Bloody April

April 20th is looming.


It makes me wonder what is going to happen. The ugliness on display over the last year turns my stomach to even think about it. Racism is alive and well in America. Cursing and spitting on public servants, one whom walked with Martin Luther King Jr. A man who stood up and got mowed down for social justice.

...And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.

Sarah Palin putting shooting targets on a map of Democratic Senators, distorting "Death Panels", yapping about teleprompters while writing talking points on her hand. This woman is such a PHONY, it amazes me that anyone could possibly believe anything she has to say. All you have to do is agree with her and the lies/facts make absolutely no difference. This kind of Conservatism is a blight, nay cancer on our society. There is no way we would survive with that kind of mantra. It's all lies, built on hypocrisy and denial. Obama could cure cancer, and Sarah would scold him for it.

"..you are entitled to your own set of opinions, but you are not entitled to your own set of facts"

Al Franken

I'm all for standing on my own two feet. Been doing it all my adult life. I'm also for having a soft place to land if I get knocked off my two feet. Before health care reform, our system was a travesty where the rules and regulations were made by those who ran the insurance industry. Profiting in such a way off of my health while getting rid of those who are not healthy is the ultimate evil to me. Out of a moral responsibility we have to our fellow citizens. Our Constitution provides for the general welfare of it's citizens, if having basic medical care does not qualify as that, then what does?

It galls me to see cons and neo-cons all of a sudden take interest in the Constitution when it comes to taxes and "big government" after ignoring it when the 1st, 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th Amendments were so thoroughly trampled and trod upon by our previous administration. The outrage for those here to fix the massive problems pales in comparison to those who actually led us here.

Apparently, the opposition to health care reform prefers private insurance getting in between you and your doctor and not covering you for anything deemed pre-existing. What is your recourse? Ever try shopping for health care outside of your job? What if you wanted to start a small business? All of our money goes to them and we get very little in return and it only gets worse if we do nothing about it.

Why should my ability to be covered by reasonable insurance depend upon my employment with a large corporation? The system is totally unfair! Yet morons are screaming "Socialism"!! when a good lot of them receive some sort of government assistance in one form or another. Good lord people, your ignorance is showing for all to see! Please refrain from calling yourself a "Christian Nation". Words and actions do not match.

But mostly, what I find extremely affronting is the notion that the US Govt is designed to cut a profit like a corporation when in fact it was designed to protect my rights and from the likes of big corporations. They have a very shakey history in my opinion, where they used to choose to do as they please, pay very little, profit very mightily for the good of no one. Now they have the same rights as citizens when it comes to political campaign donations, thanks to our Supreme Court. I wish I had the kind of deep resources a corporation does so my voice can be heard.

Go back a century and you will know why people like Teddy Roosevelt came up with the idea of an Estate Tax. He knew the perils of the concentration of wealth on society. There are examples repeating all through history. When a very small percentage of the population owns most of the wealth, bad things happen.

I feel our government has been turned into a corporation. That everything has a price, including my health. I don't believe the Reagan philosophy about big government. It has to be big so it can be far reaching and can actually do good where corporations fall far short. Our history is full of examples of such, yet they go ignored in the argument over profit. It's not perfect, but we got time to make things right.

With these rampaging thoughts in my mind, I shudder for this country when I look back at Aprils past and consider what could possibly happen before this one is over. The Michigan Christian Militia group looking to shoot at police? Amazingly enough, white folk make killer terrorists too. They just read from a different book. Even more astonishing is knowing what Jesus had to say in the limited time we got to know him, would totally and completely contradict this kind of behavior towards our brothers and sisters.

I do support the health care reform effort. I think it can be better, it needs more work. I do not support the bloody violence that always seems to accompany our quest for social justice. The first April since it passed will be telling. I pray for peace. If you lost the election, well then that's just how it goes. If you win, you can make the rules. I would expect some type of cooperation for those that didn't for the good of the country more than the good of one's party.

Please people, get informed, listen to all opinions and have some patience because we all have to live here. Different or same, that's just the way it is. It's not a reason to hate, harm or kill each other.