With the way the Republicans have been behaving, they won't be cutting into any Democratic majority. We're more likely to see Independant party cutting in than the Republican party. Especially given that only 21% of Americans are willing to self identifiy as Republicans no matter what the Republicans themselves like to say.
The Republicans may be loud but that doesn't mean much.
Shouting in a peaceful quiet room only makes people look at you funny no matter what the guy is talking about because you're just being obnoxious, whether they like the guy hosting the party or not. But the guy thats talking quietly along with everyone else but is compelling enough for people to listen to will get much more good attention.
The thing is, whether the Republicans want to give him credit or not, Obama has managed to stop the free falling of the economy. No, things have not been getting better, they're floating around the same level by sometimes getting better and sometimes getting worse. Its like a cork bobbing in water. It will bounce for a little while before it settles down. But it WILL settle down. Its just a matter of patience.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Stop the panic over the Swine flu
The regular flu causes thousands of deaths per year just in the US alone.
So what. There's no vaccine. You do understand that there never used to be a vaccine for the regular flu either, right? But people never had this insane kind of panic attack that seems to be rolling through the country right now.
Calm down.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html
So what. There's no vaccine. You do understand that there never used to be a vaccine for the regular flu either, right? But people never had this insane kind of panic attack that seems to be rolling through the country right now.
Calm down.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html
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A pack of cannibalistic ravenous wolves
That's how the Republicans are coming across.
Michael Steele is busy calling Specter a traitor and Benedict Arnold (very unprofessional, I might add), Olympia Snowe is saying that being part of the Republican party is like being part of Survivor where the moderates get picked off one by one (she's a Republican and loathed by Republicans because she voted yes for the stimulus pkg), and followers of the Republican ideology are screaming bloody murder because President Obama wants $1.5 billion from Congress for medical supplies, and treatment, to stave off the Swine Flu so that it doesn't become a plague.
And they actually think that Obama is the bad one here? Don't you think that this would be a sign that things need to change?
I don't understand why the moderate Republicans don't break off and make their own party. Let this one die. Anyone that isn't a Fascist or a child can see that this behavior is wrong.
Michael Steele is busy calling Specter a traitor and Benedict Arnold (very unprofessional, I might add), Olympia Snowe is saying that being part of the Republican party is like being part of Survivor where the moderates get picked off one by one (she's a Republican and loathed by Republicans because she voted yes for the stimulus pkg), and followers of the Republican ideology are screaming bloody murder because President Obama wants $1.5 billion from Congress for medical supplies, and treatment, to stave off the Swine Flu so that it doesn't become a plague.
And they actually think that Obama is the bad one here? Don't you think that this would be a sign that things need to change?
I don't understand why the moderate Republicans don't break off and make their own party. Let this one die. Anyone that isn't a Fascist or a child can see that this behavior is wrong.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The problem with the Republican party...
It isn't the way you are presenting the message. It isn't the people who are presenting the message. It isn't the fact that the party has not demonstrated technological know-how in a world where understanding technology is paramount. It isn't that you need a council on "ideas".
The problem is the message.
The party has moved so far to the right that it no longer resembles anything any sane person would support.
The Republican party has failed to notice that the world has moved beyond Cold War politics. The policies that the party supports no longer apply no matter how hard they desperately try to hold on to them. Even members of their own party have started to have issues with the party philosophy and are leaving to join the Democrats (as evidenced by Specter announcing that he is switching sides today).
And yet they refuse to listen because they don't like the truth they are hearing.
Republicans, your religion is a private matter, keep it there. People are sick to death of the hate, divisiveness, prejudice, fear mongering, and warmongering. They don't want it anymore.
Either change it or your party will die. And most of all LISTEN to us, don't just hear what you want and ignore the rest.
Haven't you noticed that red is the color of blood and anger and hate and that none of those has benefitted us in the past. Its time to move on. Its time to change.
The problem is the message.
The party has moved so far to the right that it no longer resembles anything any sane person would support.
The Republican party has failed to notice that the world has moved beyond Cold War politics. The policies that the party supports no longer apply no matter how hard they desperately try to hold on to them. Even members of their own party have started to have issues with the party philosophy and are leaving to join the Democrats (as evidenced by Specter announcing that he is switching sides today).
And yet they refuse to listen because they don't like the truth they are hearing.
Republicans, your religion is a private matter, keep it there. People are sick to death of the hate, divisiveness, prejudice, fear mongering, and warmongering. They don't want it anymore.
Either change it or your party will die. And most of all LISTEN to us, don't just hear what you want and ignore the rest.
Haven't you noticed that red is the color of blood and anger and hate and that none of those has benefitted us in the past. Its time to move on. Its time to change.
No one says that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs unless they don't understand the extinction event.
Today a scientific journal by the Geological Society delivered an article about how the dinosaurs didn't die of an asteroid and that the event may have happened as much as 300,000 years apart.
For some odd reason people don't seem to really understand what this means and they don't understand how the extinction event occurred.
The asteroid was not the only event that killed the dinosaurs and scientists do not say it is. There were many problems that destroyed the dinosaurs.
The earth was cooling down and any cold blooded creatures would have had a very difficult time dealing with it (probably caused by the breakup of Pangaea). Dinosaurs could grow larger before this time because there was enough heat to allow it.
There's evidence of rampant disease caused by this event (and probably other events that build up to cause it).
Smaller dinosaurs were better adapted and there is also evidence that mammalian egg stealer's could destroy whole nests of eggs very quickly.
Extreme volcanic activity caused environmental changes (like acid rain).
The asteroid was only the final blow, it was not the entire cause.
Its very frustrating for the educated among us to see these half truths told to people. Real education and understanding cannot happen unless a person understands as much of the actual story as possible. This is why courts don't make a decision based on a single clue.
Ignorance is a disease in our society caused by laziness on the part of both teachers and students.
It needs to change. The worlds problems cannot be solved when people are too lazy to do the work to solve them in full understanding.
For some odd reason people don't seem to really understand what this means and they don't understand how the extinction event occurred.
The asteroid was not the only event that killed the dinosaurs and scientists do not say it is. There were many problems that destroyed the dinosaurs.
The earth was cooling down and any cold blooded creatures would have had a very difficult time dealing with it (probably caused by the breakup of Pangaea). Dinosaurs could grow larger before this time because there was enough heat to allow it.
There's evidence of rampant disease caused by this event (and probably other events that build up to cause it).
