Living in the Now

Recently Vice President Dick Cheney was forced to defend a statement he made a year ago describing the Iraqi insurgency as being "in its final throes". Who cares what he said a year ago, that is SO last year. I don't care that at this time in 2005 Fat Joe "Got it Poppin" at number 31 on the Billboard chart. I care that in 2006 Fat Joe has downsized from fat to mearly husky,losing 80 pounds after being inspired by an episode of Oprah. Husky Joe they'll call him.

We're Americans, we don't look back. We boldly step forward regardless of what happened in the past. Look at me. I'm moving forward with this blog entry despite ruining it's flow with a superfluous Fat Joe reference in the previous paragraph. Am I worried? No. Dwelling on the earlier parts of this post would only make it harder for me to enjoy this. Go ahead and click it. I'll wait.

See, wasn't that worth it. A big steaming pile of adorable. If you'd been overwhelmed with the poor structure of this blog you might not have clicked through to the picture. What a waste. In the same way, we shouldn't be distracted by the past. It only keeps us from enjoy the bounty this country has to offer. A bounty afforded us by our brave fighting men and women. One could even say that questioning any statement Dick Cheney made before this very instant is an offense to the hard work of our troops.

It's in that spirit that I suggest we spend less time dredging up the problems of our past and more time enjoying all that America presently offers. Live in the now, man. Our hippie parents would want it that way. And for everyone who's absolutely, dead set on skewering the Vice-President's character, don't look to the past. Keep your eyes firmly on the future. We all know another boner will come along shortly.