Dear President Obama,
You have decided to have your health care summit on my birthday. All I want is to be able to afford to go to a doctor and find out why I have arrhythmia when I’m stressed out. I’ll be 26 years old.
Thanks.
Dear President Obama
Republicans Saying ‘No’ Once Again
My interpretation of this story:
Prez: Hey, GOP. We’ve had some bad feelings between us lately, and I know you’ve been feeling left out, but we’ve made a lot of progress over here with a plan to make health care affordable to millions of Americans, and so I’m hoping you’ll come on over and give us your feedback.
GOP: *Scrambles to come up with a strategy that involves the terms “socialism” and “elitist”* Erm-Well, maybe.
The Prez: Oh, ok, well just let me know. I’m having a summit. Reid is bringing some Chips and Dips. Pelosi has organic, domestic, wheat beer. I think it’s from Chico. Don’t worry, no Tofurkey dogs.
Some time later
GOP: You know Prez, we thought about it, and uh-well-we want you to scrap the entirety of what the House and Senate have worked for and start over.
The Prez: Hm. Well, I can’t really do that. The bills need improvement and we want your input, but on a basic level, these bills are really doing what we started out to achieve. They lower cost, raise coverage, and end the shady practices of insurance companies. But if you have more to add, please come to the summit and let us know.
GOP: No.
The Prez: No?
GOP: No. (Real) Americans (Teabaggers) don’t like your bills. We’re not going unless you start over.
The Prez: You know I can’t do that. Is there anyway we can compromise on this?
GOP: No.
The Prez: You know, I think that-
GOP: No.
The Prez: But, -
GOP: No.
The Prez: Oooookaaaay. Well, talk to you later then.
GOP: See! You don’t want bipartisanship!!! You’re not reaching across the aisle! You won’t let us carry out our agenda despite the fact that it’s been rejected by the American people in the form of sweeping elections!!! Damn you, you socialist muslim1!!one!!!
And that’s the story of how the GOP lost it’s fucking mind. Again.
Reggie and Anna
Watching the pre-game BS on CBS, waiting for the game. I’m thinking that this story about Reggie Bush and five-year-old leukemia patient, Anna, is way more inspiring and tear-jerking than Tim Tebow’s “Don’t listen to your doctor” bullshit add. Just sayin’.
Why are Conservatives so Fucking Stupid?
Conservatives have spouted off that letting people by health insurance across state lines would increase competition among the insurance companies and would lower cost. They have no idea what they are talking about, as usual, and have completely made asses out of themselves.
Each state decides it’s own regulation of the health insurance markets. In order to get them all the same across the board so that they could sell it in different states, it would take a large gov’t organization and a lot more regulation. Plus, it would take away the right of individual states to regulate a market in their state. Why are conservatives so dumb?
This is only one of their stupid, asinine ideas about health care. My own Representative, Tom McClintock in Ca, said the same thing at a town hall meeting this last fall. This man told a Rheumatoid Arthritis patient that she shouldn’t be denied health care for her pre-existing condition (ok, good), but his solution wasn’t to end the practice of denial by these insurance companies (what?!?!?!) but to allow her to buy into an insurance plan that doesn’t cover Rheumatoid Arthritis, thus allowing her to get emergency coverage and pay for any treatment she might need on her own (WHAT??!!?! We just treat our illness on our own? What the fuck is the point of having Insurance at all, then, you fucking nutbag?!?!?!)
Are Conservatives getting dumber or do they just think they can pass this shit off to an increasingly uneducated base? I think it’s a mixture of both. Conservatives pull their children out of school all the time citing liberal and gay bias by teachers. Oh, and that science stuff they are teaching, who needs that?
My party in Congress looks like it’s falling apart. The President is taking blame for giving them too much leeway and not being more firm in his leadership. But when the base is pissed off, at least it’s because we are informed of their flaws and missteps. It’s because the base pays attention, uses critical thinking, and draws educated conclusions.
