... but even then, I think those that are affiliated with the party opposite of whoever wins will moan on and on about how the United States is sure to go for the worse.

It would just figure that my health would take a nosedive at the time that zealots are at their worst, bobbleheading with all who agree with them, and breathing fire upon those that don't.  I figure I'm no better in deriding them all, but it's all I can think of at the moment.  Neither party nor ideological wing has really offered me a solution.

Politics especially riles me when mental illness is concerned.  I don't particularly like Social Security; the strongest political voice there is the elderly and I'm not exactly comfortable with being lumped into that as our needs, I feel, are different.  Government assistance also has its own baggage.  I view it as a necessary evil and don't appreciate those that look down on me for accepting it.  My wife detests the intrusion into our lives, and frankly, I don't blame her.  But it is there whether we like it or not; and we must give information to city, state, and federal governments because there seems to be no other acceptable solutions to survive.  It's not from lack of trying; I have done low-paying wage jobs, unemployment, welfare-to-work, and finally applying for disability benefits in a downgrade spiral.  It has been difficult to hang on to dignity and self-respect.

Sometime after disability benefits, I found that I had developed degenerative [spinal] disc disorder; three bad discs, one of them herniated.  It is very frustrating to see my health continue to deterioriate.

All two months before a national election, when far too many people are bitching about what they figure is right.  I came to The Icarus Project because it looked to be something that would actually fight to make things better, instead of just offering things to survive another day.  The do-it-yourself bent is especially appealing, because, well, in current circumstances, D-I-Y has seemed to be really the only way to make the best of circumstances.  I'm not doing as much D-I-Y as I would like, but, having grown up in a family with a lack of boundaries and control issues, it seems to offer some structure.

I can't wait until the election is over, when some will go away and get back to work, while the ranters might actually return to their circle jerks.