Smaller dinosaurs were better adapted and there is also evidence that mammalian egg stealer's could destroy whole nests of eggs very quickly.
Extreme volcanic activity caused environmental changes (like acid rain).
The asteroid was only the final blow, it was not the entire cause.
Its very frustrating for the educated among us to see these half truths told to people. Real education and understanding cannot happen unless a person understands as much of the actual story as possible. This is why courts don't make a decision based on a single clue.
Ignorance is a disease in our society caused by laziness on the part of both teachers and students.
It needs to change. The worlds problems cannot be solved when people are too lazy to do the work to solve them in full understanding.
Pure unadulterated evil goes by one name... Cheney.
I don't even believe in anything Christian and think humanity invented the word evil to describe anything that would harm it but it applies to him. There's just no way to defend anything that he stands for.
If he had his way, we'd have already had a nuclear war.
And yet, some would actually defend his insanity.
I'd have rather had that weakling brainless numb nut Bush in office than Cheney. Bush could barely figure out how to tie his shoes, never mind how to push the nuclear war button.
Nothing and no one is more dangerous than a person like Cheney. I'm surprised he hasn't already been in prison for murdering someone, he's that evil. The amount of death and destruction he supports can't be called anything other than evil.
How can you ever defend this man? Unless you are insane yourself, I don't think you can no matter how much you claim otherwise.
He is morally reprehensible. I hope they prosecute him for war crimes and he's put away for the rest of his life.
If he had his way, we'd have already had a nuclear war.
And yet, some would actually defend his insanity.
I'd have rather had that weakling brainless numb nut Bush in office than Cheney. Bush could barely figure out how to tie his shoes, never mind how to push the nuclear war button.
Nothing and no one is more dangerous than a person like Cheney. I'm surprised he hasn't already been in prison for murdering someone, he's that evil. The amount of death and destruction he supports can't be called anything other than evil.
How can you ever defend this man? Unless you are insane yourself, I don't think you can no matter how much you claim otherwise.
He is morally reprehensible. I hope they prosecute him for war crimes and he's put away for the rest of his life.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Medical Care
There seems to be a very bad understanding of how the medical system works in Canada in the US. Understanding it is important because the US would be better off using Canada's system than keeping the system it's using now (even a revamped current system won't really help the US much).
In the US, you pay far too much money every month for medical care. At my husbands new job, our medical insurance is going to be roughly $200 a paycheck. Thats $400 a month for basic coverage. No wonder most people in the US can't afford coverage. Thats the cost of a car payment and its robbery. Being healthy is a human right whether its in the human rights act or not. It is NOT a private business where people can profit on you and let you die if they feel like. At least, it shouldn't be. But in the US it is and Republican love to tote how wonderful it is.
For some inane reason Americans are convinced that since we pay taxes, health care in Canada is completely free, and that we have no choice in whether we take it or not.
Well see, thats where you are wrong. You pay taxes sure but the amount that goes to health care is a pittance. You don't HAVE to take it. You have the option of going with private health insurance if you want (which most don't recommend because there really isn't that much improvement and they charge too much). But if you can't afford health care, its there if you need it.
In Alberta, the most Conservative province in Canada due to the massive influx of Americans, things work a little differently than the rest of the provinces. Only this last January have they instituted free health care and thats only because Alberta no longer has a debt at all. Thats right, they paid it all off.
Now before that time, here's how it worked...
Everyone who works contributes a small amount from every paycheck (and it really was small, like $10 a paycheck for a single person small). Alberta Health Care was $44 a month for a single, $88 for a family for basic health care coverage not including Blue Cross (eye care, teeth care, and drug coverage). Now, if your employer decided to include a pkg for health care on hiring you, they generally paid half that for you while you paid the other half. And employers usually also included Blue Cross coverage as well (if you got it privately, it was roughly $80 a month for an individual) with them paying half and you paying half.
And guess what... you could opt out. If you didn't pay health care they could and would cut you off and then you had to pay for all costs out of your pocket. This is insurance, its just insurance run by heavy government regulation, and it was optional.
So tell me exactly why that was so horrible. It wasn't. If you had something like this in the US, you would all be better off. And peoples health would be removed from the thieving scumbags that make up private business.
In the US, you pay far too much money every month for medical care. At my husbands new job, our medical insurance is going to be roughly $200 a paycheck. Thats $400 a month for basic coverage. No wonder most people in the US can't afford coverage. Thats the cost of a car payment and its robbery. Being healthy is a human right whether its in the human rights act or not. It is NOT a private business where people can profit on you and let you die if they feel like. At least, it shouldn't be. But in the US it is and Republican love to tote how wonderful it is.
For some inane reason Americans are convinced that since we pay taxes, health care in Canada is completely free, and that we have no choice in whether we take it or not.
Well see, thats where you are wrong. You pay taxes sure but the amount that goes to health care is a pittance. You don't HAVE to take it. You have the option of going with private health insurance if you want (which most don't recommend because there really isn't that much improvement and they charge too much). But if you can't afford health care, its there if you need it.
In Alberta, the most Conservative province in Canada due to the massive influx of Americans, things work a little differently than the rest of the provinces. Only this last January have they instituted free health care and thats only because Alberta no longer has a debt at all. Thats right, they paid it all off.
Now before that time, here's how it worked...
Everyone who works contributes a small amount from every paycheck (and it really was small, like $10 a paycheck for a single person small). Alberta Health Care was $44 a month for a single, $88 for a family for basic health care coverage not including Blue Cross (eye care, teeth care, and drug coverage). Now, if your employer decided to include a pkg for health care on hiring you, they generally paid half that for you while you paid the other half. And employers usually also included Blue Cross coverage as well (if you got it privately, it was roughly $80 a month for an individual) with them paying half and you paying half.
And guess what... you could opt out. If you didn't pay health care they could and would cut you off and then you had to pay for all costs out of your pocket. This is insurance, its just insurance run by heavy government regulation, and it was optional.
So tell me exactly why that was so horrible. It wasn't. If you had something like this in the US, you would all be better off. And peoples health would be removed from the thieving scumbags that make up private business.
Nuclear energy... the solution to our energy crisis?
France currently has one of the most progressive nuclear power programs in the world. Its power plants do not inject carbon into the atmosphere and, since they have a kind of snap-together format, nuclear power plants can be bought cheaply and installed quickly.
This is something the Republicans are apparently jumping on as though its the magical solution to our problems.