So why are Conservatives so Fucking Stupid? Because their is one born every minute, and organizing those idiots with populist anger based on little or no evidence and feeding them ideas that would never work just to counter the ones that would work for the sake of winning elections and staying in power is the MO of their leaders. It’s sad, but in a way, they deserve to be led like sheep. They ask for it.
A New Blog and Such
I made a new blog. Musings on my newfound atheism. Such a bad word, atheist. I actually prefer Secular Humanist, but that it’s pretty clear to me now that there is no observable or measurable evidence whatsoever for the existence of God and so I cannot believe it. I tried to, and many believers will surely tell me I won’t believe because I don’t want to, but to them I say try to believe in Ra or Zeus or the Hydra.
Anyway, here it is:
Some of the posts are just ramblings and criticism that I’ll admit are a bit long for a blog, but if my readers can stick with me, I promise it will get better.
Enjoy!
A Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?”
How many men and women have given their lives to a country that doesn’t let them openly be who they are? Doesn’t let them marry, discriminates against them, and in numerous examples even threatens them with violence or death (despite the Yes on 8 ppl claiming the violence has been against them and their supporters, the huge majority of violence involving gay people or gay rights activists is always straight-on-gay, not the other way around).
For the first time since the sixteen-year-old law was put in place, a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen is supporting a repeal of the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military.
According to the New York Times article here
“Admiral Mullen is the first sitting chairman of the Joint Chiefs to support a repeal of the policy. In 1993, Gen. Colin L. Powell, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs at the time, opposed allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly but supported “don’t ask, don’t tell” as the compromise passed by Congress. Under the policy, gay men and lesbians may serve as long as they keep their sexual orientation secret.”
John McCain, of course, supports the policy that can be abused “by third parties or jilted partners” revealing the identity of gays and lesbians, thus opening the door for discharge regardless of service to our country.
The policy is outdated, can be abused, and goes against the American principles of equality and fairness.
Ce n’est pas de coup de foudre
So it looks like Apple is trying to get rid of Flash. They are saying it’s because Flash is slow and prone to malevolent tampering by evil hax0rs in their mom’s basements, but it seems like there is more to it.
You see, this here article sheds some light.
Apparently, not only is html5 becoming increasingly popular with certain web sites, but leaving room for this new format leaves room for Apple to make a buck later on. After all, according to the article, “The patents surrounding HTML5 are owned by a group of companies; Apple is a part of that group.”
Now we know why the relationship between Flash and the iPhone was no love at first sight.
Grammy’s
Who the fuck cares? A life-time achievement award for MJ, big surprise, right? He’ll get one at every music awards show for years.
Lady Gaga. Big fuckin’ deal.
Green Day? I saw them at New Years singing a song. At one point, they put their mic to the crowd, as if to have them sing along. No one knew the words. The only thing Green Day has done in the last 15 years is that Boulevard song.
Jay-Z? I hope him and Kanye get it on. Really. One gets rich rapping about getting rich rapping and the other is just a fuckin’ douche bag.
The only thing that could save the Grammy’s is if music completely changed all of a sudden and people stopped making over-produced, cookie cutter shit. Seriously. Who the fuck are these people? Give me some soul, some R&B, some Motown, some Rock and Roll. Almost nothing new has been made since 1982 and the stuff that does come through is either from Canada, Great Britain, or South Africa. Seriously, look it up.
Urgh.
An Open Letter to Vermont Secessionists
Dear Vermont,
Regarding this:
First of all, do you really think you’ll succeed? 13% of your state supports you. While that is probably higher than most states outside of Alaska, that still isn’t enough to stop your own citizens from squashing your efforts, even if the US Army doesn’t.
Second of all, do you really think you’ll last long? It’s a Global Economy out there and there is some fierce competition. What do you have to offer? Fucking Maple Syrup? Really?
Get a life, losers. You can be pissed at this country all you want, but it’s still yours and if you don’t like it, you have a responsibility to change it, not pussy out or whore yourself out to the media for attention.
There, I said it.
