, message boards, facebook groups, and the likes. One thing I found particularly disturbing, or annoying, or very "little kid like" if you will, was a group on facebook criticizing the "lack of change" that was once promised and the raising of taxes, citing the fact the former Clinton Administration employees are being brought back, yadda yadda yadda.

News flash everybody. It's now official. Many Americans have a shorter memory span than your house pet! It seems that they have forgotten the WONDERFUL lives they had the joy of living these past 8 years. The worst terrorist attack in our country's short history, a never-ending (and terribly, terribly expensive, something most Americans fail to remember)war, an economic crisis that we might never recover from, The Patriot Act, and..wait...I'm forgetting something..ah! That's right, RAISED TAXES! These are all things that "the guy THEY voted for" helped bring us.

Here's my problem: Quit complaining. That gets us no where. What's wrong with bringing back people from the Clinton Administration? How is that not change? They aren't Bush Folks and they were part of our last successful Administration. That is damn good enough for me. Hell, right now I would say it's the best choice. I mean, they did SOMETHING right, didn't they?


Okay, this has been a far too negative post. I think you all know by now, after reading my 20something blog posts, that I am an uber-positive guy. My glass is always half-full. I'm a peaceful guy (off of the football field, hehe). If I grew up in the 70's I would have been one of the people saying, "Make love, Not war." My reason for bringing this up is two-fold:

1) The way I see it is this: Where the heck does complaining get us? I feel like this is the time, if there ever was one, for our country to UNITE (A word our incredibly respectable Founding Fathers found important...hmm...) for a single cause. Many people may not like Obama, but I think EVERYBODY dislikes a terrible economy and a lower quality of life, and I wrong? So what's stopping us?

2) I felt I was being counterproductive with my ranting, but it had a point. Which is outlined in #1.

REMEMBER ALL YOU NEGATIVE NANCIES: A democracy (Remember, this is that ingenious style of government that was implemented waaaay back in 1700's) doesn't function when everyone acts like a toddler who just had their favorite toy taken away.

The rather great idea behind this whole democracy thing is that, through ACTION, you can get your government to work for you. Action means actually doing something. I know, that sounds hard. But it actually works. Ask Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is a time to celebrate!!! Like these people! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfgCEzhYVDg&feature=related. I implore you to watch this, very funny!

Anywho, my rant is over. Big thanks to Mom and Dad: Both forwarded good links to me in the place where you can leave COMMENTS (hint, hint). Plus, they're just really, really good parental units.

Thanks for your continued blog loyalty.

And now, a bunch of random stuff for reading/viewing pleasure:

Music I have been listening to a lot as of late:

-Bob Dylan
-Bob Marley
-John Mayer
-Tenacious D
-John Legend

Books I'm currently reading: (I like to switch a lot)

-Harry Potter #1 in German
-Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" (An X-Mas gift from my great family!)
-Ken Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth" <--Way, way good book/author. Comes highly recommended from me.

-Number of books I have finished since arriving in Germany at the end of August: About 22. That's almost embarrassing, almost.

Wicked-awesome websites:

- www.pandora.com
- www.surfthechannel.com
- twitter - www.twitter.com/russellwacker
- www.theonion.com <--If you're in the mood for satire on almost any topic.