France also has a much more socialist format to their government with strict federal government regulation and the federal government runs each and every plant. Something that the Republicans are not willing to do and seem convinced is the most evil way of doing anything. THEY want to privatize the single most dangerous form of power on the planet with little to no government regulation.
History has shown nuclear power to be one of the most dangerous forms of power known to man. Yes, its clean while its working properly but, when something goes wrong, it poisons the land for hundreds of miles around for hundreds of years making it uninhabitable by any form of life.
And people, there is no safe way to dispose of nuclear waste. None. Not a bit anywhere in the world. Right now, we're burying it. That's right, we're hoping that nothing leaks so it can kill us all off.
Spent fuel rods are stored for decades in a water basin on the site of the nuclear reactor, then transferred to metal containers to sit under ground to let it decay naturally while it gives off radiation everywhere around it. This will take 10,000 years before it will no longer present a threat to anyones safety. Even if the actinides are removed, it will still take at least 300 before it can be reprocessed properly.
Ladies and gentleman, this is the "great solution" that the Republicans have to our problems. Slowly poison us all to death while gaining a short term solution to some carbon emissions. Never mind that it does nothing to address the amount of fossil fuels spent burning in car engines daily.
No, no way, no how, ever is nuclear energy going to be the solution to our energy crisis.
Obama is right. He's looking for long term solutions that will be to everyones benefit. Yes, it will cost money in the short term, but so would the Republican ideas. Obama's solution would be better in the long term because he wouldn't be killing us all slowly.
Short term answers aren't the answer people.
This is something the Republicans are apparently jumping on as though its the magical solution to our problems.
France also has a much more socialist format to their government with strict federal government regulation and the federal government runs each and every plant. Something that the Republicans are not willing to do and seem convinced is the most evil way of doing anything. THEY want to privatize the single most dangerous form of power on the planet with little to no government regulation.
History has shown nuclear power to be one of the most dangerous forms of power known to man. Yes, its clean while its working properly but, when something goes wrong, it poisons the land for hundreds of miles around for hundreds of years making it uninhabitable by any form of life.
And people, there is no safe way to dispose of nuclear waste. None. Not a bit anywhere in the world. Right now, we're burying it. That's right, we're hoping that nothing leaks so it can kill us all off.
Spent fuel rods are stored for decades in a water basin on the site of the nuclear reactor, then transferred to metal containers to sit under ground to let it decay naturally while it gives off radiation everywhere around it. This will take 10,000 years before it will no longer present a threat to anyones safety. Even if the actinides are removed, it will still take at least 300 before it can be reprocessed properly.
Ladies and gentleman, this is the "great solution" that the Republicans have to our problems. Slowly poison us all to death while gaining a short term solution to some carbon emissions. Never mind that it does nothing to address the amount of fossil fuels spent burning in car engines daily.
No, no way, no how, ever is nuclear energy going to be the solution to our energy crisis.
Obama is right. He's looking for long term solutions that will be to everyones benefit. Yes, it will cost money in the short term, but so would the Republican ideas. Obama's solution would be better in the long term because he wouldn't be killing us all slowly.
Short term answers aren't the answer people.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Bullying, it has to stop.
Twice in the past week we've seen news reports on children who killed themselves rather than continue to deal with bullying.
It never ceases to amaze me how often the teachers blow off students who come to them for protection from bullying. I’ve seen teachers sit there watching while kids get bullied and they don’t say a word. One word from them at those times would put a stop to it but they say nothing.
I was bullied as a child. It was terrible. My mother talked to the schools numerous times and they did nothing. She tried talking to the parents but that only made things worse because the kids got in trouble and then came to school to bully me some more. I used to hide on the grounds near the baseball diamond and under the bleachers hoping that they wouldn’t be able to find me and crying the whole time because the kids were so incredibly nasty to me all day.
I remember one time the teacher had told us to stop swearing. Immediately after that, a boy kicked me hard in the shins (I’m a girl), so I called him the a-word. I was the one that got kicked out of class even though other students backed me up when I said that the boy had kicked me.
I had a desk kicked into my back once and I complained to the teacher because it bloody well hurt. The teacher told the boy that did it “don’t do that” (in those exact words) and went back to grading our tests without another word.
Not to mention that anything I did, said, wore, read, ate, listened to… nothing was out of question with those nasty children. I was alone most of the time because I just couldn’t stand being near any of them because they were so nasty to me.
It has lasting repurcussions for your life. To this day, I’ve never learned how to deal with people properly and I nearly always feel out of place, no matter who I’m with (except my husband who accepts me just as I am and I know it), even my own family. I don’t make friends easily like I did when I was a young child. So I’m very much a loner. Not that I want to be. Its just something thats been with me ever since.
Its not that I’m afraid of people, just uncomfortable around them.
And its all because the teachers couldn’t be bothered to help a student crying out for help.
Bullying in school has got to stop. I think its time to start holding teachers responsible for not helping children. If nothing else, they are adults and should be intimidating enough to young children that the kids would cease and desist what they’re doing. If they can’t, then why are they teachers? Its obviously not for the children and they have no reason to be there.
The teachers apparently think that, though they should be shaping a young students education, they shouldn't have to do anything else.
It has got to stop. Teachers need to take more responsibility for the minds they are claiming to shape.
It never ceases to amaze me how often the teachers blow off students who come to them for protection from bullying. I’ve seen teachers sit there watching while kids get bullied and they don’t say a word. One word from them at those times would put a stop to it but they say nothing.
I was bullied as a child. It was terrible. My mother talked to the schools numerous times and they did nothing. She tried talking to the parents but that only made things worse because the kids got in trouble and then came to school to bully me some more. I used to hide on the grounds near the baseball diamond and under the bleachers hoping that they wouldn’t be able to find me and crying the whole time because the kids were so incredibly nasty to me all day.
I remember one time the teacher had told us to stop swearing. Immediately after that, a boy kicked me hard in the shins (I’m a girl), so I called him the a-word. I was the one that got kicked out of class even though other students backed me up when I said that the boy had kicked me.
I had a desk kicked into my back once and I complained to the teacher because it bloody well hurt. The teacher told the boy that did it “don’t do that” (in those exact words) and went back to grading our tests without another word.
Not to mention that anything I did, said, wore, read, ate, listened to… nothing was out of question with those nasty children. I was alone most of the time because I just couldn’t stand being near any of them because they were so nasty to me.
