My thoughts on the DNC

The Olympics are barely over and coverage has started ad nauseum around here for the DNC happening in Denver this week. I would not be caught dead downtown in the next 5 days. I can barely navigate my way around on a normal day, let alone when there are a zillion extra people and all those road closures.

I’ve seen some pictures of the venue, though. When Obama is talking about change, somehow I don’t think he meant transforming the Pepsi Center into a Las Vegas casino. But maybe everyone looks good surrounded by flashing purple lights? Everyone is talking about “history in the making…” but is it still considered history if he loses? The last time the Dems convened in Denver it didn’t work out too well for them.

Hopefully the city has all the bases covered. Unfortunately, who could have known that the Democrats would be so demanding of limos? And that our little cow town would be so short on them? How do they expect me to take anything they say, especially regarding the environment, seriously? It was supposed to be a “green” convention. I guess the kind of green they were talking about turned out to be money.

Thankfully, oh, so thankfully, I have an awesome priest who always puts things into perspective. May God have mercy on me. Would that I would spend half as much time thinking about higher things than the kind of eternally trivial nonsense that goes through my brain most of the time.