Slowing Down; Looking Around

Health has slowed me from my now usual pace. So I took up reading. Your blogs. 130+ of them. There are some doozies out there! Right, left, the usual "what I've been doing", to the certainly unusual. All of them. Every time they write a new new post.. A few general, very unscientific observations:

We are a splintered bunch. Every interest seems to be represented - from aids to zits, literally.:) It has been a fantastic learning experience; good and occasionally not so good.

Religion: All flavors, with a few nut bags thrown in for entertainment. They all had a few things in common. They knew in advance who was headed for heaven or hell, and the path to follow to get there. Requests/efforts to get my email were endless. Membership of course was the safest way to avoid hell. "Christianity" (fundamentalism?) and "Catholicism" were the heavy hitters. with Catholicism offering the most variety by far. " Christianity" seemed equally divided in two groups: those who preached at me incessantly, and those who argued-with each other. I ran across some gawd awful pissing matches.

Politics: I took care to even out the blogs I read; LW and WW. Roughly 40 of each. The two sides pretty much mirror each other in style, i.e. links, quotes of others, videos, etc., with the LW taking a huge lead in self proclaimed "professional writers." The WW is focused like a laser beam; "Get O'Bush out by any means necessary", including sabotaging our economy, safety and health if necessary. Very few in the LW appear to realize the grave threat this "Kamikaze approach" poses. The LW focus? Keep O'Bush in; otherwise.....a floodlight?:) With Romney reinventing himself near daily; Perry continuing to shoot himself in the foot, the GO PEE primary has turned into a brawl. The LW seems to be losing the Indie vote, but then O'Bush isn't swinging back yet. I saw little evidence, if any, to heal the infamous "great divide." Both sides seem happy with the status quo, with the WW seeming to adopt a "my way or the highway" attitude.

Independents: Seem to be so tired of both sides, they could........???

Summary: My eyes hurt.