It has lasting repurcussions for your life. To this day, I’ve never learned how to deal with people properly and I nearly always feel out of place, no matter who I’m with (except my husband who accepts me just as I am and I know it), even my own family. I don’t make friends easily like I did when I was a young child. So I’m very much a loner. Not that I want to be. Its just something thats been with me ever since.
Its not that I’m afraid of people, just uncomfortable around them.
And its all because the teachers couldn’t be bothered to help a student crying out for help.
Bullying in school has got to stop. I think its time to start holding teachers responsible for not helping children. If nothing else, they are adults and should be intimidating enough to young children that the kids would cease and desist what they’re doing. If they can’t, then why are they teachers? Its obviously not for the children and they have no reason to be there.
The teachers apparently think that, though they should be shaping a young students education, they shouldn't have to do anything else.
It has got to stop. Teachers need to take more responsibility for the minds they are claiming to shape.
Friday, April 24, 2009
I can hear the bells, well don't you hear 'em chime? It has the sound of Republican whine.
Listen to them moaning about how Afghanistan would be harder than Iraq. And yet, they ignored Afghanistan for 7 years like it didn't exist and now they think they have the right to open their mouths.
Sarah Palin is now asking us for money to pay her legal debts incurred by her own bad behavior. I guess she's actually a socialist since she doesn't want to take responsibility for anything she's done and wants the public to pay for everything from her families clothing, to her residence. So much for her vaunted Republican ideals.
Cheney can't keep his mouth shut and he really should. He's just making it look more and more like he and his cronies need heavy prosecution for what they agreed to. He's getting himself into deeper trouble because he just won't shut up.
The only intelligent one among them is that bimbo Meagan McCain and she's not exactly... well... smart.
And so the story goes on and on and on and on ....
Sarah Palin is now asking us for money to pay her legal debts incurred by her own bad behavior. I guess she's actually a socialist since she doesn't want to take responsibility for anything she's done and wants the public to pay for everything from her families clothing, to her residence. So much for her vaunted Republican ideals.
Cheney can't keep his mouth shut and he really should. He's just making it look more and more like he and his cronies need heavy prosecution for what they agreed to. He's getting himself into deeper trouble because he just won't shut up.
The only intelligent one among them is that bimbo Meagan McCain and she's not exactly... well... smart.
And so the story goes on and on and on and on ....
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Obama weak due to his noncommittal answers on torture?
No, he isn't. Not at all actually.
He never said that he wouldn’t prosecute those responsible for those orders, he said that its best to move on from the Bush past. And he’s right.
He’s also a man that to quote “likes to be informed before he speaks” as he said to the CNN correspondent that asked him that impertinent “why didn’t you speak out earlier” question last month.
I was rather upset thinking that he meant “lets just forget it” but now I’m forced to re-evaluate my feelings. I think that he just wanted more information before speaking up. He’s not like Bush. He doesn’t speak up when he doesn’t know much about a subject. Its intelligent. I wish more people did the same.
Its not in any way weak. This is a man who thinks before he opens his mouth and who doesn’t make a committment to things without as much information as possible.
He did say that he doesn’t think those that actually committed the acts of torture should be prosecuted and unfortunately he’s right.
Let me put it this way… every day American soldiers are taught to take their orders and do them whether they want to do them or not. Its not about “choice”, its about “do it or face repurcussions of possibly years of jail time or worse”.
Why do you think that those that carried out the orders given to them by that truly evil man Cheney, and that mentally deficient Rice should be prosecuted? They’ve been trained to obey orders, not to think for themselves.
I think those people should be given free psychologist visits for the rest of their lives to learn to mentally deal with what their government made them do. I can’t imagine the nightmares they must be having.
Obama doesn’t look weak at all. But you need to look at it from a non-Republican point of view to see it.
He never said that he wouldn’t prosecute those responsible for those orders, he said that its best to move on from the Bush past. And he’s right.
He’s also a man that to quote “likes to be informed before he speaks” as he said to the CNN correspondent that asked him that impertinent “why didn’t you speak out earlier” question last month.
I was rather upset thinking that he meant “lets just forget it” but now I’m forced to re-evaluate my feelings. I think that he just wanted more information before speaking up. He’s not like Bush. He doesn’t speak up when he doesn’t know much about a subject. Its intelligent. I wish more people did the same.
Its not in any way weak. This is a man who thinks before he opens his mouth and who doesn’t make a committment to things without as much information as possible.
He did say that he doesn’t think those that actually committed the acts of torture should be prosecuted and unfortunately he’s right.
Let me put it this way… every day American soldiers are taught to take their orders and do them whether they want to do them or not. Its not about “choice”, its about “do it or face repurcussions of possibly years of jail time or worse”.
Why do you think that those that carried out the orders given to them by that truly evil man Cheney, and that mentally deficient Rice should be prosecuted? They’ve been trained to obey orders, not to think for themselves.
I think those people should be given free psychologist visits for the rest of their lives to learn to mentally deal with what their government made them do. I can’t imagine the nightmares they must be having.
Obama doesn’t look weak at all. But you need to look at it from a non-Republican point of view to see it.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Republicans scare me!
That's right, they do. They make me afraid for the human race.
Watching tv, reading the papers, reading the Internet, listening to them in real life...
There are very few of them that seem capable of respect, compassion, understanding and even knowledge.
They all seem to be so angry with the whole world and they spew divisiveness and hatred like its pea soup. I keep expecting their heads to spin around. Just read the CNN posts or Fox posts or the MS NBC posts, or spend some time watching the news and you'll see examples of what I'm talking about.
How can anyone live their lives that way. Especially in the modern day.
And the thing is... so many of them talk about being a fundamentalist Christian. Is this what fundamentalist Christianity is all about? Supporting murder, war, and torture while advocating that 12 year old girls who have been raped by their own father be forced to give birth to the fetus rather than have it aborted?
If so, and the Christian god does exist, I'd rather rot in hell for all eternity than support anything these people spew. I'd rather rot in hell than spend eternity next to the likes of them or with any god that would support the hatred that comes from these peoples mouths.
They are the most unhealthy vindictive... holy crap, they support Dick Cheney like he's a god even though he has to be the most evil man alive.
If these people have their way, the earth will be nothing but molten rock within the next hundred years because of all their warmongering.
