I haven’t posted lately. My internal clock has been off, and there have been things to do. Also, I needed some recreation time.
For those of you that follow me on facebook you’ll know that I went to Lake Compounce in Connecticut with my Uncle Rick and Cousin Wesley. It was mostly for Wesley, who recently broke his arm very badly, and has made a remarkable recovery so far. He’s already in an “air cast” and despite the metal plates in his arm, was eager to go on all the rides, and into the water park.
Uncle Rick did go on a few rides, despite his health issues — and I went on many rides too.
We all got soaked….even though only Wesley actually did the water park thing.
It started out as a rainy day, a Monday, but ended up sunny. Perfect day to visit an amusement park, because that means there are almost NO LINES to wait in.
Lake Compounce is one of the few smaller amusement parks that are fun for all, left here in New England.
I’ve been thinking about politics lately – I just hope that Obama wins. I couldn’t deal with another 4 years of … well…. everything we’ve dealt with the past 7.75 years!
A week or so ago, I visited a place in Litchfield county that makes/sells cheeses, beef jerkey, etc all that type of stuff — local farm stuff. When she saw the name on my credit card, one of the women asked “are you the David Cappiello running for Congress”. I told her no, that I barely (if at all) know him, that he’s a distant cousin and that we have different politics. I told her I’m “more to the left” politically and “very much a democrat”. I guess that’s not entirely true…. I believe in third party candidates also. But I didn’t have time to get into that. I just wasn’t in the mood.
One wonders if this name similarity (same first and last) had anything to do with the strange occurances we experienced over the past several years. Or, maybe it’s just plain old civil liberties violations, that hundreds of thousands of other Americans have experienced.
I once wrote a letter to the editor that was published in a nationally recognized gay publication. I said that anyone who advocates for ANY cause, including gay rights and other so-called liberal causes, is being spied on to some degree.
We experienced this. In the USA and in Canada. We are on some sort of database – that much I am sure about. For believing in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in a peaceful manner, expressing those rights publicly.
It is also my belief that every journalist no matter how big or small, has been spied upon in the past 8 years.
Getting back to the woman, and my statement that “no, I’m not that guy, and I have different politics” (paraphrase) she said “That’s what this country is all about”. I agreed.
It’s great to have multiple voices, and opinions. But the Republicans are the ones who tried to squelch that democracy stuff the past 8 years (especially). Hopefully the democrats will do something to get some of our freedom back.
Very few Republicans have had the courage to speak out against what their own party has done, while it was in control. Ron Paul is an exception. Look him up. Listen to him. He has some good ideas. I don’t agree with him on everything, but safe to say if there were more Ron Paul clones in the Republican party, we wouldn’t be in the mess we are in now.
The Republicans have terrorized this nation – and attempted to bring in a one party system, based on ultra-right wing Christian fundamentalism.
The middle class is hurting. The deficits are beyond all comprehension. The economy is in the tank (one relative who designs houses hasn’t had work in over 3 months!) And war….. it never ends with Republicans.
I do worry however, that the Democrats are not as interested in “change” as they claim to be. Do I trust them more than the current administration? No doubt. But do I totally trust them, to have the spirit, courage, and stamina needed to make long lasting change? I’ll wait for them to prove it to me, the little guy, the voter, the guy who isn’t running for congress. The guy who just speaks out a little here and there, stands up for minority rights, and tries to make use of the freedoms given in the Bill of Rights from time to time.
Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment recently. I wish the democrats would take them up. War crimes, crimes against humanity and worse have been committed — and yet no one has tried to hold Bush and company accountible.
I do believe Bush (President) will one day be put on trial, and even punished for his crimes. However, I also believe he may be a very very old man before that day comes to pass.
What hurts the world the most is the love of unjust war.
What hurts me, the voter, the most, is the disregard and contempt shown against our Constitution and Bill of Rights. To me, these are sacred documents. I believed what I was taught about the freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and all the rest.
Over the last 8 years, I’ve been shown otherwise. I want my (our) freedom back. If we had it, and if Congress did the job it is supposed to do, the past 8 years, the war would never have happened.
Okay, enough said for today. End of file. (Here is where it gets sent to the secret database) 
Paranoid?
I think not.
You be the judge!
David B. Cappiello
Free (or not so free!) thinker.
