as the giant lizzard peeks its head out!!
So... I arrive back in the states. I was out of country for the better part of half a year and for the mid term elections. Here in Florida there was a medical marijuana referendum and some train stuff and oh yeah, a governor to unseat. Nationally there were seats up for grabs, with our future in the balance. On the night of the elections I was sitting in a local cantina with a group of ex pats. As we watched the sickening results trickle in over the bbc. I sat stunned So when the conversation restarted and I had washed the vomit from my big lebowski t shirt. What really amazed me about this group, and really all groups of displaced Americans I have met in my travels, is... they are mostly conservative. I don't know why this is a surprise. To live outside the states takes money. Money to get there. Money to buy a place. Money to live. Money to drink. Liberals tend to vacation, then return home to regale us with stories of eco hotels, long hikes to meet indigenous peopl