Choosin' not excusin'

I've been writing so much lately, but for other people that I haven't chosen to write for my own damn self in a while.  I hate going more than a few days between blog posts so dear reader, I apologize.

I've been in a few heady conversations lately in the past few days and I must say the intellectual stimulation is like licking a battery.  I feel refreshed, charged up and ready to keep on keeping on.  Oh, by the way if you hadn't read my latest post for Sustainable Seattle, ya really should.  It's one of my better ones and you can check that out right hee-ah.

Ya see, this week has been all about the benjamins both locally, and nationally.  The president gave a speech that outlined his budget plan that is a middle of the road approach to fiscal responsibility and I've been trying to craft my own middle of the road approach to rent and bills.  I figure if I give them the middle of the bill, they should be happy with that.  I mean after all I could easily skip out on payment at all right?  So what's wrong with a little few dollars hee-ah few dollas dare?

Okay I will speak English for the rest of this post.  I'm just in a goofball mood I guess.  The president had a few good lines in his speech about how we cannot afford to give the wealthiest 1% more tax cuts when it would take 33 seniors to pay for every one rich person's tax cut.  When it comes to our tax code we really have slid from the progressive tax code that has been the basis for our continued economic success for the past 100 years.  It is like we've forgotten that we are not self reliant no matter how much we adhere to the lone cowboy Marlboro Man grilling his freshly caught rabbit over an open flame in the middle of rattlesnake country out on the ol range.

We are dependent on each other and the best security we have is the security of mutually assured construction.  We need the engineers, architects, teachers, policemen, farmers, and shop owners because none of us has the entire skill set in order to survive.  Let's stop pretending that what happens to our neighbor doesn't affect us.  Let's choose compassion and community.