Pocket Wine Snob

ok. so this has been on my mind majorly. in light of the recent (like, yesterday) election, i’ve decided to become vocal on this matter. i promise not to get too preachy, but lately things have been getting ridiculous. primarily, i need to admit… i HATE politics. let’s just break that word down for a hot second here. poli. that means many. as in a lot. the second part of the word “politics”? ic. as in ick. like gross. so here we are, engrossed in voting over a lot of grossness. so now that the election is over, let’s talk about what the crap just happened. i seriously don’t care who won. both candidates are highly incompetent, frivolous, and lack adequate oxygen flow to the brain. now, as a general rule, american society doesn’t really get to me. but this election season, i feel confident i could have shaken everyone if i thought the consequences would have been anything other than miserable. to vote for a candidate based on the color of their skin is just laughable. yet, this is the situation we have found ourselves in. the color of your skin is as arbitrary as the color of your eyes, the width of your hips, or whether you prefer stilettos to flats. yes, it’s genetic. which means it’s pre-determined. you do not get to select your skin color any more than you get to select your sperm/ovary donor or the quality of your infant-hood upon your arrival. i cannot understand the reasoning over selecting an individual to run an entire power house based on how they look under a suit. (ps: barack, you are NOT black. i repeat - NOT BLACK.) GASP! yes, folks, obama is just as much white as he is black, so for him to claim an anglo heritage would be just as feasible as his claim of an african heritage. this is not to bash obama. i seriously don’t care about him. this is exclusively to take a brief look at one reason for the stupidity of our great nation.

second order of business. november 11 is probably one of the most important days on this country’s calender. for those of you googling or scrambling to find the calender, it’s veteran’s day. the most noble citizens in this country have to know they’re appreciated. whether you support or hate the current war is irrelevant. our armed forces are brave, humble, and heroes beyond anything i could imagine. if we can’t respect our soldiers, who can we respect? there is no citizen who is more deserving and less appreciated than this group of great people. soldiers are why i’m proud to be an american. no single human deserves a holiday more, yet year after year, these heroes go unnoticed and unrecognized. it is one of the most appalling crimes we could commit against humanity. how can we ignore them? things need to change, and we need to change it NOW. these greats are dying in other countries so other citizens can enjoy the freedoms we take for granted. i do not care if you voted or not yesterday. but there are other countries where the citizens are only allowed to vote now because of OUR soldiers! why? because our soldiers care about humanity more than the rest of us who sit at home forgetting about the thousands of huge hearts who may or may not see their families this christmas. 

i cannot stress enough my apathy towards your political view point or whether or not you voted. but i’m begging you… please don’t forget our heroes. don’t let another year go by where our soldiers feel unappreciated. don’t let the spouses of the fallen feel the cold wind of our forgetfulness. don’t let their children think they’ve died in vain. i’m begging, remember our soldiers.