A Bit of the Blahs

I have been trying to figure out why I have not been motivated to write recently. Like most parents I am a busy person. That has always been true, but for some time I have always found
time to write my thoughts. I'm sure my thoughts are not important to a great many people but they are somewhat therapeutic to me.

I think it may come down to subjects. I mostly write on politics and religion and economics with a heavy concentration on politics. I find myself very disenchanted with politicians. I wonder how many people are with me in that way. I have taken to calling them cult leaders. They spread beliefs that government agents can magically make people's lives better.

I also have come to the belief that there are no candidates that represent my views. Being a fiscal free market conservative I can find candidates I agree with. Being a social pro life conservative I can find candidates that agree with me. Being an integrity minded person there are candidates that fit that as well. Very few candidates have a satisfactory mix of all of those things.

Unlike the mid nineties there are not a lot of candidates that espouse all of these things. For elections there usually comes now choice. For President any of the candidates on the Republican side are preferable to any of the choices on the Democratic side. That doesn't mean that I am excited about any of them.

On issues I find myself writing the same piece nearly every time with a few variations. I feel like I am lecturing the public, which of course is not my intention. Free market economics is a passion in my life. (I may add I am not an economist just interested).

I will in the future continue to look for subjects that interest me, but probably will stay out of the realm of party politics. It just isn't interesting to me anymore. The pursuit of 'my team' over 'your team' just isn't interesting nor productive. The issues behind those parties can be though. Those will be the issues I will tackle.