I don't get it. We need to keep these people out of power by whatever means necessary. Their mind set does not fit with modern thinking. It no longer works. Its time for us to move beyond such childish thinking into a new mindset.
Republicans scare me. I just hope I don't get covered in pea soup. I'd be forced to punch them in the head.
Watching tv, reading the papers, reading the Internet, listening to them in real life...
There are very few of them that seem capable of respect, compassion, understanding and even knowledge.
They all seem to be so angry with the whole world and they spew divisiveness and hatred like its pea soup. I keep expecting their heads to spin around. Just read the CNN posts or Fox posts or the MS NBC posts, or spend some time watching the news and you'll see examples of what I'm talking about.
How can anyone live their lives that way. Especially in the modern day.
And the thing is... so many of them talk about being a fundamentalist Christian. Is this what fundamentalist Christianity is all about? Supporting murder, war, and torture while advocating that 12 year old girls who have been raped by their own father be forced to give birth to the fetus rather than have it aborted?
If so, and the Christian god does exist, I'd rather rot in hell for all eternity than support anything these people spew. I'd rather rot in hell than spend eternity next to the likes of them or with any god that would support the hatred that comes from these peoples mouths.
They are the most unhealthy vindictive... holy crap, they support Dick Cheney like he's a god even though he has to be the most evil man alive.
If these people have their way, the earth will be nothing but molten rock within the next hundred years because of all their warmongering.
I don't get it. We need to keep these people out of power by whatever means necessary. Their mind set does not fit with modern thinking. It no longer works. Its time for us to move beyond such childish thinking into a new mindset.
Republicans scare me. I just hope I don't get covered in pea soup. I'd be forced to punch them in the head.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Obama and torture
As we all know, one of the first things President Obama did upon entering office was to ban torture. Bravo, Mr. President. A truly honorable decision.
However, there has recently been a problem with Gitmo about the issue of torture.
Obama has appeared to say that the officials ordering the torture would not be prosecuted for their actions.
While I admire and love pretty much everything Obama has done, this is one subject that I have thoroughly disagreed with him on. The people who carried it out should not be prosecuted to full extent (unless they ordered it done). I imagine they need full psychiatric counselling to deal with such horrors. The nightmares that they will have to live with the rest of their lives is more than enough punishment.
The people that ordered it though... they knew what they were doing. Some even adamantly supported it (like Cheney). Those people should be prosecuted for this to the full extent of the law. Torture is never excusable, never. I always say there are worse things than death, and this would be the worst of the worst.
But... but I had an interesting feeling about this. Obama has said in the past that he prefers to have all the information about a subject before he speaks about it. In the past, he'd kind of blown off the questions by giving incomplete answers. Not today. Today he has left the option of prosecution of those individuals responsible for the torture of all those people open. Put that nut Cheney first on the list for prosecution. And lock him away for a long time.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/obama.memos/index.html
And so Obama has surprised me yet again. And yet again, he's doing whats right no matter what the protest.
I like this man.
Why would it ever be a question as to whether torture is wrong. Its wrong. Period. The end does not justify the means. Ever.
However, there has recently been a problem with Gitmo about the issue of torture.
Obama has appeared to say that the officials ordering the torture would not be prosecuted for their actions.
While I admire and love pretty much everything Obama has done, this is one subject that I have thoroughly disagreed with him on. The people who carried it out should not be prosecuted to full extent (unless they ordered it done). I imagine they need full psychiatric counselling to deal with such horrors. The nightmares that they will have to live with the rest of their lives is more than enough punishment.
The people that ordered it though... they knew what they were doing. Some even adamantly supported it (like Cheney). Those people should be prosecuted for this to the full extent of the law. Torture is never excusable, never. I always say there are worse things than death, and this would be the worst of the worst.
But... but I had an interesting feeling about this. Obama has said in the past that he prefers to have all the information about a subject before he speaks about it. In the past, he'd kind of blown off the questions by giving incomplete answers. Not today. Today he has left the option of prosecution of those individuals responsible for the torture of all those people open. Put that nut Cheney first on the list for prosecution. And lock him away for a long time.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/obama.memos/index.html
And so Obama has surprised me yet again. And yet again, he's doing whats right no matter what the protest.
I like this man.
Why would it ever be a question as to whether torture is wrong. Its wrong. Period. The end does not justify the means. Ever.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Prejudice, persecution, racism, and discrimination. Oh My!
Mankind has, in every civilization on the planet throughout history, had slaves of some sort. Sometimes it was their own people. Other times it was people kidnapped from their homelands.
There have been laws against people from different civilizations since time immemorial.
The Romans had a law that only those born in Rome to natural born Romans could be citizens. All others were only slaves (approx. 1/3 of the population).
The Ancient Aztecs used to sacrifice the people of opposing villages as offerings to their gods.
The United States has, at one time or another, persecuted anyone different from themselves (such as the African Americans).
The color of ones skin, the culture of a person, ones history related to another country. All of it are things that people seem to find a reason to hate another for so that they can feel superior. Recently we've had a new prejudice to deal with. That of homosexuality.
African Americans are more equal than they ever have been, people fight for the rights of the Muslim, and peace exists in Ireland.
We're learning. Slowly. But we don't have it yet.
I'm tired of all the hatred and vitriol and division. Its time to accept everyone for who they are, provided they are all consenting adults.
Its time to add sexual preference as a protected article in the Constitution. After all, all other things are included in it.
Its just too bad so many are so hateful that they can't see past their own nose.
There have been laws against people from different civilizations since time immemorial.
The Romans had a law that only those born in Rome to natural born Romans could be citizens. All others were only slaves (approx. 1/3 of the population).
The Ancient Aztecs used to sacrifice the people of opposing villages as offerings to their gods.
The United States has, at one time or another, persecuted anyone different from themselves (such as the African Americans).
The color of ones skin, the culture of a person, ones history related to another country. All of it are things that people seem to find a reason to hate another for so that they can feel superior. Recently we've had a new prejudice to deal with. That of homosexuality.
African Americans are more equal than they ever have been, people fight for the rights of the Muslim, and peace exists in Ireland.
We're learning. Slowly. But we don't have it yet.
I'm tired of all the hatred and vitriol and division. Its time to accept everyone for who they are, provided they are all consenting adults.
Its time to add sexual preference as a protected article in the Constitution. After all, all other things are included in it.
Its just too bad so many are so hateful that they can't see past their own nose.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Small requests from a hotel agent....
