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Despite All My Rage I am Still Just a Rat in a Cage

Well, I have not kept up on the blogging as much as I would have liked. Real, paid work, got in the way of this. I still hope to keep this blog relevant, and who knows maybe make it a popular read. Anyways, the subject of this particular blog is my feeling that I have something unique, and important to say but so far nobody really gives a fuck. Wah wah, woo is me right? I have a few ideas on the horizon, and I've really learned a lot in my last couple years of writing a book, and reporting/freelance writing for newspapers. I have confidence in my writing, and while I'm always trying to improve on my B- grammar, I think my writing style is very solid. With that said, I feel like I'm waiting for my big break. I hate waiting, I'm trying to do different things to break out but so far no go. When I was shopping the book around to different media outlets for an interview, I realized that with a book title like mine I would need to be famous to get any traction. I even had...
Yes folks it is Election Day, mid-term elections that is. A new, New York Governor will be elected, more than likely it will be Andrew Cuomo. He is the very definition of lesser of two evils, when compared to Carl "I’m Very Mad!!!" Paladino.  There are other closer races that may mean more in the whole scheme of things. The big one that I'm keeping my eye on is in Nevada. It seems like the crazy folks that live out there are going to elect Sharon Angle. A nut job religious wacko who is pro-prohibition, and pro murdering her opponent if she loses. Another complete nut job Rand Paul seems likely to win his election. Scary times I guess, but when it comes right down to it, the whole election process and government structure is scary, and flawed.  This leads me to the question that you might be asking if you are reading this. "Nick are you gong to vote today?" My answer is Fuck No!!! I think I learned my lesson last time I voted, when I voted for President Ob...