Ok, here's my political rant for the day:
1. If you don't want to be treated differently than someone else, stop yelling and screaming that your gender/sexual-orientation/ race/or some other attribute you might have makes you that way. If you're a jackass, I will treat you as such, no matter what you are. You do not have the right not to be offended, and yes, we know, only God can judge you. But when you do really stupid things, like pierce your eyebrows to your cheekbones, I will make the comment that you must miss prison. And if you want someone to take you seriously, it's probably not the best idea to get something like "Psycho bitch" or "Real azz nigga" tattooed across your chest/neck/publicly visible place. You know the phrase, "Less is more," well it works. You don't want people to have an issue, then don't make it one. Tolerance works both ways.
2. There are already ways to obtain care if you don't have insurance. If you're a woman with kids and poor, you hit the free-care trifecta. So please don't tell me that you can't. I will be happy to point you to the nearest community health center that will help you figure out where to go. Socialized medicine for all is not the answer. There's a reason people came from other countries to the US for medical care.
3. Gay people have just as much a right to be unhappily married as straight people. Whoever thinks that marriage has been anything more than a business arrangement for most straight people for the last 5 decades are totally ignoring the 50% divorce rate.
4. If you go ahead and make pot legal, people will stop crapping up my facebook news feed with how safe it is. And, you may just be able to generate a whole new source of revenue by taxing it.
5. Stop whining that laws that have been upheld since the 60s and 70s are going to change. They aren't. It's just moronic to even be discussing crap that's been decided. Birth control is a wonderful thing. I wish more people would learn how to use it. BUT, I would never tell a nun that she has to provide it for someone. Especially not since any health unit in the country will. So to the ladies who don't want kids just yet, go to the public health unit and get it yourself. Also, a lot of bars give away free condoms. So do doctors. So guys, there's no reason you can't afford it either. And there are less horrible side-effects of condom use (unless you have a latex allergy) than there are to the pills anyway.
6. It is not the government's job to feed you, clothe you, pay for your transportation, or provide you with a cell phone. That's your job. But the government seems to reward you for sitting on your ass by taking it from the people who do work. Well, here's the idea: No work, no assistance. If drug dealers work off the "No pay, no play" system, and their business is making money, why can't the government do the same? Social Security and Disability are the only ones who should receive money without having to work for it, mainly because those on SSI already did, and those on disability have no choice.
7. The only way things are going to change in government is to fire EVERY SINGLE incumbent. Term-limits should be introduced for Senators and Congressmen. No more life-time benefits. Salaries should be more in line with the national average salary. PUBLIC SERVICE should be just that, someone who wants to serve the public for the good of the public. Career politicians do nothing good but further their own agendas.
8. And this is the last thing, take some PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for your choices. That goes for everything. Finances, relationships, career. The common denominator in everything in your life is you. So when there are problems, look at what you can do to change the issues and fix them for yourself. Sometimes you need help. Sometimes we all do. But you can't walk through life always holding someone's hand. You need to be able to stand for yourself. You need to be able to think for yourself. And you need to be able to rely on you.
I'm sure there's something I missed. But I'm done for now.
/end rant
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