Blogger Explains Politics

For many people out there, politics are a mystery. They bewilder many people because of the incredible intricacies of the childish antics so often used.

Blogger will open the eyes of the masses with a cutting edge in depth look of the creation of our political system and where it has led us today.

Creation of the two party system

Blogger has two words for you: Solitaire stinks!

So early in our nation's history a bunch of the old guys who founded our country started creating political parties. And boy, did they party in style! The Whigs and the Democrats were the most popular at the time - but not with each other.

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton escalated the competitive spirit of the whole thing a bit when Burr shot Hamilton, grabbed a bunch of people, and took off for Texas. As a Public Defender, I can attest that in these days, Texas is the last place you want to be if you shot someone.

After fifty some years of further haggling, Whigs went out of fashion and Republicans came into play (and with a bang). The Civil War was fought because Democrats - as many of them do today - hate Republicans with a vengeance and want to kill them even if means destruction of the whole nation. Like during the Civil War, Democrats still see the world in shades of gray and prefer horseback to modern machinery. Although the modern Democrat detests spurs and reins.

The two parties pretty much beat up on each other successfully for the intervening hundred and forty years with occasional timeouts to fight Germany. But darn it, Germany quit starting wars and the middle east just doesn't size up to Europe when it comes to distracting us from each other.

Which leads us to today and our commonly held symbols. Many of you, for instance, are unfamiliar with the common meaning of the donkey (Democrat) and Elephant (Republican) as political mascots.

I could give you the story that they have in history books, but you'd be bored stiff. Mine's much more entertaining.

Donkey's and Democrats have the obvious in common. To expound on that is to dilute the sweet fruit of concentrated truth with the three cups of water that make canned Orange Juice palatable.

But a cup of cold water comes with the elephant: a creature that symbols the gentle strength and intellectual bigness of the Republican Party. Or so I've heard. Or think. Which is the same thing since I say what I think and listen to what I say.

Which is another thing of saying that I'm writing this evening with no set purpose in mind other than to show to the whole blogging world that I'm still alive and can type, even if I'm brain dead from too much activity.

Concentrated fruit.

Cold Water.

I'll be ok.