jmatonak

I am not inclined by nature to be a "good soldier." I try not to be a jerk, and I will compromise when I need to, but there comes a point when I just can't do that anymore. I think I have that in common with a lot of people.

( Politics )

I'm trying to cut down on the politics posts, I swear.

Privatizing VA health care is just plain dumb. Even partially. That was just poorly thought out.

Apparently, President Obama's Inaugural Address will call upon the nation to reject the culture of "anything goes."

I have mixed feelings about this. I like Anything Goes. I went to some effort to get the Ella Fitzgerald version just this weekend, in fact.

In all seriousness, there is a sense in which I believe in responsibility and a sense in which I very much do not. I do not believe in shirking, cowardly anonymity, and doing whatever one likes, whenever one likes, to whomever one likes, no matter who gets hurt. But I also do not believe in sober-sidedness, respectability, and the kind of "adulthood" that boils down to fear of looking ridiculous and a deep suspicion of having a good time.

I'm pretty sure President Obama will say things I admire and respect. He usually does. I'm even fairly sure he'll be championing the kind of responsibility I like. The headline from the Huffington Post just made me feel a little... off.