I usually talk about politics and modern events but there's something thats been aggravating me for a while that I need to get off my chest.
I work in the hotel industry. Seven years at the Front Desk and the last 6 months in a Reservations department.
I have small requests for travelers...
1. Know exactly what you want when you are booking the room. If we say that we don't have the room type available once, we really mean it. Asking us 5 or 6 times in different ways whether we're sure that we're out of that room type isn't going to make one magically appear out of thin air.
2. Have your credit card in your hand when you're ready to book. You know that we're going to ask you for it, so why wouldn't you have it with you instead of spending 10 minutes going through all the paperwork in your desk, through your purse, or anywhere else?
3. Unless its a small town, you WILL be asked for a credit card on booking, ESPECIALLY if its a destination place like New Orleans or Orlando. This is to protect you and to protect us. By giving us a credit card, you are guaranteed a room. If something happens and your room is not available, we will find you another room somewhere in the vicinity. Many hotels will actually pay for a reservation themselves if they have to walk the guest to another hotel, just make sure you ask rather than blow your top.
4. Blowing your top won't make your room magically reappear. We do NOT do this on purpose. Usually if we don't have your room, it means something happened like a pipe burst or something. We are NOT trying to be cruel to you. You are our means of survival. Without customers, we go out of business. We'd rather have you happy, but sometimes things just don't go the way we all want. Thats life.
5. Please, for the love of all things, do NOT type your reservation out in caps via ANY online engine. For those of us with vision problems, it makes it extremely hard to read and its easier to make mistakes in your reservation when transferring it from the online systems to our computer systems. Transferring it is not automatic in 99% of all cases, it actually takes a human mind and human hands to do it, because such technology to input it automatically is currently insanely expensive and beyond the capability of most hotels to handle.
6. Remember to be nice to the clerks. Yes, some of us are screw ups. Yes, some of us are rude. Neither of those types of people should have a job, but we all know how the real world works and there are people like that in every industry. It doesn't mean we're all like that. Most of us are doing the best we can. Please remember to use such niceties as "please", "thank you", and such. We really do want to help you as much as we can and we're not trying to make you miserable. If you're happy, it means we're doing our jobs and thats usually a source of great pride for us.
7. Remember that we're all human. We make mistakes. Thats life.
8. If you have a problem, we will happily assist you, so long as you are not abusive.
9. Contrary to popular belief, most of us really are from your country, and even from the area you will be staying, but that does not mean we know everything about everything.
10. Please, most important of all things I said... LISTEN when we speak to you. Its incredibly aggravating to say the exact same thing 8 or even 10 times just because you aren't listening to what we're saying. (example: When we say "You will be charged tonight, non-refundable", it does not mean "You will be charged two nights on the day of checkin" no matter how many times you say it back to us that way.)
I work in the hotel industry. Seven years at the Front Desk and the last 6 months in a Reservations department.
I have small requests for travelers...
1. Know exactly what you want when you are booking the room. If we say that we don't have the room type available once, we really mean it. Asking us 5 or 6 times in different ways whether we're sure that we're out of that room type isn't going to make one magically appear out of thin air.
2. Have your credit card in your hand when you're ready to book. You know that we're going to ask you for it, so why wouldn't you have it with you instead of spending 10 minutes going through all the paperwork in your desk, through your purse, or anywhere else?
3. Unless its a small town, you WILL be asked for a credit card on booking, ESPECIALLY if its a destination place like New Orleans or Orlando. This is to protect you and to protect us. By giving us a credit card, you are guaranteed a room. If something happens and your room is not available, we will find you another room somewhere in the vicinity. Many hotels will actually pay for a reservation themselves if they have to walk the guest to another hotel, just make sure you ask rather than blow your top.
4. Blowing your top won't make your room magically reappear. We do NOT do this on purpose. Usually if we don't have your room, it means something happened like a pipe burst or something. We are NOT trying to be cruel to you. You are our means of survival. Without customers, we go out of business. We'd rather have you happy, but sometimes things just don't go the way we all want. Thats life.
5. Please, for the love of all things, do NOT type your reservation out in caps via ANY online engine. For those of us with vision problems, it makes it extremely hard to read and its easier to make mistakes in your reservation when transferring it from the online systems to our computer systems. Transferring it is not automatic in 99% of all cases, it actually takes a human mind and human hands to do it, because such technology to input it automatically is currently insanely expensive and beyond the capability of most hotels to handle.
6. Remember to be nice to the clerks. Yes, some of us are screw ups. Yes, some of us are rude. Neither of those types of people should have a job, but we all know how the real world works and there are people like that in every industry. It doesn't mean we're all like that. Most of us are doing the best we can. Please remember to use such niceties as "please", "thank you", and such. We really do want to help you as much as we can and we're not trying to make you miserable. If you're happy, it means we're doing our jobs and thats usually a source of great pride for us.
7. Remember that we're all human. We make mistakes. Thats life.
8. If you have a problem, we will happily assist you, so long as you are not abusive.
9. Contrary to popular belief, most of us really are from your country, and even from the area you will be staying, but that does not mean we know everything about everything.
10. Please, most important of all things I said... LISTEN when we speak to you. Its incredibly aggravating to say the exact same thing 8 or even 10 times just because you aren't listening to what we're saying. (example: When we say "You will be charged tonight, non-refundable", it does not mean "You will be charged two nights on the day of checkin" no matter how many times you say it back to us that way.)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Texas Governor a traitor?
Apparently he's decided that threatening Obama's administration with withdrawing his state from the Union if Obama doesn't give in to Republican demands is a good move.
Lets examine this for a moment, shall we?
Texas needs frequent government help due to droubt and hurricanes (sometimes numbering in the trillions of dollars in losses). His own government members in the state have begged him to accept the stimulus for their unemployed due to the economy. They are also battleground one with the Mexican border through which all the dealers are arriving to buy guns from Texans and create their bases of operation there.
And yet, somehow he thinks they can deal with it on their own.
There should be an uproar over this. Despicable that he would do such a thing just because he isn't interested in whats best for his people.
Lets examine this for a moment, shall we?
Texas needs frequent government help due to droubt and hurricanes (sometimes numbering in the trillions of dollars in losses). His own government members in the state have begged him to accept the stimulus for their unemployed due to the economy. They are also battleground one with the Mexican border through which all the dealers are arriving to buy guns from Texans and create their bases of operation there.
And yet, somehow he thinks they can deal with it on their own.
