Blacklidge

In case you wondering where I stand, a response to a stupid email

Why would you send that to me? Bush is the anti-christ, as far as I am concerned. He started two wars to enrich himself and his rich friends, he shattered the middle class in America, he tore away our rights as civilians.The middle class, which I used to belong to, no longer exists in this country.  Don't just send this  stuff around like you are sending facts, these are not facts. If you were anyone else, I would copy this to all the names listed from previous senders, just to get another viewpoint across, as if they would listen. This and other emails like it are evil and send out misinformtion about our current president and it doesn't do anyone any good to read it. Propaganda like this is how the enemy in the world wars got misinformation out. I hope you are getting information from many sources, as I know you have time to listen to lots of things and read lots of things. If you are getting most of your information from emails like this, you aren't doing yourself or your vast family any good at all. Some of the people that send you emails are truly misguided and it shows in the virulent and nasty things they send. Bush was no friend of yours or mine, I hope you know that. Not only was he the stupidest man ever to sit in the white house, he had an evil, cruel creep as his vice president, who would stop at nothing to get his way. 

You know me, I can't just keep my mouth shut. I know you will say that you accidentally sent this to me, but if you send this evil to others, you have to know that not everyone is on the same page with the crazy broad that sent it to you. Our country could easily be torn apart the events happening right now and crazies like her are leading the charge.

 

Sarah Palin's Lies

Somehow, during the last election, I got signed up with a bunch of political organizations. All left wing, of course. All of them keep sending me things, most of which I delete on arrival. I got one the other day from the Democratic Party about Sarah Palin. They wanted me (and whoever else they could get) to put bad things about that crazy bitch on our Facebook accounts. Well, now, when I was very young, my mother taught about how to deal with people like her. Ignore her. That's right, ignore her. Don't give her anymore publicity than she is already getting. I think the Democrats should get some early childhood education on how to deal with annoying people. Yes, she is annoying. Yes, we all wish she would crawl back under the rock that John McCain found her under. Giving her more face time or press will not make her go away. It will work in just the opposite way. Get a grip, Democrats! Oh, and by the way, can you get all of your people together and do something now that you have a majority? If not, well, we may not be seeing so much of you in the future.

Health Care Continues To Be A Big Deal

I wish they would just get something passed sometime soon. I worry that there won't be a public option. Really, if there isn't a public option, why even bother to go through all of this? The insurance ghouls have those politicians by the short hairs and if they pass something without having a way to control them, we will all be so very sorry. How many Americans have called or written with their insistence that a public option is necessary? We need to keep calling and keep writing, and start little crib notes on who not to vote for next time.

Why is it that our politicians are even able to take money from big groups like the insurance companies? I thought that some laws were passed to keep them out of the politician's business. If we had a system where the public paid for the elections, with a very low cap on the amount spent, none of this would be happening. Our system is so corrupt that there doesn't seem to be a way to fix it. Why do they need to spend huge fortunes on elections, every time one rolls around? We all get sick of the negative campaigns, the commercials on every channel, the bitterness that it all stirs up. Until we as Americans wake up and realize we're being robbed by this over class of government, the cycle will just repeat itself. Even though it is an off year, this one has had way too much political wrangling to suit me. At least the evil, insurance company-bought-and-paid-for-stooges aren't raising such a commotion anymore.What a blip in our history. I guess this is no more bitter than lots of other portions of our political history, it just seems worse because of the reliance on the new medias to get stuff out there, in a quicker, more nasty way. Luckily, our side has the advantage on the internet and television smarts. I suppose it will all pass soon enough, and with any hope, our lives will be a little better because of all the effort now.

Call your state's house and senate people. Tell them what you want. Do it today. Do it again tomorrow.

Just a Note

Obama=Nobel Peace Prize

Proud of Yourself?

Moron at parade in September. Total participation: hard to say. Organizer says millions, nay billions were there. Photos show 100,000, maybe. Lovely poster, by the way. Did your first grader make it for you? Just one example of hateful, mean, racist idiots, out wandering aimlessly!

When you choose to be a rebel, when you choose to join a cult, you naturally take a detour from your friends and family. They are as they were, going merrily about their business, living their lives. No agenda, no cult master to please. It really is a shame that their friend or family member has gone down such a lonely, odd and sort of maniacal road by themselves. Years go by, the normal folk try to ignore the oddities over in the other camp. Hidden under a thin veneer of social acceptance, the cult member lives their life, with never a thought about, perhaps, going to a de-programing camp for a quick jolt. And the other relatives never thought to sign up their lived one, they figured it wasn't any of their business. Right? And who is to say, especially in the early stages, that the cult-y ones are wrong? They are living a "good" life, how can they hurt anyone? That was then, and now it is far, far too late to do anything to help. Sad story, no? The cult follower hasn't been getting much attention lately, having driven all sane folks from the vicinity of their home.It's no fun trying to get the other crazies to notice you, is it?  Once in awhile, one or two of the "normal" have ventured in, but not lately. No, the cult folks need to draw some attention their way. What better way than to send a broadcast of just how weird their life is, rub it in the very face of the past loved ones. Smear it good. Make sure they get it, "We're strange, and we're proud of it!".  Make sure you send your broadcast, (shall we call it "love note"?) to even the ones who stood by you, the ones who were able to ignore your oddities, because it just isn't as much fun without complete alienation. Hurt your closest relatives the most, what do you care? Your cult will see you through.  Hey, try to remember something. Your original cult, the one that involved drinking lots of beer, or "standing by your beer soaked spouse" was rudely replaced with this newer, more initially socially acceptable cult.I think I liked that old cult better. At least there was some hope of waking up one morning and looking around and saying, "Man, this sucks! I gotta go".  You lost that opportunity when the cult flipped to a more happy sounding one. Still, a cult is a cult is a cult. What a long, strange trip it has been, eh?  

