You know what’s really frustrating the hell out of me about the whole health care debate is that there seems to be such a large chunk of the politicans who seem unwilling to even sit down and try to figure out something that works. I mean, seriously now. I think even they, when push came to shove (if they weren’t grandstanding for an audience), would agree with the end goals: supporting those who need it, and making it cheaper for everyone. What they disagree with is what they think will get us there. And that’s fine. Discussion is very necessary and very healthy. This is a huge issue that needs to have the actual issues figured out.<\/p>\n
So WHY THE FUCK are they still screaming about government run “death-panels” and “mandated abortions”? Did they even READ the bill? Do they know the difference between socialized health care and what’s in the plan? (Clue: it’s PRETTY DAMN BIG) I am sick of the scare tactics. And I am sick that people are actually falling for that crap. Obviously this is why the special interest groups and politicians are still doing it – some Americans are stupid enough that it actually works. It pays to be loud.<\/p>\n
I want to see our politicians sitting down and saying, “Okay, here’s my concerns about this. Here’s what I think would work better.” The great thing about this country is our ability to elect our politicians, so that they will better serve the people in determining legislation and speaking for us. They have a very important job. So why are so many of them acting like fucking children?? Is it apparently a prerequisite to be elected that you have to be a douchebag? Obviously I am starting to understand why so many Americans are incredibly jaded about the government and politicians in general. THESE are the cream of the crop, elected to stand for us and make the most important decisions for us? Are you serious? I think my DOG could do a better job. And she pees in the corner when scared.<\/p>\n
I loved the President’s speech. I did not like watching political commentary and the aftermath, though, because it just makes me so frustrated and angry – of course they focus on the fringe groups and extremists and it just upsets me. I intentionally do not watch, even though I would love to keep up with politics. If anyone has a less emotionally charged way of staying on top of current events, please let me know.<\/p>\n
I don’t know if any other country is so fundamentally torn in half. I don’t know if it will ever come together as a whole, where most of its population is happy. It seems when you look back at the history, whichever party holds the Presidency, half of the country is pissed off and feels unrepresented. I admit, I fall into one of those halves. I still think sometimes about moving back to Canada in the [far] future. As much as I do love about this country<\/a>, I am not really sure I really belong.<\/p>\n But then, maybe I do. Maybe that’s why it hurts so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You know what’s really frustrating the hell out of me about the whole health care debate is that there seems to be such a large chunk of the politicans who seem unwilling to even sit down and try to figure out something that works. I mean, seriously now. I think even they, when push came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[276,277],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-healthcare","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}