Every once in a while at work, we have a big email storm. It usually begins with someone sending out an email to a large, open access distribution list about a topic no one cares about.
Then the ‘Reply to All’s begin.
For those of you who aren’t email experts, there’s an oft overlooked button that gets terribly overused in Corporate America, and that’s the “Reply to All” button. It is the magic button that sends your response to everyone who the message was sent to, not just the sender.
At a very young age, I remember going with my siblings and some of my cousins to the city park to play. One such time, when we were going to be staying for a while, my aunt packed us a lunch. When she asked what kind of sandwich I wanted, I replied with one of my most favorite concoctions: peanut butter and honey.
We went to the park, romped around and got really tired, and then it was time for lunch. I was really excited to take a huge bite of that peanut butter and honey sandwich! When I took the first bite and began to chew, though, I was in for one of the rudest surprises of my life… there were CHUNKS of something in my sandwich! I had clearly asked for a peanut butter and honey sandwich, not a peanut butter, honey, and rocks sandwich.
My tender young palate was not ready for my first experience with chunky peanut butter, and if I remember right, I don’t think I even took a second bite of the sandwich.
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, let me be the first to tell you: Obama was elected last night. …And the sky has yet to fall …And hell has yet to freeze over.
America is still the nation we were yesterday: slightly center-right and pro-family. Obama hasn’t given away the nuclear codes or promised to sell Alaska back (get rid of Sarah Palin?), and doesn’t seem to be taking many meetings with William Ayers or any of his other ‘terrorist friends.’
Where is the devil child I was warned about? How disappointing.
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I’m still not sure who I’ll be pressing the button for tomorrow, Obama and McCain both present positions that are untenable in my opinion. Neither of them represent my core values and beliefs on the role of government. I can’t even pull a “lesser of two evils” as I did in 2004, because these guys are so off-their-rocker that it’s just sad!
It’s not like it matters much, though. I live in the state of Texas, which will send all its electoral votes for McCain, no questions asked. Most of you who read my blog are from either Texas or Utah, which both enjoy a stranglehold by the Republican party in Presidential politics. So whoever I vote for would be a vote of conscience, without much real meaning.
I’m officially sick of politics and completely over this upcoming election.
What I’m most sick of right now is the “politics of fear” that iEveryone (you know, everyone’s internet-based alter-ego) is completely wrapped up in.
What do I mean by politics of fear?
I have friends on all sides of the political arena, and I get about 5-10 emails or facebook messages a day from them saying “I’m just scared of what <insert other guy’s name here> will do to our country. And here’s why…” followed by lies, rumors, speculations, and unsubstantiated drivel!
The biggest surprise on my recent vacation was the surprisingly apolitical feel of Washington DC.
I was expecting see election propaganda everywhere, power brokers making deals all over the hill, protests on every corner, and an intense atmosphere of political machinations.
I don’t know about you, but I can hardly wait 3 weeks for this political season to be over. Amidst all the bitter attacking and take-yourself-too-seriously-ness of the campaigning, these videos are the best thing that’s come out of either campaign for a long time…
I have come to a conclusion regarding Sarah Palin: she is not ready to be a 71 year old heartbeat away from the Presidency.
You were probably thinking to yourself, “I wonder what W.E. thinks about this ‘bail out’ thing that is all over the news.”
Well, I’ll tell you.