I Kissed a boy and I liked it.

My friend kissed a boy and she didn’t. We all have heard the infamous pop lyrics of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" at least a time or two; if not here's the link to the video is here. 

Strange concept? Sort of. Confusing? Maybe at first. Worthy of my (or anyone else’s) hatred? Not in the slightest. 

Why homosexuality has been deemed a reason for people to hate anyone, beats me. I really don’t understand it. There’s nothing to be gained from it whatsoever. Furthermore, I don’t understand why homosexuals would be viewed as less than people. They’re good people, not in the sense of bad vs. good, or the sense that being gay makes one bad, but rather because they are human beings. Nothing makes them any different from you or I. They are fully capable of realizing any potential that another human has, heterosexual or not. They are in perfect working order. 

And while I can’t say I understand fully the plight, I can say I’m familiar. I’ve been discriminated against for being young, intelligent, and sometimes socially awkward. I don’t mean that childish teasing (though I got that too); I mean that I had teachers give me Bs in classes even though that paper deserved an A.

Why? Because my point of view isn't the same as yours? Because homosexuality is outside of convention? Well, to hell with that. There’s no harm being done in being different; it’s the anomalies that are causing forward progress. I understand that there’s a fear of the unknown because I have it too. I fear not knowing what’s going to happen; I fear what I don’t understand. The thing is, I try to understand it. I don’t try to get rid of it. I don’t decide to hate it. I don’t condemn it. That’s such backward thinking.

So let me leave you with this to ponder for a moment: 

We, as humans, are still animals. And as animals, we are natural competitors. Should we not appreciate those who are not competing against us? Think about it. 

Many Bloodsuckers

Politics; a popular term, when said in conversation many of us try to steer clear from. A good reason I myself take the detour from is because many times all that comes of the conversation of politics is argument, something I myself want no part in. But when you look a little closer into that eight letter word and break it down to its root meaning originating from greek reference we are left with two words "poli" (or poly) and "tics". Now we all know what tics are; those small blood sucking creatures that never seem to go away and well for "poli" the root meaning of that is many. So when you put it all together you get "many blood sucking creatures", as some would like to say. Interesting isn't it? And for those of you who are visual learners here is a more visual reference of "politics". So for quite a number of our politic leaders many, not all, but quite a number would fall into the "bloodsucker" category. If we took roll call for every scandal a congressman, president, and any other political figure has had a bad run in with (getting caught that is) the list would out number all those who signed the declaration for our independence. By dictionary definition politics are "the assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or thing, esp. when concerned with power and status in a society." 
Politics though can be anything, not just the decisions made by congress. Politics are everywhere, the home, workplace, heck even the guy down the street knows about politics. Workplace politics however are always my favorite. It is kind of like you are back in 8th grade all over again trying to be the cool cat on the play ground looking all tough but also the suck up to the teacher to get that A in class you know you will never get without some persuasive homemade muffins. In the workplace though as a leader you want to motivate your other employees to be the best they can be. There is a silver lining however, and once you are on the wrong side of that lining there is no going back. So let's talk about the positive and negative politics of the workplace. Negative being those 8th grader suck ups, yeah you know the ones, the goodie-two-shoes, who manipulate people to get what they want out of them. Just like in congress "$$$ talks" wasn't said for nothing. Now on the other hand however there are also positive politics, for instance those who work together, have a good attitude, and COMPROMISE. A word congress really should look up again because they need a refresher on that vocabulary word. You see the difference is that positive politics, well they are a positive thing; they enable people to work together to participate in an effort to get the job done. Negative politics however being those stinky 8th graders, yup them again. You see they may get the job done too but the way it gets done is a lot different. Manipulation, betrayal, bribery, and undermining others, just to name a few. Otherwise known as the democrats. For example, the republicans make a huge effort to get everyone to get along and come to a decision and then out of nowhere comes the democrats undermining everyone and convincing everyone to come to there side so they can gain control and transfer the power to them and vise versa. But if you ask me politics, to be put simply all comes down to who gets what, when, and how.