"Why is this site called "Chaotic Thinking"? Chaos is bad and I might need to stay away from this site."
I have chosen the name Chaotic Thinking because honestly, Random Thoughts and Random Thinking dot com were already taken. That is the only reason, and I wanted to lend to the fact that I am going to bounce all around on different topics and different directions on what ever floats my boat and where ever the wind takes me. (Hmmm, two nautical themes in one there ...) Chaos is not a bad thing thus the definition for chaotic in my header.
On my first rendition of this website before I switched over to Blogger, (before I knew the type of site I wanted was a blog) I had a slogan that stated "A journey to the center of one man's mind, and some might not make it back out". I thought it sounded cool, now I am using "Where you never know what you'll get" to denote the random potential nature of this site combined with my YouTube channel.
So far I have mainly been focused on making things with paracord. I will continue to make video's and be active with the paracord hobby and video wise, but I am ready to start making some different types of videos as well. If you came for the paracord I hope you stay for the rest or at least bare with me, some videos may not be of any interest to you, but it is just going to be the nature of this site. Any time I find a topic that has not been covered on YouTube, not covered sufficiently or that I may have different insight on that's where I'll be. Its about ready to get crazy up in here, Ok, maybe not so much, but the Chaotic part is slowly coming into effect, I am excited, are you? ct
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Election Day in America! (and the disappointment that follows)
So its finally here, after months of political ads, debates and speeches; Election Day. Needless to say I am highly disappointed, not by who won as you might be thinking; neither candidate for the two main parties adequately represented me and I wasn't particularly happy with either choice mind you. But for the fact that I was not able to Vote! I showed up at the polls, they scanned my I.D. and said I was not in the system. The polling official pulled out the hard copy of registered voters and we looked through for my name and neither my wife or I was listed. Which is odd because both my wife and I "knew" we were registered.
We have been at our current residence for a little over two years; meaning we changed our address on our licenses at the DMV where we obtained our voter registration card and submitted them. The polling official asked how long it has been since we voted and that we may have been purged from the system. Which is total horse malarkey!! I'm sorry once you register to vote at a location, you should be considered registered as long as you maintain that address and unless a change of address occurs the only thing that should remove you from the system is if you get flagged as "DEAD".
I know I was not alone in being turned away from the polls, I had stopped at a different polling location that was closer to my work and stood in line for a bit until I realized I was not in my district and decided to drive to the one near my house. But while I was standing in line I witnessed atleast five other people get turned away in a matter of minutes.
The political parties all claim that your vote matters, but unless the way registration occurs is overhauled, I don't really think that it does. And on that note the electoral college needs to be done away with too and stick with a majority vote so that our individual vote does actually matter and not just in swing states!
Side Note: I do also believe that everyone should have an I.D. card to vote too, states should issue I.D. cards for no charge as a matter of principal anyway; everyone having an I.D. to vote just makes good sense and prevents voter fraud. (Imagine showing up to vote and them telling you that you had already voted!)
Well not much more I can do now, I guess I will wait four more years and hope that America is ready for a President that is a leader and not a politician (Steve from Chaotic Thinking for President 2016!!). ct
We have been at our current residence for a little over two years; meaning we changed our address on our licenses at the DMV where we obtained our voter registration card and submitted them. The polling official asked how long it has been since we voted and that we may have been purged from the system. Which is total horse malarkey!! I'm sorry once you register to vote at a location, you should be considered registered as long as you maintain that address and unless a change of address occurs the only thing that should remove you from the system is if you get flagged as "DEAD".
I know I was not alone in being turned away from the polls, I had stopped at a different polling location that was closer to my work and stood in line for a bit until I realized I was not in my district and decided to drive to the one near my house. But while I was standing in line I witnessed atleast five other people get turned away in a matter of minutes.
The political parties all claim that your vote matters, but unless the way registration occurs is overhauled, I don't really think that it does. And on that note the electoral college needs to be done away with too and stick with a majority vote so that our individual vote does actually matter and not just in swing states!
Side Note: I do also believe that everyone should have an I.D. card to vote too, states should issue I.D. cards for no charge as a matter of principal anyway; everyone having an I.D. to vote just makes good sense and prevents voter fraud. (Imagine showing up to vote and them telling you that you had already voted!)
Well not much more I can do now, I guess I will wait four more years and hope that America is ready for a President that is a leader and not a politician (Steve from Chaotic Thinking for President 2016!!). ct
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