Ryan's Thoughts

For the first big chunk of my life I felt closely drawn to the Democrat party. It seemed the obvious choice. For anyone who really cared for the poor, people struggling in life or the environment, the Democrat party was your only answer. How could someone really want anything else and feel good about yourself?  Who wouldn't want these things? Who doesn't stand up against the greedy, fat, white Republicans who just want to trample any person or our planet who gets in their way on their path to riches.  My desire for equal rights, economic values and caring for our planet never waned, though as I aged, action towards these efforts were never made by my party. Ever. Sure, there is plenty of talk, but when I take a step back and look at the world, there is no real action happening.  If there is a group pushing for all of these things that I've been wanting for our world, it definitely isn't the Democrats. It hasn't been for a very long time. John F. Kennedy's dream...

Socialism is all the rage with many of my progressive friends but I don't get it. Why are so many people in our country looking to change one of the most prosperous countries in history to the type of government that has failed so big, so frequently, so horrendously and at the cost of so many lives? We live in AMERICA people! America! Look around! No, not on social media or TikTok, but out in the real world! Yes, it is "woke" to say that America is bad and greedy and awful. You can easily be considered enlightened if you repeat the same evil message about our country. It is sad.  Our country is amazing. Once you get outside the walls of our social media bubbles that we live in, you'll see how incredible our country is. You'll see why millions flock to our country, many risking their own lives to do so, just to live here. You'll also see that among those here who hate our country, there are zero of them leaving. Shut the TV and phone off then go to or speak wit...

A few years ago, Hillary Clinton used the term "fake news" and the phrase quickly became popular. My guess is that the term stuck because, it's true.  It is common for us to be a little shocked when others believe something "because they saw it online" but at the same time we readily accept everything that comes out of their favorite media outlet. Our favorite outlet is 100% the truth and others are evil people trying to get us to believe a huge array of lies.  Previously, I wrote a blog on the news, which you can find here  What I learned from reading 20 news apps a day , but wanted to continue my train of thought. I still find it fascinating how the media can use such a small portion of what happened and then dramatize the rest to increase viewership. It is equally fascinating that everyone agrees about that, just not with their preferred media outlets.    It is striking to see that if President Biden or President Trump were to run into a burning building and ...

For the past couple decades, I have felt that the Republican party aligns more much closely with my own beliefs than the Democrat party. I've always admired what the Democrat party stood for, but it seemed to me that they promise all great things and then get in office and seemingly try to destroy our country while doing nothing for the people they promised to help. I jumped ship but now the Republican party seems to have aligned herself with the Democrats.  Sure, politicians align themselves with the popular aspects of one party to get elected and then, pretty much do whatever they want in office. Voting records and bills presented have no correlation with the values of those who elected them. It is almost as if it doesn't matter who we elect, because once they are in, they just start blowing money on whatever they want.  I'm not sure how after countless examples of huge governments failing miserably, that so many people desire this so much. It seems like having basic fr...