  I love the 80's. My memories of the 1980's consist of G.I. Joes, T & C Surf Design, moving around the Pacific and the great years of Ronald Reagan. Unlike most people older than me, I do not remember the economic and military crises of that decade.
Instead, I'm filled with warm ideas of Transformers and X-Men comics for 50 cents. This weekend I went visited a church that reminded me of better times. It was a great place full of good people. The contemporary worship service was very contemporary for its location, but it was a throw backwards for this California boy. I don't typically pride myself for living in the entertainment capital of the world where everything is cutting edge, but as I have come to find out, it has shaped many of my perspectives.
It was just somewhat odd to see a contemporary service that reached Boomers who grew best connect with the ideals of the 80's. On a side note, I was reprimanded on Izzy's blog today ( urlLink main || izzy.yirah.com || izzy matos ). In his blog, "A Nation Divided Against Itself Will NOT Stand!!! ", Izzy talked about the importance of supporting the leaders WE elected.
He received some harsh response to this. Upon reading these responses, I was immediately infuriated and called the respondents "morons. " I realize that this was not the appropriate feedback I could have left. In fact, I was convicted of it afterwards. However, even after I retracted my words I was met with criticism about my criticism. It seems to me that this is often my reaction to criticism, but I no longer think it is a valid one. And this is against my nature. So what do I do? My answer: Remember the 80's. It's time we returned to sweatbands, He-Man, Top Gun, and the war on drugs.
We need to live less in the confused world of today and make our exodus back to the great capitalist union of the Reagan administration. Remember the Goonies? Well this is my wish, my wish! 