Public Health Option? Hell, Yeah!

I've been watching the sad demonstration of how our political system works, all through the summer. Can it be that the minorityin the two houses are going to dictate what the majoritycan do? I guess that is something we have to deal with and it is not a pretty picture. We won the last election, wo have a majority and still we are fighting for this one idea of universal health care. I heard today that somehow, the insurance industry has bullied a way into the bill that will get them huge subsidies.We have fought these people long and hard to win a better way to health care in America and now, our greasy pols have found a way to give some back to them. It also looks like a public option will not be a shoe in for the final bill, either. I think a few demonstrations are in order, with the polls indicating that a majority of the people in the country wanting some sort of public option, evidently we must make our voices known. The crazy nut jobs that favor Fox news and lame brains like Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh are loud, I'll give them that but they are a tiny piece of the pie that makes up Americans,(thank God!). More Americans want some guarantee that the big insurance companies will lose their hold on us and there will be fairness across the board. That will never happen if the politicians give them a lot of concessions and don't assure a public option, just in case they end lying, cheating and holding us up. Because we allknow they will. If Obama and the house and senate can't make this happen this time, we need to seriously reassess how much they are to be trusted. This is a perfect example of why we need a strong, viable third party here in this country. The Republicans are living in La-la land now, the Democrats are once again letting the prize  get away from them, (and us). Thisleaves no one left to exchange them for. Sad.If you son;t want some screws up bill, mandating that you have insurance and leaving only the foxes from the original hen house to buy it from, call your reps. write letters. Do something now, because it will soon be too late. A bill will go through, but what kind of bill? 

From MoveOn.org

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Change Can Happen!

Big March? Not So Much So........

I want to ask one of them if they got a chance to go by the kool-aid stand, but I don't know anyone who can speak of it honestly. The "big" 9-12 grappling on the mall in Washinton was all over the page. Some were protesting that the Muslims were taking over, some said "no to healthcare reform", some said we were going Socialist-Marxist-Cuban?. There were plenty of others with stupid signs, too. One thing is for sure, none of those folks like having a black president, not even one as fabulous as the one we have. Paint it any way you want, it all boils down to the same thing. Some of these oldsters  look like the sweetest old grannies.I thought I saw my aunt Kate, there for a minute. Coulda been, she's from South Carolina and is a rabid right winger. Waving bitter, vindictive signs and snarling their faces in grimaces. Loved it. Loved it because they are just digging themselves deeper. An estimated 50-75 thousandwere there, while the anti war demonstration not too long ago brought out 1 million and so did the "million man march" of a decade or so ago. Wimpy turnout in support of the giant healthcare companies and the idiots at Fox news. The big companies stand to benefit the most if this bill gets squashed, the idiots at Fox news are just getting richer and richer, promoting violence and dissension. It used to be that there were morals and values in regard to how you presented yourself. Oh, sure, there have always been racists in America, but to trot your ignorance out and wear a big sign that says, "Racist" is really stepping outside of the lines. Hide yourselves in your bible, try to act like you care about anyone but yourselves, go ahead. Just remember, you're wearing a sign-racists!

Sign of the Times...Yeah, Baby!

Oh, to be a fly on the wall. To listen to the moronic right wingers, all with different agendas, all brainwashed by idiots like Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh. They think they are so smart,with their pursed, disapproving lips and their idiotic signs. Most of them wouldn't know a socialist if one walked right up and bit them on the ass, or a Marxist, either. One thing I have learned in my life is that,"it's a numbers game". That is a sales slogan but it holds up for lots of other things, too. We voted Obama in, with a big majority and now, with the sloppy, ugly racism shown by the Republicans, our solid lead is only going to grow and grow. Keep it up, morons, you're helping our side out for the next election, and the next one after that. I saw one sign that said "Glen Beck for president". Oh yeah, now that's a great idea! What a sterling example of Americanism. Do you think he could make it past the first primary or would he put his little, bitty boot in his mouth the first day? It boils down to racism, first of all and it is disgusting. Too bad McCain couldn't have kept up the tradition set up by Bush and Cheney. "Can't win legally? Cheat, cheat, cheat!" We won, fair and square, legally. Get over it and start looking for a candidate for yourselves. You haven't got the mere glimmer of a decent possibility now, so you better get on the stick. Of course, we'll still win because you're all a bunch of nut-balls! Oh, and by the way, learn how to spell or at least how to use spell check. Reading the comments on these various websites and news reports is positively painful!