Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving

Things I am thankful for:
  1. The Gospel of Jesus Christ
  2. My family
  3. My friends
  4. My country and my freedoms
  5. Good career
  6. Good food
  7. Good health
  8. My house
  9. My car
  10. Warm clothes
  11. Heaters and coolers
  12. Humor and laughter, happiness and smiles
  13. Catan and other Board games
  14. Computers and the internet
  15. My camera and camcorder
  16. Nintendo and Pokémon
  17. Music and dancing
  18. Movies and TV
  19. Astronomy
  20. Time Travel

Saturday, November 10, 2012

2012 Election

Some of my thoughts about the recent election.  As long and as bitter as the election seemed, it wasn't as bad as the last one.  2008 had long drawn-out primaries for both parties.  This time around, there was really only a Republican primary, and Romney became the clear leader fairly quickly.  By this time, most people were used to his Mormonism so he had stronger support.  Though there were some arguments from the Right during the primaries, once he got the nomination pretty much all Republicans called to support him, culminating when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was removed from Billy Graham's list of cults.  The Left still had a problem with the church, but really only because they have a problem with churches in general.