Good thing our leaders weren’t so cowardly in 1964, or we would never have passed a civil rights bill — because of complaints over the provisions in it that would enslave whites.
Sometimes, I want so badly to just say “fck this place, I’m outta here” and just flee to any other country.
Then I remember that this place has all the guns, and if I leave it will be one less intelligent person fighting the good fight.
On the other hand, the crazy, yes CRAZY things that people are calling ‘political discourse’ these days shocks and frightens me. The culture of ignorance that’s been cultivated by conservatives is very, very effective at allowing them to rule through fear, even when they have no political power. A living will is something many, many people get. It tells people your absolute legal wishes should you be mentally or physically incapacitated. You need to have a lawyer draft it, and the health care idea (there’s no plan in the Senate yet, stop calling it a health care plan) wanted to help seniors get access to that without the crippling fees of lawyers.
The conservative media turned that into “Obama’s gunna kill gramma.” And that was the end of logic in the health care debate, and absolutely nothing is going to be done except make it easier for insurance companies to fck you while taking your money for health ‘care.’ I can just about guarantee you, this health care reform will end up a total cock-up nightmare.
Tags: republicans, sad, total cockup, trouble in paradise, we're fucked