Nothing too outrageous

  Another year, another birthday.  For most people not every year is the celebration going to be over-the-top princessing out in a Disney castle, or sitting inside a Nascar.  Nor do moderate people imbibe cases of champagne to celebrate or eat an entire pig if it's a pigroast.

  This part of an election year cycle almost always pits extreme-life-controllers v people with varying degrees of opinion about being contolled.  Almost always brings up issues regarding some reversal of policy (land-sharing, over).  Pretty much hauls the same old broad topics "to the table" where commentators and analysts tell: 

  What is slightly different some years is what's publicized and what is going on behind-the-scenes.  What people are obviously unifying about/around and the old elephants under the rug.  Who in what party is wearing the cocktail apron and who the tuxedo.

  Thinkers note degrees.  Deep cultural phenomena that pairs up with current trends.  Differences in opinion, action.

  Most "reporting" on the world falls into categories of weight, it seems.  An event, person, place is on a spectrum or coming from/in "left field".  Onto some "scales" issues and happenings are dumped and

  Hawks prefer engagement; What good is an enemy not engaged?  How can a battle be decisive if there's just a nebulous cloud of ruckus?

  Doves marvel; big brew-ha-ha's sometimes dissipate.  Magic wands?  Weather conditions?  Was it even real?

  I def see correlation between our youth not feeling safe; feeling need to self-protect (sometimes with excuses for feeling lamed, sometimes with guns) and the nation-at-large needing to get îts shit together.  Cha, def

  Well, it's been more of a pandemic economically.  Sometimes, hard times hit some particular group harder than it e-viscer-ates the whole damn thing, the whole economy.  Yeah, me still working, poor, but decent person.  The ability to earn a dollar, is at the very heart of how this country can and does "save" itself everytime other issues froth up.

  Seems quit full circle to our own youth in terms of all the factors.  We did have some encouragement to go ahead and know, everybody's "different" while sharing love of nation; and we did "bond" on vibes and "tribe" which was confidence-building and, even inspired people as individuals.  Every generation keeps on defining itself--not always battles.

  That right there is why my most best fave movie is, well in that category, SMALLFOOT