If you were under a rock for the last couple weeks, I'll bring you up to speed. Glenn Beck is this guy who has a show on a the notoriously highly conservative Fox News Channel. While every show has its own biases, Beck is a raging 'constitutional' conservative who appeals predominantly to uneducated Midwesterner's - those who believed Obama was Muslim and our nation is more Communist than Red China.
Beck is one of the main champions of the whole 'Tea Party' movement - looking to bring our nation back to it's constitutional roots (whatever that even really means or how they expect to do it, I'm not sure). I can tell you, however, what it looks like - a concert starring Billy Graham, the famed televangelist. As an agnostic (there's not enough evidence to believe or not to believe - just live), I'd rather hear facts, statistics, projections, and solutions. The rally seemed to be about condemnation of those 'evil politicians' and prayer for divine intervention to remedy our nation's issues. In short, a lot of BS.
To be honest, the guy in the video below maybe was one of the clearer messages of the day. While he is arguably, or most probably insane, his message was most the most defined and genuine of the day. All we need is love.
Enough about Beck. He's a dummy. But being apart of the Nation's political fabric has been amazing.
In other news from the weekend, myself, Scott and his family went to the National's game as my birthday gift. The stadium is smaller than others. However, whatever it lacks in size it makes up for in style.
After the game, we took the Metro back to Foggy Bottom and bar hopped our way back home. After stepping into 51st, a guy saw our St. Louis hats and bought us a round of drinks as a consolation. He was this mega-entrepreneur that was buying a restaurant in DC and owned others all over the East Coast.
Seeing our own entrepreneurial potential, Scott and I have decided to start our own reusable grocery bag company. Sounds ridiculous? It might be, but we've already purchased over 100 bags to be customized, so there is no looking back. More info to come.
WOW! Aaron I think I'd better keep Jaime at home if going to college can turn someone into a raging agnostic liberal in four short years. You'll learn the truth as you get older. As they say if your young and not a liberal you have no heart. If your older and not a conservative you have no brain.
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