Sleep!

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Good, long, solid sleep. I think. I went to be at 19:00 or 20:00 and woke at 7:00 or 8:00, all give or take. I must be honest though, I am not sure I am getting REM sleep. I think, part of my problem, is even when I sleep I do not get good sleep. I could see that as being a part of my problem. It would be very much like eating food without any nutrients. It seems to fit the need, I am not hungry, but I would still starve to death. I cannot be sure what the problem is, for sure, other than that it relates to sleep. I have been hooked up to a machine while sleeping, and it did suggest I did reach REM, two different nights. So, maybe not on that idea. Still, sleep is the thing.

I am up and will stay up again. I might even do some work either in the garage or on the roof. I have an appointment this afternoon. I am not used to being up at this time though, so I am a bit out of sorts. Another hour to get my mind wrapped around the world and I will then try to get busy. I must say, sleep is extremely good! I wanted so badly to stay under the covers, reset the alarm, and sleep MORESES, as my kittehs would say (and sort of do say about MILKSES!). But sleep, like food, needs to be moderated (even milkses, kittehs). So, I grabbed the pry-bar of life, and heaved. Now I'm ho'ed? Bah!

I hear that O'Donnell, and other Tea Party candidates, are having problems with the Republican party. While that is no surprise, to a degree, I am surprised in some ways. With that parties insistence on a big tent, it is amazing just how small that tent really is. Or, more, how one sided the direction the expansion of the "big tent" goes. It seems the "big tent" includes everyone BUT conservatives. I am happier, every day, that I left that party. What it does and continues to do makes me more sure every day that being an independent is the only way to go. No, not Independent, as that seems to be a "third party", an independent. Just as I am a conservative libertarian, not a Libertarian.

At this point, I have no choice to vote Republican. At least in Utah, I feel this is not such a sell out, with Bennett sent to retirement and a young gun having been taken off the bench and pitched into the fray. I have been asked if I would rather have a big tent or a minority setting in the House and Senate. The answer is simple, I would rather have a minority. Why on God's green earth, was the next question. Ah, simple. Because the people do not want what is happening. What is happening will continue with a "big tent" situation in the Republican party. However, with a small tent minority, it will be EXPLICITLY CLEAR who is continuing the "business of big government" as usual and who is not, which will offer clarity like nothing else in the NEXT ELECTION. This is a "long run" game, if in truth we are running out of long run. Is this election the last, or is the next election the last, before the die is cast and government begins to control even elections? I do not know. But I know if voters can see no significant difference, they will vote much more weakly. I am all in for O'Donnell and the others. Period.

Brand quality control and differentiation is vital, not for some petty chaos mongers among us real conservatives, but for the survival of the Republic. That is all.

Good day.