There should be an uproar over this. Despicable that he would do such a thing just because he isn't interested in whats best for his people.
Palinizing
This is going to be the one and only time I will address the issue of Sarah Palin.
As you can see, there's a new word out there that's been introduced since the advent of this embarrassment to womankind the world over.
Palinizing. Though there doesn't seem to be a consensus on what the word truly means.
To Liberals it means...
"palinize: verb [trans.] to trivialize a serious concern or objection by introducing a flashy but insubstantial distraction."
"to palinize (v.): to deflect, or to attempt to deflect, a serious question by restating a largely unrelated political slogan in a folksy, aw-shucks manner."
http://badrhetoric.com/?p=282
Palinize - 1) to take an intransient position based upon belief rather than fact, 2) to refuse to discuss a position with others who do not agree with the position, 3) to vilify those who do not support the position.
But Republicans like to invent what a word means instead of actually understanding what it really means.
"Palinize: to slander and caricature a working-class female public figure for the noble advancement of liberalism."
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmQ0ZTdiNDZkYmYzNDZhZGI5Zjc3NjliYzM0NmUzNDg=
It's always amusing when the right chooses to ignore the real definition of words because it labels them as so ignorant.
Sorry, I'm inclined to agree with the real definition of the word.
And the childish behavior of Palin and her family is the reason why.
She tries to get someone fired because he broke up with her sister, she embarrasses herself continually by answering questions in a way that makes you wonder if she's mentally retarded, she has more pork barrel projects than any other state, she refuses stimulus money to help the destitute members of her state, she now spends more time trying to convince the Republicans to vote her in for the next candidate of President than she does actually running anything in her state, she decides to leave to speak at a personal event that tries to spread her religious hatred while Legislature is still in session (last I looked, her JOB is to be at Legislature) and now most recently she and her husband have decided to try to ruin her daughters ex just because they split up. Most recently she decided to open a "fund" to beg money from people (which is a socialist act btw) to pay for her legal fees that have only occurred due to her bad behavior. She doesn't even live by her own party's belief system. So much for "do it by yourself" like the Republicans keep mouthing. Hypocrite.
How exactly is this woman a good candidate for the Presidency and why won't she just go away? She is an embarrassment to woman kind, she's an embarrassment to herself, and I bet John McCain is wishing he had chosen someone else. This slimy snake needs to crawl back under the rock she came out from under.
And yet some people still like this woman. It's a mystery as to why.
As you can see, there's a new word out there that's been introduced since the advent of this embarrassment to womankind the world over.
Palinizing. Though there doesn't seem to be a consensus on what the word truly means.
To Liberals it means...
"palinize: verb [trans.] to trivialize a serious concern or objection by introducing a flashy but insubstantial distraction."
"to palinize (v.): to deflect, or to attempt to deflect, a serious question by restating a largely unrelated political slogan in a folksy, aw-shucks manner."
http://badrhetoric.com/?p=282
Palinize - 1) to take an intransient position based upon belief rather than fact, 2) to refuse to discuss a position with others who do not agree with the position, 3) to vilify those who do not support the position.
But Republicans like to invent what a word means instead of actually understanding what it really means.
"Palinize: to slander and caricature a working-class female public figure for the noble advancement of liberalism."
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmQ0ZTdiNDZkYmYzNDZhZGI5Zjc3NjliYzM0NmUzNDg=
It's always amusing when the right chooses to ignore the real definition of words because it labels them as so ignorant.
Sorry, I'm inclined to agree with the real definition of the word.
And the childish behavior of Palin and her family is the reason why.
She tries to get someone fired because he broke up with her sister, she embarrasses herself continually by answering questions in a way that makes you wonder if she's mentally retarded, she has more pork barrel projects than any other state, she refuses stimulus money to help the destitute members of her state, she now spends more time trying to convince the Republicans to vote her in for the next candidate of President than she does actually running anything in her state, she decides to leave to speak at a personal event that tries to spread her religious hatred while Legislature is still in session (last I looked, her JOB is to be at Legislature) and now most recently she and her husband have decided to try to ruin her daughters ex just because they split up. Most recently she decided to open a "fund" to beg money from people (which is a socialist act btw) to pay for her legal fees that have only occurred due to her bad behavior. She doesn't even live by her own party's belief system. So much for "do it by yourself" like the Republicans keep mouthing. Hypocrite.
How exactly is this woman a good candidate for the Presidency and why won't she just go away? She is an embarrassment to woman kind, she's an embarrassment to herself, and I bet John McCain is wishing he had chosen someone else. This slimy snake needs to crawl back under the rock she came out from under.
And yet some people still like this woman. It's a mystery as to why.
Foreign prosecution of the Bush Administration? Say it ain't so.
Or rather, say yes. Obviously the American government isn't willing to investigate, and prosecute, those guilty of torture in Guantanamo Bay so why shouldn't anyone else?
Such despicable acts need to result in long jail terms, if not the Death Penalty, American citizens or not.
In this case, I support the Spanish. At least they are willing to prosecute the people that deserve it and aren't choosing to ignore it just because they're government officials.
This is one of the few things that I disagree with Obama on. The past matters. The past is why we are where we are and can't be ignored. To allow this to go unpunished is wrong.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/16/spain.guantanamo/index.html
Such despicable acts need to result in long jail terms, if not the Death Penalty, American citizens or not.
In this case, I support the Spanish. At least they are willing to prosecute the people that deserve it and aren't choosing to ignore it just because they're government officials.
This is one of the few things that I disagree with Obama on. The past matters. The past is why we are where we are and can't be ignored. To allow this to go unpunished is wrong.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/16/spain.guantanamo/index.html
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Taxes... what are they good for?
Quite alot actually. Taxes pay for your roads and bridges. Taxes pay for the sewers and water manes. Taxes pay for your firemen, police, and army. Taxes help fund the schooling of your children so they don't grow up ignorant (provided you get involved and don't let them ignore their schooling).
Taxes are NOT your enemy. Without taxes, there would be no government. Without government, there would be anarchy. And the human mind is not capable of handling anarchy.
So what exactly is the problem?
Since President Obama has taken office, we've received money back. He didn't even raise the taxes on the rich like he said he would.
But today we see this ridiculous behavior...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/tea.parties/index.html
What exactly are you protesting precisely? Nothing that I can see. Future taxes? Well people, those haven't even happened yet so they're all imaginary.
