Politics

So i don't really 'get' politics. Nor am i interested in them much. This will come, at some point, but for now when it's a choice between Food Network and a presidential candidate debate or something like that, Paula Deen is going to get me. Even if i've already seen her deep-fried okra episode. Twice.
Here's what i'm thinking. Once David is older, and it's time for him to trudge off to school *sniff*, i will begin to care about education laws, and the people in office to keep them in place. Maybe at some point i will begin to care enough about taxation to want to change it, and then invariably i'd support candidates that would. i do care about taxation right now, but i care more about David's acid reflux for me to then have any mental capacity left for researching something i'm not very hopeful will get any better.
Maybe i'm not hopeful enough. i'm one of those annoying people that frustrates all those protesters because i don't really believe one person can make a difference. i'd rather sit here and be content, change what i can about my life, and learn to deal with what i can't. Is that depressing? Kris says i'm the poster child for the Doctrine of Swine Theory
and i might agree with him. Am i ok with that? Not sure. Or am i only questioning it's 'ok'ness because society would make a less-informed person feel guilty, like they're not performing their duty as a citizen by staying up on all the goings-on of the government, world, etc. It just seems like a lot of politics is so negative, with politicians basically battling each other. i wonder about their motivations: are they so interested in getting into office that they are merely saying what people want to hear in order to get elected, then will be completely different in office and disappoint everyone?
Yep. Really don't care much about politics. i'm bored right now, just talking about it.