Writing is difficult to get back to....

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So, Biden won in 2020.  I was able to breathe maybe for a minute, but then January 6th happened.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing...I think most everyone I knew seemed traumatized.  I was traumatized by the murder and attempted murder of D.C. Police Officers. I mean, stereotypically speaking, these were the same people that would say, "Blue Lives Matter."  Well, we found out that was a lie. For them, I am sure it's about the same as saying, "Support our Troops," but get angry that we are ending a near two decade war.  Or when they say, "First Responders are our Heroes," but try to cut the 9/11 fund or refuse to wear masks. I guess no one believes in sacrifices unless it's toilet paper.

The good news is that I have a million issues to talk about...oh, so many...to share and educate you all on.  And there will be some stories on motherhood. (I am officially the mother of two teenage boys). But you know even motherhood is political to me.  Everything is political.

The last six months have been really busy for me.  I was managing local campaigns, well three at first, then just one.  We didn't win. But I will wait to write about that another time.  It was painful.  For a moment there, I though we were going to pull it off. My failure is not marketing the my candidate well enough. But we played by the rules, did not kiss rings, and we did really well on a shoestring budget.  I am very happy and proud of the job we did. I learned a lot about the local political scene, the state of liberals/progressives in my city, and a lot about myself. And I especially despise political messiahs, yes, hate them, and their disciples.  More on that later, for I have one in mind...

By the way, Jeremy, when will my motorcyle be done?  Oh, when I find the keys to yours, right? My candidate and my friend, I hope. And no, my candidate is not a political messiah, just a wonderful guy who loves his adoptive home city.

OH, YEAH, I joined a PAC, called Working Families Joliet.  I like the work we want to do, it's just trying to get it all together to influence our politicies that benefit the people of Joliet without egos getting in our way.  Yes, mine too. I will save the ego for my blog. Yes, you all will have to deal with it. Ok, that's funny to me.

It is going to be difficult to get into writing, so many ideas whirring in my head that I get overwhelmed and fall asleep.  Strange? Yes, it is.  Writing is a challenging skill for me.  I must admit that I am not the best writer, but I do love my politics, all levels, so I want to write and research, research and write.  Though my main focus is Human Rights.  Which is a broad statement within itself, but everything is political and all are human rights.

I did decide to write on local politics a lot more.  For example, how there seem to be a small group of individuals and groups that control the "progressive" movement here in Joliet. So the "left" side of the political spectrum in this city seems to be no different then the right-wing machine. I am beyond disappointed because when I thought I fighting the system, I thought it was only the political powerful and greedy.  I guess those character flaws are even prevalent among left-wing activists. Duh.

Why does that surprise me? I have no idea. You would have thought I would have known better.  But the whole time, and even still, I feel I fight more with the people who I thought shared the same ideals as me.  Well, jerks come in all political spectrums, just like jerks come in all other demographics.  Hmmm...I will just have to tell you all more later.  Just know that I am more of a Greenpeace type than Sierra Club.  I am a member of Amnesty International and ACLU.  Environment, Human and Civil Rights, Anti-Racist....

Though recently, after years of fighting to define myself, my ethnic/racial identity, I find myself on repeat with this issue.  I am not sure. I hate it.  Especially, when told I am not Latin enough or white enough, again!  Damn.  What the hell?  How can anyone tell someone's experiences by looking at them?  Stereotyping is a pet peave of mine.  Quickest way to to get me to go off.  I hate it.  Definitely will be writing on how it's difficult for people of mixed ancestry to walk between two (or more) worlds.  One of you idiots tell my brown-skinned Panamanian mother that her daughter is too blue-eyed and pale to be hers.  The woman has had to deal with this pathetic ignorance of people since the day I was born.  What the hell? You all geneticists or something? I am beginning to think the cliche is true: "the more things change, the more they stay the same." And those people who think they are so "woke", what a joke. Even my white red-necked father wouldn't allow me to "pass." So, what do you want to say to him?  Actually, you all leave my parents alone. You come to me.  

Which brings me to the fact that one of my first writings is to educate some on the difference between ethnic and race.  Please see Sociology 101 definitions.

Finally, I still hate Facebook. The strangest of all things about my city is that all the people who are supposedly for social justice are on it.  I tell them about all I know. Instead, I was told that I need to be nice to Facebook.  Oh, it's so not going to happen. A tool created by a sexist, socially inept buffoon and his buddies, all who rated women by their looks. And have you seen him these days? My lord, I would rate him a 2, Chris Hemsworth, well, what can I say? Someone hook a sister up.  Just kidding, I am married, he's married, it just won't work. Sigh.  What was I talking about? Oh, yes, Facebook and its CEO being a 2. 

Now this idiot and his buddies are extremely wealthy. At what costs? Our data for sale, our  democracy almost being destroyed by "fake news" and propaganda, and how I remind you all over and over again, that this platform has been accused of contributing to genocide more than once.  So I guess I will need to write a blog on it.  

Right after I write something on Cesar Guerrero winning Joliet City at Large seat and being sworn in today.  Oh, that was local news...

Maybe getting back into this won't be as difficult as I thought it would be; that's funny to me.


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