Lets take a look at the causes of the original Boston Tea Party, shall we?
High taxes without Representation. That's the whole cause. And yet, the people protesting have had their taxes lowered, not raised. And every one of them have had Representation for hundreds of years.
So I again ask you, what are you protesting? Nothing.
What you're doing is promoting the typical Republican divisiveness, support of ill education, hatred, and fear OF SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
And you know what? Going up to the same amount of taxes everyone paid during the Ronald Reagan era is not going to kill you. In fact, you probably won't even notice the difference because most of the people protesting are rich anyway.
As a reference to my first post... this would be the perfect example of Americans working against their own best interest. And let me add, behaving like bratty spoiled children to boot.
Taxes are NOT your enemy. Without taxes, there would be no government. Without government, there would be anarchy. And the human mind is not capable of handling anarchy.
So what exactly is the problem?
Since President Obama has taken office, we've received money back. He didn't even raise the taxes on the rich like he said he would.
But today we see this ridiculous behavior...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/tea.parties/index.html
What exactly are you protesting precisely? Nothing that I can see. Future taxes? Well people, those haven't even happened yet so they're all imaginary.
Lets take a look at the causes of the original Boston Tea Party, shall we?
High taxes without Representation. That's the whole cause. And yet, the people protesting have had their taxes lowered, not raised. And every one of them have had Representation for hundreds of years.
So I again ask you, what are you protesting? Nothing.
What you're doing is promoting the typical Republican divisiveness, support of ill education, hatred, and fear OF SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
And you know what? Going up to the same amount of taxes everyone paid during the Ronald Reagan era is not going to kill you. In fact, you probably won't even notice the difference because most of the people protesting are rich anyway.
As a reference to my first post... this would be the perfect example of Americans working against their own best interest. And let me add, behaving like bratty spoiled children to boot.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
History: A great teacher... unless you ignore it.
The French Revolution, The American Revolution, The Russian Revolution, only three examples...
And yet every single one of them had a few things in common for all that they were different countries and different times. Every single one of them were caused by lack of freedom of religion, high taxes on the poor, capitulation to the rich and privileged, the poor being subjugated by the rich who believed they were entitled to rule by blood, lack of proper health care, the spread of illness, and desire for freedom from the privileged class.
All of these things we are seeing currently in the United States. And yet Republicans still believe that these kinds of things are good. For no reason that I can see, they disguise it as so-called "freedom" when what they really want is anarchy or fascism (that's where Bush was headed after all).
It hasn't worked in the past, it won't work in the future, so why continue to promote it?
That's not to say that Communism is the answer either, especially since its usually accompanied by a dictatorship. But a nice middle ground would benefit all.
I think its time to stop working against your own best interest. Its time to stop promoting the Republican party that has been taken over by the far right religious extremists who are only interested in their own profit.
Republicans obviously prefer to ignore the lessons of the past, the better to exploit you with, my dear.
And yet every single one of them had a few things in common for all that they were different countries and different times. Every single one of them were caused by lack of freedom of religion, high taxes on the poor, capitulation to the rich and privileged, the poor being subjugated by the rich who believed they were entitled to rule by blood, lack of proper health care, the spread of illness, and desire for freedom from the privileged class.
All of these things we are seeing currently in the United States. And yet Republicans still believe that these kinds of things are good. For no reason that I can see, they disguise it as so-called "freedom" when what they really want is anarchy or fascism (that's where Bush was headed after all).
It hasn't worked in the past, it won't work in the future, so why continue to promote it?
That's not to say that Communism is the answer either, especially since its usually accompanied by a dictatorship. But a nice middle ground would benefit all.
I think its time to stop working against your own best interest. Its time to stop promoting the Republican party that has been taken over by the far right religious extremists who are only interested in their own profit.
Republicans obviously prefer to ignore the lessons of the past, the better to exploit you with, my dear.
Some observances....
It seems we have such a hard time learning from the past. Most people can't see the forest through the trees beyond their front door and some don't even see that. And so we continue to repeat the mistakes of the past, expecting a different result when we know better, don't we? You would think so.
And this brings up something that has bothered me for quite some time since moving to the United States.
The United States is a young country. Its still learning its way. And it was born through blood and suffering and an indomitable strength unconquered by anything. Except themselves and the extremity of their own ideas.
Since moving to the United States in April 2008, I've been watching those around me. It never ceases amaze me how hard the people work here against their own best interest. That's not to say it doesn't happen elsewhere. Of course it does. Its just so extreme in this country.
American idealism is taken to such extremes that its often very disturbing. Unfortunately, its also inspiring in a very odd sort of way. They are strong and capable of handling anything handed to them. They are fiercely patriotic. They have a truly beautiful country (I just wish they actually valued it more). I always say that American never do anything half way. However, they hold far too many extreme ideals too high for their own good.
Examples? Far too many to name. Quite honestly, if you can't see them already then I doubt you'd agree with me and we'd get into a fight. Try to remember that denying the problems exist only means you're denying the problems exist.
What bothers me is, though they talk a great game, very few of them seem actually willing to stand up and fight for anything unless they are promoting religious persecution of others. But that's another post for a later time.
Its not just the US that I've observed with such things but, since that will be my new permanent home now, it is the one that's most on my mind.
And this brings up something that has bothered me for quite some time since moving to the United States.
The United States is a young country. Its still learning its way. And it was born through blood and suffering and an indomitable strength unconquered by anything. Except themselves and the extremity of their own ideas.
Since moving to the United States in April 2008, I've been watching those around me. It never ceases amaze me how hard the people work here against their own best interest. That's not to say it doesn't happen elsewhere. Of course it does. Its just so extreme in this country.
American idealism is taken to such extremes that its often very disturbing. Unfortunately, its also inspiring in a very odd sort of way. They are strong and capable of handling anything handed to them. They are fiercely patriotic. They have a truly beautiful country (I just wish they actually valued it more). I always say that American never do anything half way. However, they hold far too many extreme ideals too high for their own good.
Examples? Far too many to name. Quite honestly, if you can't see them already then I doubt you'd agree with me and we'd get into a fight. Try to remember that denying the problems exist only means you're denying the problems exist.
What bothers me is, though they talk a great game, very few of them seem actually willing to stand up and fight for anything unless they are promoting religious persecution of others. But that's another post for a later time.
Its not just the US that I've observed with such things but, since that will be my new permanent home now, it is the one that's most on my mind.
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