Sad & Unfortunate Memory...

Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:46 PM

Apparently I have the potential to be a Smooth Criminal... Current mood:  aggravated Category: Life    Because I have a black man in my car from time to time. Yes, you read that right folks... Here's the rundown... Cory and I were driving ALL OVER THE FRIKKEN WORLD yesterday. Having a good ol' time. We were driving through Santiago Canyon, discussing my theory on Rocks being stupid, throw boys at them and so on. (Not that deep of a conversation, don't worry, you didn't miss anything.) We decided to continue on down Chapman Ave. to In N Out to grab some tasty deluctibles. Well, we're almost there, & I have not done a single thing illegal.  Out of nowhere, this guy is on my tail. I just drive like normal. About 2 miles, on my tail. Literally. Finally, pulls me over right in front of In N Out. By the time he finally got to my window, did he tell me what I did wrong? NO. HE LOOKED IN THE CAR AT CORY. Oh yes, my friends, he did. I have never seen racial profiling THIS bad ever. He goes through the whole spiel of license and registration. I didn't have my license, because if you know me, I lost it last week. He didn't care that the car wasn't in my name. He didn't care that I didn't have proof of insurance. He was more concerned as to why I was in OC and why I was letting a black man riding in my car. Wanted to know exactly how long we had known eachother, how we knew eachother, what friends we shared, etc. Now, here's the kicker, he thought I had to be way older than 24. Um, I may have been a little haggered, but that cut deep. Do I look like a frikken prostitute? I know Cory doesn't look like a drug dealer, etc . Something in my gut told me the reason we were pulled over, and everything this cop said made it perfectly clear. So badly, that when he was gone I turned to Cory and stated. "I'm sorry, but did we just get pulled over for having a black guy in a white girl's car?" I felt so sick. :( To make it worse... THE HUGE RATS, YES RATS, OUTSIDE OF IN N OUT ON CHAPMAN IN ORANGE. Good thing the cop didn't hear that I was playing Whitney Houston. Would have been worse if he had gone through my music collection. Janet, Jacko, Whitney. Lil' Jon, Usher.... Might have been able to balance with the Def Leppard  & country though...

For the first time in my adult life, I am really dissappointed in my country

HEY! Michelle Obama! I bet you're really proud, now, right?

Well, guess what... let's go over this again in 4 years. I have a feeling that smug attitude is going to be knocked down just a wee bit (though not likely much...) and you'll realize you were all in over your head when you hand our nation over to someone who knows what their doing because your husband is inexperienced and arrogant. What a mess that's going to be to clean up, ugh.

Lord, help us all... Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus!

Hmm...

This was sent to me in an email this morning... found it very interesting...

OK, back to distracting myself from the election and focusing on Christmas!

Whatever happens today...

God is in control.

God is in control.

God is in control.

God is in control.

God is in control.

God is in control.

God is in control.

God is in control.

Just thought I should remind myself that everything will be OK... Whew... :Deep Breath:

Ok, on with the election!

My son... the democrat?

Whaaaa?

OK, let me give you a little bit of history here...

First of all, we're talking about my 7 1/2 year old, Jeff. He loves all things boy: Transformers, video games, Star Wars, sports, etc. He loves both of his parents dearly. He's a definite Mama's Boy, but aims to make Daddy proud also. His favorite conversation pieces are usually poop, what he wants for Christmas, or movies/video games.

Early this last Summer while he and his sister were here (he lives out of state with his Dad) something had come up about politics. This was while the primaries were still going on and he saw something with a picture of Obama on it and said something about what a great guy he was. Now, having been married to his father for nearly 5 years I wasn't surprised as I knew the man raising my son is a hard core democrat. The way I see it, when it comes to politics I'm not going to force my kids one way or the other, but I will try to make sure they see both sides in EVERY situation. He lives with a democrat, so being 7 years old he's going to be a democrat, for now, also. I mean, what view points can he really have? That's fine. I just showed him some pictures of Fred Thompson... and then a week later of John McCain... lol... and told him these were great guys but they all have their faults and that I'm not at all too crazy about Obama. What do you think he asked me then...

"But what about Hillary Clinton?"

Wow! This kid knows his stuff (He later implied that his step mom was one of her followers.) This conversation carried on for a bit and I think I got across to him that there are both good and bad things about all the candidates, but that we need to pay attention to the important grown up things. I explained that some things he'll understand in a few years, and some now, etc. From my stand point he was very open in his thinking for the rest of the summer, and felt comfortable asking me questions. When I didn't know the answer, I told him honestly that I was unsure and that he should ask his step dad, Grandpa (my dad), or maybe even our pastor. He was liking McCain a little more and more, but still liked Obama. I wasn't reading too much into it, but was very proud of my little man.

So, fast forward to yesterday, Oct. 29th...

Me: So who do you think is going to win the election for president next week?

Jeff: That guy you're voting for tells a lot of lies.

Me: Well, so does the other guy Jeff.

J: Really?

M: Yeah, they are politicians. That's what they do unfortunately.

J: That's not fair.

M: No it's not.

J: Hey! Did you know that Hillary Clinton used to be married to Bill Clinton and he used to be the president until he was killed?

M: Yeah, but she's still married to him.

J: She is? I thought he was dead!

M: Nope, he's still alive.

J: Oh, well, he's not president anymore. George Bush is, and he's not a good president. Bill Clinton was the best president, but that was a really long time ago.

M: Not that long silly, he just stopped being president 2 months before you were born.

J: I know! That was a LONG time ago! Mom? Did you know that when George Washington was president there weren't cars yet? Now that was a long time ago.

M: Yeah, it was.

J: Who was president when cars were invented?

M: I don't know. I can't remember.

J: You should ask Grandpa... or Bobby. They would know, maybe they were there!

I'm pretty certain that my Grandma rolled over in her grave. I blame Crystal for this... she's not doing her job as "godmother". (Kidding, as usual, she wanted to make sure her name was mentioned in my blog...) I asked Tommy if we should ground Jeff and tie him up in his room when he's of voting age and Tommy growled as though he was yelling "Yes!". Though I would never do such a thing to Jeff, I'd like to think that this was confirmation that Tommy will be republican. I'm a nerd, I know.

And another purse string has been cut... :sigh: My baby is growing up too fast!!!

(For the record, I love all of my children equally regardless of their personal viewpoints.)